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Choosing What Leadership Is For
Patrick Faniel demonstrates the power of clear restricted focus and the danger of spreading leadership attention too thinly
VIEWPOINT
AI Enhanced Action Learning
emlyon business school’s custom-training program director, Gilles Basset, reveals the potential for generative AI to improve executive education programs
VIEWPOINT
Time to Apply Generative AI
MIT Sloan’s Paul McDonagh-Smith encourages an optimistic approach to employing generative AI at work
RESEARCH
Is Your Workforce Reinvention Ready?
Gallup and PWC stress the importance of preparing employees for the AI era
BOOK REVIEW
Gov’t Mission Meets Business Venture
An impassioned call to build a mission-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem to address societal challenges
RESEARCH
How Team Member Selection Goes Wrong
New study reveals how perceptions of competence versus interpersonal skills can be inaccurately judged when choosing team members
VIEWPOINT
Three key areas of expertise at emlyon business school
emlyon business school benefits from three deep and longstanding areas of expertise which it leverages to support companies meet the fast-developing challenges of business today
WEBINAR
From Micro-Credentials to Masters
Video recording: Cranfield experts consider how executive learning is being rewired to fit the changing world of work
RESEARCH
Mid-Life Crisis Is No Joke
A call for HR professionals to support employees suffering a mid-life crisis
BOOK REVIEW
Sustainable Performance Leadership
A new guide helps businesses navigate towards net zero and social good with real impact and high performance
VIDEO
Myth Busting in ESG!
WEBINAR RECORDING: Prof. Walid Hejazi, Andrea Barrack, and Susan McGeachie explore and debunk some of the enduring myths surrounding ESG
RESEARCH
Empowering the Circular Economy
A new short paper proposes a better definition the Circular Economy to help it contribute to sustainability
VIEWPOINT
Don't Resign, Reassign!
The iOpener Institute’s job crafting initiative can help you improve your happiness at work—small changes to make a big difference
BOOK REVIEW
The Trillion Dollar 'Con’ in Consultancy
Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington debunk the myth that consultancies add real value and extol the learning organization
VIEWPOINT
Developing Healthcare Leaders
A conversation with Brian Golden, Professor in Health Sector Strategy at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management
BOOK REVIEW
Fostering Intentional Senior Leaders
The Chancellor of the University of Toronto offers a profound and timely model for upgrading corporate leadership to meet the challenges of our times
WEBINAR
Providing Ethical Clarity to Your AI Business Decisions
Watch back our virtual Q&A with Dr. Monica Lopez-Gonzalez for some much-needed clarity around this critical challenge.
VIEWPOINT
Time to Scale Leadership Development
CCL experts suggest 5 key considerations for reimagining leadership development for our turbulent times
RESEARCH
Ethical Organizations' Unethical Behaviour
RSM’s Professor Muel Kaptein explains how good people in good organizations slip into bad unethical practices
VIEWPOINT
Should Employers Help with Inflation?
IMD’s Anand Narasimhan offers advice to employers on helping employees through the cost-of-living crisis
RESEARCH
The De-humanizing Effect of AI Hiring
New study reveals a rarely discussed downside to using AI algorithms in recruitment
WEBINAR
Intentional Leadership: 8 Key Capabilities of Successful Leaders [Webinar recording]
Rose Patten, Chancellor of the University of Toronto, in an interview and event focusing on the eight capabilities of resilient and intentional leaders
RESEARCH
Solving Managers' Gender Disparity
St. Gallen University study reveals the roots causes of gender disparity at middle and senior management level and offers some solutions
VIEWPOINT
Learning Business Readiness
Rotman’s ‘Business Readiness Certificate’ for young professionals and graduates with non-business degrees: Stephanie Hodnett, Executive Director of Rotman Executive Programs in conversation
VIEWPOINT
Diversity with a Difference
Michigan University’s Debotri Dhar argues for a nuanced framing of diversity in organizations to promote, not only social justice, but also innovation, conflict management, and talent retention
BOOK REVIEW
Helping Women Leaders Thrive
Female leaders at Simmons University and Deloitte US offer advice to women who have arrived at the top but are struggling to thrive
VIEWPOINT
Threats to Cyber Security
Advice from St. Gallen University’s Samir Aliyev amid a gathering storm of potential cyber risk
WEBINAR
Organisational Resilience: Practical Steps You Can Start Tomorrow
Webinar recording: How might we prepare and adapt to challenges and disruptions to survive, prosper and be future-ready? Where do we start?
