For IMS Members

Keep your people learning from the experts in 2027.

The same experts, in the time your people have, from the company that grew up inside IMS.

Gordon Peters, who founded IMS in 1974, with his son Jon Peters, who founded AthenaOnline inside of IMS in 1994.
Where This Started

Bringing experts to you
since 1974.

In 1974, Gordon Peters saw that most managers would never spend ten days at a prestigious university. So he brought leading authors and thinkers to them, in their own cities, for a day.

For 52 years, IMS kept pace as time got shorter: from full-day programs to three hours online in 2020, then two and a half hours in 2024.

Today, change comes faster and the pressure to perform is higher. Managers need help the moment a problem shows up, not at the next program. So the experts now come to them online and in the flow of work: live virtual sessions, five-minute lessons between meetings, and an AI coach built on what the experts teach.

AthenaOnline began inside IMS 32 years ago and built the microlearning and AI that IMS members have used. It carries Gordon's idea forward at the pace that work moves now.

1974A full day, in your city
2020Three hours online
2024Two and a half hours online
TodayMinutes, in the flow of work
What's Included

The experts you know,
in the time your people have.

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
Dave Ulrich
Dave Ulrich
Dr. Mary Kelly
Dr. Mary Kelly
Peter Stark
Peter Stark
Julie Winkle Giulioni
Julie Winkle Giulioni
Michael Bungay Stanier
Michael Bungay Stanier
Dr. Beverly Kaye
Dr. Beverly Kaye
Dr. David Burkus
Dr. David Burkus
Dr. Noah Barsky
Dr. Noah Barsky
Dr. Ellen Burts-Cooper
Dr. Ellen Burts-Cooper
Dr. Jason Womack
Dr. Jason Womack

See all 180+ experts →

A new skill every month

QuickCoach® Essentials: a curated skill page each month with five-minute expert lessons, quizzes and certificates, for every employee. You choose the topics.

Clio for your L&D team

The AI consultant you already have through IMS, for designing programs and building business cases.

Monthly Expert Briefings

Live 60-minute sessions with leading authors, for your people.

Expert Skills Labs

90-minute live sessions where your managers bring a problem and work it through with the expert. $345 a seat, registered as you need them. Each lab includes 60 days of Athena.

Athena, the AI performance coach

Your people have used Athena with IMS programs, and each Skills Lab includes 60 days of it. Want every manager to have her all year? Ask us about extended access.

IMS Member Pricing

What you pay now,
locked through 2027.

Your 2026
IMS duesat any company size
  • Your license costs what you pay IMS today, locked through 2027. For most member companies, that is well below our standard price for an organization your size.
  • Every employee can use Essentials. No per-seat fees.

Have questions about your current membership or how the move works? We're happy to answer them. Ask Us

How It Works

Nothing to rebuild.

1

Talk with us

A short call about your people, your topics and your timing.

2

We set up your license

Your topics, your Clio access and your people's logins, ready for January.

3

Your people keep going

The first skill page and the first briefings arrive in January 2027.

Talk with Us

Keep the experts working for your people.

Tell us a little about your organization and what you'd like to talk about. We'll get back to you within one business day.

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