6
Leadership Offsites
8h
Per Session
5
ELM Pathways
50+
Frameworks
8
Mentoring Sessions
The Perspective Shift
Stop thinking in your lane. See the full business picture, and speak the language where decisions get made.
Value-Creating Problem Solving
Stop solving symptoms. Learn to diagnose what actually holds value back, and lead the fix.
Influence Without Authority
Move work forward through people who don't report to you, and don't have to listen.
Who Is ELM For
Built for the Leader
Who Knows More Is Possible.
Every senior professional we work with is high-performing, capable, and deeply knowledgeable. The challenge is never competence. It is the gap between what you can do and what you can make happen, across functions, at the strategic level, and through people who don't report to you.
🔭 The Business Perspective
You're Expert in Your Function. Leadership Requires the Full Picture.
You've built real expertise in your domain. But the leaders above you don't just know more, they think differently. They see problems as business problems before they see them as functional ones. They speak the language of value creation. That perspective is learned, and it changes everything about how you are seen.
- →You're brought in to execute, not to shape the strategy
- →Your instinct is to solve the problem in your lane, not to question whether it's the right problem
- →You struggle to translate your work into the business language senior leaders use
- →You understand your KPIs, but not how they connect to what the organisation is actually trying to build
- →You're respected for your expertise, but not yet seen as a business leader
🧩 Solving for Value
You Solve Problems Well. Senior Leaders Solve Different Ones.
Operational problem-solving asks: how do we fix this? Leadership-level problem-solving asks: are we even solving the right thing? What separates the ones who rise is the ability to diagnose at the root, reframe the problem before touching the solution, and mobilise the right people around a hypothesis, not just a plan.
- →You address symptoms faster than anyone, but the same problems keep coming back
- →You're solving problems inside your function that are actually cross-functional in origin
- →You default to the solutions you already know, and miss the ones the problem actually needs
- →You fix things well, but can't always articulate the value your fix created for the business
- →Senior leaders question your framing before you've even started, and you're not sure why
🤝 Influence Without Authority
The People Whose Work Affects Yours Don't Report to You.
Your accountability is broad, but your formal authority is narrow. You depend on colleagues, peers, and adjacent functions to deliver, and none of them have to prioritise your work over their own. The ones who master this shift from frustration to leverage. They understand what others value, how to make shared goals feel genuinely shared.
- →You need colleagues to move, but you have no formal leverage to make them
- →You get alignment in the meeting, and friction in the follow-through
- →The result your team needs is sitting in someone else's backlog, and you can't afford to wait
- →Managing up feels awkward, but your most important relationships are with people at your level or above
- →You rely on goodwill, but don't have a structured approach to influence that actually scales
These three gaps are not performance failures.
They are the exact places where ambition outgrows the tools that got you here.
ELM closes all three. Not with theory. With the frameworks, cases, and individual mentoring that translate directly into how you think, how you solve, and how you lead, starting from the first session.
What Makes ELM Different
Not Another Program.
A Leadership Operating System.
Most leadership programs teach you what great leaders do. ELM teaches you how to become one, by working on your real challenges, your real stakeholders, and your real story.
| Most Programs | ELM | |
|---|---|---|
| Generic frameworks applied to hypothetical cases | Frameworks applied to your actual professional challenge in every session | |
| Lectures by academics about what leaders should do | Cases taught by the actual protagonists who lived them, in your context | |
| Group work with strangers on invented scenarios | Individual mentoring on your real career or business challenge | |
| A certificate you add to your CV | Six tangible assets you built and can use immediately | |
| Content you absorb and forget | A permanent peer network that creates ongoing strategic value |
Program Format
Six Offsites. Eight Hours Each.
Built Around Your Life.
ELM is designed for people with full lives, professionals who cannot disappear for two weeks. Sessions are bi-weekly, structured around your schedule, and happen offsite to signal you are operating in a different mode.
6
Offsite Sessions
Full leadership offsites, away from daily routine, in a setting built for growth.
Bi-weekly
Session Rhythm
Every two weeks, giving you time to apply, test, and return with real experience.
13–21:00
Session Hours
8 intensive hours: frameworks, workshops, peer challenge, live application.