WEBINAR
Nature and Business [Webinar Recording]
Formulating real business solutions to action the words of COP26 and COP15
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AI and Big Data: Reality Beyond the Hype
St. Gallen Executive School’s Johannes Binswanger provides a realistic assessment of the impact of Big Data and AI on how we work
WEBINAR
How to Arrange Remote Work to Boost Employee Satisfaction
In this video recorded webinar Georgetown McDonough’s Jason Schloetzer discusses how remote working arrangements affect employee satisfaction and retention
BOOK REVIEW
Creating Net Positive Business
Paul Polman and Andrew Winston offer a uniquely authoritative guide to doing good business while doing good for the planet and society
VIEWPOINT
The Disciplined Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is a non-linear yet systematic process that can and should be learned to help solve our biggest challenges. MIT’s Bill Aulet shows us how it can be done
VIEWPOINT
The Environment and Business Post COP26
Experts from Cambridge Judge Business School reflect on COP26 and on how the relationship between business and the environment goes two ways
VIEWPOINT
The Danger of False ESG Claims
University of St Gallen compliance expert explains how good ESG (Environment Social Governance) intentions create legal, ethical, or reputational liability
RESEARCH
Cultivating Gratitude at Work
Research linking gratitude with prosocial, helpful behaviour highlights mindfulness as a way to achieve this at work
WEBINAR
How Can We Improve Algorithmic Fairness?
In this video recording, LSE’s Kate Vredenburgh provides essential insights into fairness and the fair use of algorithms in AI decision-making
BOOK REVIEW
Avoiding Collaboration Overload
A perceptive guide to working smarter and staying on top in our ‘always-on’, highly-collaborative world
WEBINAR
Multi-Generational Change Agents: New Leadership Lessons from Family Business
In this video MIT Sloan’s John Davis offers universal insights into leadership, learned from successful family enterprises
BOOK REVIEW
The Accelerated Future of Work
Jeff Schwartz highlights opportunity, resilience and growth in an optimistic guide to the disrupted future of work
VIEWPOINT
Igniting Innovation
HEC Paris’ Jean-Rémi Gratadour offers valuable keys to meeting the challenges of innovation in disrupted times
VIEWPOINT
Is Your People Strategy Today Fit for Tomorrow’s Workforce?
A powerful tide of workplace change is shaping the demands, needs and expectations of the modern workforce. A cross-discipline panel of experts from Cranfield School of Management asks: is your people strategy up to the challenge?
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Business Model Innovation Meets Organizational Design
Influential author and Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan, Bill Fischer offers concrete tips on leading business model innovation—and reveals the importance of organizational design in the process
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Business Benefits of Social Enterprise
Adding a social angle to your business is an opportunity, not a cost, say HEC Paris’ Florian Hoos
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Apprenticeship Levy for Leaders
Now in its fourth year the Senior Leader Apprenticeship, a leadership pathway co-created by large UK employers including Aon and Cranfield School of Management and powered by the Apprenticeship Levy is beginning to form a dynamic new playbook for others to follow
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Training Professional Managers
The Aston Professional Managers' Award continues to raise the skill level of the UK’s emerging managers and young professionals
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Creating Intelligence in Times of Uncertainty
Why you should be making decisions right now
EVENT
Collaboration: New Models in Executive Education
Impressions, insights and takeaways from Day Three of UNICON’s Directors’ Conference 2021 hosted by Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC)
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Innovation, Purposeful Leadership and Inclusive Growth: The Three Pillars that Drive Us Forward
Anne Valérie Corboz, Associate Dean HEC Paris Executive Education, in conversation
EVENT
Being a Resilient Leader
A new Rotman program provides practical tools to support hard-pressed leaders and their organizations through hard times
WEBINAR
How To Diagnose Misalignment to Improve Post-Pandemic Recovery
Join Saïd Business School’s Dr Jonathan Trevor, on Wednesday 14th April, to learn how to lead strategic re-alignment for post-pandemic success
RESEARCH
Embracing Employee Activism
Hult Ashridge’s Megan Reitz and John Higgins identify the do’s and don’ts in harnessing activist sentiment to achieve good organizational outcomes
RESOURCE
IWD: Choose to Challenge Gender Bias
A complimentary e-book for female entrepreneurs on International Women’s Day from the Cranfield School of Management Executive Education team
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Healthcare Leadership and Innovation
Warwick Business School Professor and former CEO of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Dr Bernard Crump, gives a mid-pandemic assessment
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Diversity, Inclusion and Disability
