Tomorrow’s leaders

We continuously train our leaders who inspire fresh thinking, drive purposeful innovation, and understand how to get the best from our most important resource: our people. And we prefer to find them from among those people, then encourage them to develop their own path. It is part of our commitment to supporting continuous professional growth. To do that, we have a range of programs in place to help realize leadership potential and build the skills that help us chart the way forward. 

One language for excellence

Our state-of-the-art Leadership Academy creates a single language for leadership, with a high-quality, consistent learning offering for leaders. Its programs are available in every region, providing tailored development at the right time at every point their careers, be they first line leaders, leaders of leaders, or at executive level. As time goes on, more programs and learning opportunities are made available through the Academy, ensuring best-in-class training that shapes our leaders into the inspiring mentors and professionals we need them to be.

A different view of enterprise

Our “executive in residence” program is an individually tailored leadership development opportunity that offers our executives intensive placements. They take place from two weeks to six months in collaboration with Making More Health (MMH). There, executive leaders work alongside social entrepreneurs and their teams, gaining an entirely new perspective on a different set of challenges. We also offer MMH insights weeks: a week’s intensive, disruptive immersion in the challenges of healthcare in underserved communities – with no four-star hotels or conference binders and all profits going back into social enterprise projects in India.  

 “It’s not traditional leadership training. It's about instilling a set of values for the future and the culture within our company.”

Manuela Pastore, 

Global Lead, Making More Health, Boehringer Ingelheim

Global leadership development 

We recognize and encourage potential in everyone. Even as a leader, at Boehringer Ingelheim, you’re still discovering your true potential. The accelerated global leadership development program, delivered in partnership with the business school, is focused on learning more about our international operations and about yourself as a future international leader. It will take you on a journey, with learning components that expose you to meaningful growth experiences in the global business environment and help you to develop still further as a leader.

“I appreciate the opportunity to work with diverse people and cultures around the globe.”

Matthias Engelbrecht, 

Global Supply Business Manager, Boehringer Ingelheim

Agile leaders for a changing world 

Success, today and tomorrow, depends on constantly honing our leadership agility. That’s why we offer a series of leadership development interventions aimed at helping leaders like you to refine the skills you need to excel in an uncertain, complex, and ever-changing business world. You’ll complete modules and a range of virtual supporting activities – all aimed at turning different perspectives into unified strengths to underpin our performance for the future.

“Every three or four years, I’ve had the opportunity to develop myself and take cross-promotions.”

Dr. Lothar Halmer, 

Head of Quality, Boehringer Ingelheim