8
Mentoring Sessions
6 on your real professional challenge + 2 to build your personal story.
SESSION DATES
17
MAY
SUN
2026
31
MAY
SUN
2026
14
JUN
SUN
2026
27
JUN
SAT
2026
28
JUN
SUN
2026
5
JUL
SUN
2026
Can’t make May? Second cohort starting September 2026 — reserve your spot now.
Session Locations · 2026 Cohort
Sessions take place at Givat Haviva, an offsite setting designed for focused, high-impact work. Session 5 takes place in Herzliya, in the heart of Israel's high-tech centre.
Languages: English · Arabic · Hebrew · Cohort: 12–20 participants
The Curriculum
Three Pillars.
One Complete Leadership System.
All three pillars are essential. Leadership is not a role. It is a capability system, and ELM teaches all three of its components.
Pillar 01 · Sessions 1 & 2
Conscious Leadership
Character · Vision · Influence · Empowerment
—Maxwell's 5 Levels, from manager to multiplier
—4C Vision Framework, build a vision others choose to follow
—Adaptive vs Technical challenges (Harvard Kennedy School)
—Cialdini's 7 Principles, influence without manipulation
—Trust Equation · Currencies of Influence without authority
—Stakeholder Influence Map · Circles of Influence
—ARKAL Automotive: $40M to $130M live business case
Pillar 02 · Sessions 3 & 4
Entrepreneurial Initiative
Value Creation · Problem-Solving · Solutions
—Porter's Value Formula, what creates real value vs activity
—Jobs To Be Done, what people actually need (HBS)
—MIT Problem Statement Canvas, define before you solve
—The 5 Whys, reach the root, not the symptom (Toyota)
—Hypothesis-Driven Solving (McKinsey / HBS)
—VRIN Resource Audit, leverage what you already have
—The Cafeteria Conversation, GM $160M live case study
Pillar 03 · Sessions 5 & 6
Professional Management
Focus · Presenting · Presence · Brand
—Focus Skills Framework, priority discipline & concentration habits
—Business Presentation System, from idea to commanding the room
—KIMA Peak-to-Peak, your personal story that opens doors
—Executive Presence Stack (Hewlett) · Power Physiology (HBS)
—ABR Method, composure and authority under any pressure
—Powerful Question Framework, lead conversations, not just replies
—Personal Brand Architecture, become known for what matters
The Cases
Two Original Cases.
Two Different Lessons.
Both cases are original to KIMA, not pulled from Harvard's library. They are based in the Middle East, taught by the actual protagonists, and designed to make the frameworks viscerally real.
Case Study 01 · Pillar 02 · Rola Nassar Bisharat
The Cafeteria Conversation
$160M
in value created from a $40M demand
A $40 million supplier demand. Every expert was solving the wrong problem, until one person stopped, listened differently, and mapped the real issue. The MIT Problem Statement Canvas revealed the root: not a price problem, a structural dependency problem. This is what ELM Pillar 2 teaches: define the problem before you reach for a solution.
Frameworks Taught
Case Study 02 · Pillar 01 · Shadie Bisharat
ARKAL Automotive, "Double in 5"
$40M→$130M
A vision that shattered its own target
"Double in 5" was not a revenue target. It was a promise. Three words that became a movement inside a company, connecting every person's career aspiration to a shared destination. This is what ELM Pillar 1 teaches: vision is not a slide. It is a personal commitment that leaders make in public.
Frameworks Taught
What You Build
Six Tangible Assets.
ELM does not end with a graduation ceremony. It ends with six concrete assets you built during the program, tools you can use from the moment the final session ends.
01
A Leadership Vision, With a Work Plan to Go with It
A clear, compelling vision for your team or organisation, grounded in your actual context, with a structured action plan that tells you and your people exactly how to get there.
02
The Influence Toolkit, Applied to Real People
Cialdini's principles activated against your actual stakeholders. Currencies mapped. Trust architecture understood. The tools to move people who don't report to you, built around your real relationships.
03
A Live Initiative Blueprint
Your real challenge, mapped from root cause through hypothesis, gap analysis, stakeholder map, and first concrete step. Ready to act on.