Thom Dennis and Jane Hatton offer 12 ways to stop tokenism and break the stigma of disability in the workforce
WEBINAR
Developing a Diversity Strategy
Georgetown’s Brooks Holtom offers an evidence-based guide to fostering diversity in your organization
BOOK REVIEW
Inside the Leader’s Brain
Wharton professor Michael Platt reveals how neuroscience can transform leadership and team performance
REPORT
Reporting Enterprise Value That Matters
The IIRC, a champion of integrated reporting, offers a financial disclosure standard to address climate change
EVENT
Innovation: Shaping Executive Education in the 4IR - Part Three
Impressions, insights and takeaways from Day Three of UNICON’s Team Development Conference 2020 hosted by Thunderbird School of Global Management
VIEWPOINT
How L&D Steers Organizational Change
Cranfield University’s Wendy Shepherd and Steve Macaulay explain what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to L&D’s role in transformational change
RESEARCH
Innovation Despite Constraints
Contrary to conventional wisdom some level of constraint helps drive innovation
VIEWPOINT
The Promise and Perils of Social Media
MIT Sloan’s Professor Sinan Aral on the rise of fake news and how we tame it
WEBINAR
Lessons from Behavioural Economics
Aston University's Matt Olczak, Maria Kozlovskaya reveal what behavioural economics teaches us about the COVID-19 pandemic and our disrupted business world [Webinar recording]
VIEWPOINT
Executive Education in a Future World
Cranfield Executive Development’s Camilla Jonsson and Mark Threlfall in conversation
BOOK REVIEW
Negotiating the Sweet Spot
Kellogg School of Management’s Leigh Thompson offers practical negotiation strategies for use in relationships, workplaces and online
RESEARCH
Barriers to Rebuilding Trust in Organizations
Henley study reveals how regaining trust depends on improving both quality of services and the quality of engagement
VIEWPOINT
Kind, Calm, and Safe: Leading in a Time of Covid-19
Are there some early leadership lessons we might draw from comparatively successful outcomes in the global pandemic? If so, then the work of Dr Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia, Canada, is a good place to look
VIEWPOINT
Deeper, More Resilient Learning
The Wharton School’s Mike Malefakis asks: What Next for Exec-Ed?
RESEARCH
Social Silencing at Work
Hult Ashridge’s Professor Debbie Bayntun-Lees enquires into the injustice of being ‘silenced’ in everyday conversation, as often experienced by women in the workplace
VIEWPOINT
Attention, Energy, & Momentum: Thriving in a New Normal
Managing attention spans and maintaining high energy in our increasingly digital daily lives
VIEWPOINT
Building Back Better After the Pandemic
Rotman School of Management professors Sarah Kaplan and Soo Min Toh look to the future for organizations
VIEWPOINT
A Refreshing ‘New Normal’ for Leadership Development
Saïd Business School’s Steve Mostyn considers the future of executive education with lessons learnt from the lockdown
WEBINAR
Tactics to Improve Diversity & Inclusion
Georgetown McDonough’s Professor Ella Washington offers new, actionable, tactics for improving diversity and inclusion efforts
VIEWPOINT
Learning from Those Living Through Change
Hult Ashridge’s Professor Ilze Zandvoort on supporting employees through the emotional cycles of complex change
VIEWPOINT
A Time to Humanize Business
Hult Ashridge’s Vlatka Hlupic presents a people-first model to support organizations ‘do the right thing’, and sustain long-term success
NEWS
Pivoting to Live Online Executive Courses
How MIT Sloan Executive Education is jumping the digital learning curve to forge a whole new path for participant engagement and program delivery
RESEARCH
Creating a Sense of Belonging
Hult Ashridge’s Lee Waller on why some employees feel a sense of not belonging at work and how to create a culture of belonging
VIEWPOINT
Creating a Crisis-Ready Board
Rotman’s David Beatty discusses the measures boards should take to ensure survival and seize long-term opportunities
VIEWPOINT
No More Business as Usual
A conversation with Tim Wray, Professor of Practice and Director of Executive Education at Warwick Business School
VIEWPOINT
Better Connections in the Workplace
Hult Ashridge’s Guy Lubitsh on why making connections within your organization is so important, and a new model and approach that can help
NEWS
The Management-Leadership Shift
Professor Diana Cordova on the critical thinking behind Kellogg’s new Enterprise Leadership Program
RESEARCH
Uncovering the Drivers of Gender Inequality
Columbia’s Mabel Abraham examines the root causes of the gender pay gap and the reasons why there are fewer women than men in senior management
VIEWPOINT
Embracing Change to Drive Innovation
Columbia professor Angela Lee reveals the root causes of resistance to change
VIEWPOINT
The Three Shifts of Leadership Mastery
Columbia’s Hitendra Wadhwa explains how to reset mindsets and practices to address the challenges of leadership today
BOOK REVIEW
Speaking Up and Taking Heed
The vital importance to saying what needs to be said and hearing what needs to be heard
VIEWPOINT
Actively Fostering Compassion at Work
8 lessons to help create a workplace culture where compassion is embedded into systems and practices, and where individuals are treated with dignity and care
RESEARCH
What Exactly is Team Coaching?
