Building Business Habits

Q: Why should I choose IMI?

IMI is in the top 2% of executive education providers worldwide. We have been empowering business leaders to build their capabilities for over 70 years. We are ranked #1 in Ireland for academic rigour and practical relevance on our Open-Enrolment programmes Our full focus is on you, the participant. Through continuous reinvestment, we engage world class faculty to enhance the learning experience and deliver highly contextualised and outcome-led programmes. This provides you with the best opportunity possible to grow your career.

Q: What are the key programme themes?

The programme contains four core modules built around IMI’s High Impact Transformation model: Disrupt, Reframe, Experiment and Fuse. Module 1: The Growth Mindset Understand the role mindset plays in learning and development. Explore the difference between fixed and growth mindsets. Build a mindset that supports ongoing career growth. Module 2: Self-Awareness and Building Confidence Develop a clearer understanding of yourself and your impact. Explore how greater self-awareness can strengthen confidence. Build your ability to find your voice and have honest conversations with managers and leaders. Module 3: Business Habits That Drive Performance Understand the habit loop. Explore how habits influence behaviour. Learn how to design habits that support your performance and development. Module 4: Coaching as Your Engine for Growth Understand how coaching can help build sustainable business habits. Explore practical coaching tools and questions. Learn how coaching can support career development beyond the programme. Each module includes a real-world case study, short video content, a practical exercise and guided reflection. Every module concludes with a clear action commitment. The programme ends with a Sustain phase, during which you’ll bring your learning together in a 90-day follow-through plan before your live coaching session.

Q: Who is this programme for?

Building Business Habits is designed for early-career professionals. It is particularly relevant for people who: Have recently completed their studies and are beginning their careers. Want a practical introduction to managing themselves effectively at work. Want to build greater confidence and self-awareness. Need support turning positive intentions into sustainable habits. Want to take a more active role in their career development. The programme can also support organisations looking to strengthen onboarding, graduate development or early-career learning.

Q: What will I be able to do after completing the programme?

By the end of the programme, you’ll be able to: Explain how coaching can support sustainable business habits. Use coaching tools and questions to support new habits and behaviour change. Draw on greater self-awareness and confidence when communicating with managers and leaders. Develop a growth mindset that supports continued career development. Use coaching as a tool to take a more active role in advancing your career. Create a 90-day plan to support continued action after the programme.

Q: How is the programme delivered?

The programme includes six hours of learning in total: Five hours of self-paced online content. A one-to-one live virtual coaching session with an IMI professional coach. The self-paced content can be completed in your own time and in any order. It includes short videos, real-world case studies, practical worksheets, exercises and guided reflection.

Q: Is there an assessment?

There is no assessment. Instead, you’ll complete practical exercises, worksheets, guided reflection and action commitments throughout the programme. These activities will help you connect the learning to your own career and working habits.

Q: How has the learning been designed?

The programme is built around IMI’s High Impact Transformation model: Disrupt: Test an existing assumption. Reframe: Introduce a different way of understanding the issue. Experiment: Apply the learning through a practical exercise or case study. Fuse: Consolidate the learning and make a clear action commitment. Sustain: Bring the learning together in a 90-day follow-through plan. The learning design is grounded in Mezirow’s Transformative Learning Theory and shaped by the Community of Inquiry framework for effective online learning. It also follows Universal Design for Learning principles. The course manual is formatted to WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards, with alternative formats available on request.

Course Overview

Learn at your pace. Apply it with a coach.

This programme combines six hours of self-paced online learning with each participant receiving a one-hour coaching session to explore how the learning applies within their own role and working environment.

Early in your career, the biggest challenges aren’t always technical.

You may understand your role but still be learning how to manage yourself effectively, build productive routines and have honest conversations with managers. You’re expected to contribute with confidence, but the habits that support strong performance are rarely taught formally.

Small, deliberate habits can shape how you work, respond to challenges and develop over time.

Building Business Habits is a practical programme for recently qualified and early-career professionals. It will help you develop greater self-awareness, strengthen your confidence and build habits that support your performance and continued growth.

You’ll explore how a growth mindset influences development, how habits create lasting patterns of behaviour and how coaching can help you take greater ownership of your career.

For organisations, the programme gives early-career employees a structured foundation in self-management, confidence and workplace habits. It can complement existing onboarding or graduate development by helping participants settle into their roles and contribute with greater confidence.

Through short videos, practical worksheets, case studies and guided reflection, you’ll turn the learning into clear actions and a 90-day follow-through plan.

Just for your team

Every programme in our full suite of short programmes can be delivered exclusively to your staff. If you have 10 or more participants for a specific programme, we can partner with you to deliver it on our campus or at a location of your choice.