04
Business Communication and Personal Storytelling Techniques
The communication skills that elevate your professional presence, from how you structure a message to how you deliver it under pressure. Your leadership story, recorded and ready to open doors.
05
ELM Certification, World-Class Methodologies, Adapted to You
The ELM credential signals a specific standard of leadership thinking. Frameworks sourced from Harvard, MIT, McKinsey, and Wharton, adapted to your culture, your sector, and your actual level of responsibility.
06
Access to the KIMA Collective, and the Doors It Opens
A permanent network of alumni, practitioners, and leaders across sectors and geographies. Not a WhatsApp group. A strategic community that opens doors wherever your role takes you: introductions, sounding boards, opportunities, and relationships that grow in value over time.
The Faculty
You Learn From People
Who Actually Did It.
KIMA faculty are not academics who study leadership. They are practitioners who have lived the cases they teach, in companies, in markets, in the exact kinds of transitions you are navigating.
Co-Founders & Program Directors
Co-Founder & CEO · KIMA LBE
Rola Nassar Bisharat
Former CCO & Head of Strategy, GM Israel · Creator of the ELM Methodology
Rola created the ELM methodology after two decades of senior leadership. As CCO and Head of Strategy at GM Israel, she led global teams across venture creation, growth strategy, and product-market fit. Holds a Global EMBA and LL.B in Law. The $160M GM case study she teaches in Pillar 2 is something she personally did, that is the standard every KIMA case is held to.
- Former CCO & Head of Strategy · GM Israel
- Venture Creation · Growth Strategy · Product-Market Fit
- Creator of the ELM Methodology · KIMA Academy
Co-Founder · KIMA LBE
Shadie Bisharat
CEO, Fomotive Group · Board Member · Investor & Advisor
Serial entrepreneur, lecturer, and investor with deep expertise in strategic management, global sales & marketing, product development, and organisational transformation. The ARKAL "Double in 5" case he teaches in Pillar 1 is a story he lived, $40M to $130M. He teaches all of it.
- CEO, Fomotive Group · Board Member · Investor
- Grew ARKAL from $40M to $130M · “Double in 5”
- Teaches Pillar 1: Vision Architecture & Conscious Leadership
Domain Experts
Practitioners who bring real-world depth and global reach to every program.
Nisreen Salman
Partner & Head of US Tax Desk · KPMG Israel
International Tax Expert. Lecturer, Tel Aviv University & Reichman University. Arab community leadership advocate.
Noa Chorev
Product Line Manager · General Motors Israel
Former CMO & Director of Product Marketing. 20+ years across Automotive, IoT, Wireless Cloud Connectivity & AI/Software Product Strategy.
Gilad Rothschild
Advisory Services Managing Director · Deloitte Israel
IT & Business Transformation. Business Process Management & AI/Cognitive Technology.
Deborah Pienica
COO & Global ESG Leader · IGI · Executive Coach · Antwerp
COO & Global ESG Leader, International Gemological Institute. Executive Coach. Antwerp.
Dan Peled
Cybersecurity Expert & Lecturer · GM Israel
Former CISO, Toyota Israel. 15+ years in Penetration Testing & Cyber Management. Technion lecturer (Excellence in Teaching Award).
Amir Yariv
Partner · Goldfarb Gross Seligman · Adv. & CPA
Legal counsel for startups & tech companies. M&A, financing rounds & exits. Cyber, fintech, semiconductors, pharma & biotech. Hebrew University.
Ayelet Zinger
Go-To-Market Expert · Business Growth · Global Sales
Business Development & Marketing Strategy with deep international experience in scaling commercial operations.
Jennifer Schwarz
Operational Strategy & Implementation
Brand Building · Partnership Development · Global Innovation Ecosystems.
Karin Ziegler
Go-To-Market Strategy · Customer Strategy
Business Development & Sales expert with international experience across sectors.
Jameel Istaitih
Independent Manufacturing Executive & WEF Expert
Advanced Manufacturing & Production Network Expert, World Economic Forum. Top 50 Global Industry 4.0 Influencer. Forbes Tech Council. MBA, INSEAD.
Gali Bloch Liran
Founder & CEO, The Human Founder
Author, podcast creator, investor, and leadership coach specialising in entrepreneurial resilience and human-centred leadership.
Lisa Zaythik
Chief People Officer & Founding Partner, AppsFlyer
Founding team of Israel's leading marketing analytics unicorn. Built global people operations across 19 offices worldwide. Champion for diversity, women in tech, and psychological safety.
Guest Lecturers
Each cohort brings in a guest who has made the exact transition you’re preparing for, a founder who scaled, an executive who reinvented, a leader who built something from nothing. Who’s coming to your cohort? You’ll find out in the first session.
?
Cohort Guest
A founder, executive, or sector leader whose story will challenge how you think about your own leadership ceiling. Announced at Session 1.
Program Manager
Dana Ghoul
Program Manager · KIMA Academy
Driving the day-to-day operations and participant experience of KIMA Academy programs. Coordinating between faculty, advisors, and program cohorts. Passionate about leadership development and community impact.
[email protected]
Why ELM
Six Reasons People Join.
And Stay.
Real Cases from Your Context
Both KIMA cases come from the Middle East, a $160M GM case and a $40M→$130M startup growth case. You learn from protagonists who operated in the same environment you're in.
50+ Sourced Frameworks
Every framework is traceable, Harvard, MIT, McKinsey, Cornell, UCLA. You leave with an intellectual toolkit grounded in the world's best thinking, not a binder of slides.
Individual Mentoring
8 sessions dedicated to you, 6 on your real professional challenge, 2 to build and record your personal story. This alone is worth the program.
You Work on Real Problems
Every exercise applies directly to your situation, your career challenge, your organisation, your actual stakeholders. Nothing hypothetical, nothing generic.
Peers Who Elevate You
The KIMA Collective is a permanent network of alumni across sectors. The people you meet here become long-term strategic relationships.
A Community That Gets It
ELM is built for people who sit at the intersection of knowledge and ambition, and who feel the gap between where they are and where they could lead. You are not alone in this.
How to Join
For Organisations.
For Communities. For Individuals.
ELM is open to individuals, communities, and organisations. Whether you are registering personally, running a cohort for your members, or investing in your team's leadership capability, the program is designed to deliver at every scale.
For Organisations That Invest in Their People
Some organisations don't wait for their managers to ask. They recognise the gap between where their people are and where the business needs them to lead, and they close it proactively.
ELM can be run as a dedicated cohort for a group of managers or senior professionals within your organisation, customised to your sector, culture, and leadership challenges. Your team gets world-class frameworks applied to their actual work. You get leaders who are visibly stronger at every level.
ELM can be run as a dedicated cohort for a group of managers or senior professionals within your organisation, customised to your sector, culture, and leadership challenges. Your team gets world-class frameworks applied to their actual work. You get leaders who are visibly stronger at every level.
For Community Leaders & Accelerators
If you run an accelerator, incubator, academic program, or professional community, ELM can be offered as a dedicated cohort for your members.
We work with you to customise the pathway mix, timing, and language for your community. Your members get the program. You strengthen your value proposition as a community builder.
We work with you to customise the pathway mix, timing, and language for your community. Your members get the program. You strengthen your value proposition as a community builder.
For Individuals Ready to Register
You can apply for the next open cohort directly. The next cohort begins May 2026 at Givat Haviva, with the final session in Herzliya.
Cohorts are kept small by design, 12 to 20 participants. Registration is by application. There is no competitive selection, but ELM is built for people who are ready to apply what they learn to real challenges.
Cohorts are kept small by design, 12 to 20 participants. Registration is by application. There is no competitive selection, but ELM is built for people who are ready to apply what they learn to real challenges.
Program Investment
Thanks to the Israel Innovation Authority, this cohort is offered at a significantly reduced cost. A one-time opportunity for this program.
Program Investment
₪14,950
₪
6,500
One-time investment May 2026 cohort
Only 20 seats available
Additional scholarships available
Our Partners
The gap between where you are
and where you could lead
has a name. It has a structure. It has a solution.
ELM is that solution. The next cohort starts May 2026. The question is only whether you are in it.