Henley Business School’s Rebecca Jones defines the key components of team coaching
VIEWPOINT
Mind-and-Machine
Kellogg School of Management’s Brian Uzzi on how AI can offer the best of both worlds
VIEWPOINT
Leadership for Industry 4.0
The 4th Industrial Revolution will require a major shift in management outlook and performance—a step up from ‘Level 1’ to ‘Level 5’, says Prof Vlatka Hlupic
VIEWPOINT
New York Smart; World-Class Ready: Executive Education in the Big Apple
A conversation with Fenwick Huss, Willem Kooyker Dean of Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, and Clayton Shedd, Executive Director of Executive Education
RESEARCH
‘Eco’, ‘Ego’ and ‘Intuitive’ Leadership – A new leadership code for the 21st century
Leaders who have discovered the power of integrating 'eco', 'ego' and 'intuitive' intelligence drive stronger business performance
VIEWPOINT
The Sisterhood Posse
Women championing women for leadership roles with RSM's Dianne Bevelander
RESEARCH
New Responsibilities in the Digital Age
New research offers guidance for businesses on engaging with digital technology responsibly
VIEWPOINT
See, Be and Make the Change
Emerging World helps the Kuwaiti Petroleum Corporation get future-ready through human development
VIEWPOINT
Having a Voice and Giving a Voice
The importance of speaking up and encouraging your team to speak up
RESEARCH
Leaders Fit for the Future
What do today’s leaders wish they’d known – and what aspiring leaders of tomorrow need to develop now
VIEWPOINT
Andragogy’s Emotional Element
Understanding the emotional element in andragogy is the key to adult education
WEBINAR
The Best Kept Secret About Profit
Cass Business School’s Danielle Lyssimachou shares her insights into the best kept secret about profit! A secret every non-finance leader should know
REPORT
Getting Women on Boards
Cranfield’s 'Female FTSE Board Report' has good news but raises concerns about ‘tick box’ attitudes
RESOURCE
How to Close Strategy/Execution Gaps
Download Vanderbilt University’s essential 'Learning Tool' to drive transformational strategy
RESOURCE
Overcome Women Leaders’ Roadblocks
Download Vanderbilt University’s compelling 'Learning Tool' for aspiring women leaders
RESEARCH
When Competition at Work Turns to Conflict
INSEAD study of Formula 1 offers insights on defusing conflicts at work
RESEARCH
The Art of the Strategic Pivot
How enterprises can change direction when facts dictate and keep their key stakeholders onside
VIEWPOINT
Networks for Entrepreneurship
HEC’s Etienne Krieger stresses the value of trust in building support networks for entrepreneurial projects
VIEWPOINT
Pros & Cons of Blind Recruitment
St. Gallen’s Gudrun Sander considers whether using anonymous job ads and blind-profiles is a good way to foster diversity
BOOK REVIEW
How to Build Innovation Capital
New book demystifies the process of cultivating the supporters and sponsors – critical to turning innovative ideas into reality
VIEWPOINT
5 Keys to a Cybersafe Culture
MIT Sloan’s cybersecurity research team reveal five effective practices to make cybersecurity a way of life
VIEWPOINT
Solving Complex Problems
MIT Sloan, the birthplace of ‘system dynamics’, offers hope for hard-pressed leaders perplexed by complexity
RESOURCE
A Performance Psychology Toolkit
Download this complimentary toolkit from CCL’s Frédéric Funck to build mental resilience and unleash your full leadership potential
VIEWPOINT
Innovation and Strategic Stability
Rotman’s Angèle Beausoleil argues the need for design-led innovation leadership
NEWS
Building Project Management Skills
SEEC’s Masters Certificate provides the foundation for individual management careers and a core competency for organizations
NEWS
Mind and Hand at MIT’s AMP
MIT’s Advanced Management Program lives up to MIT’s ethos of applied knowledge (Mens et Manus – Mind and Hand)
RESEARCH
Causes and Cures of Disengagement
Research into the barriers to team engagement reveals nuances of disengagement and suggests some remedies
WEBINAR
Managing Conflict in Times of Change
Watch as Georgetown’s Robert J. Bies delivers this high-level on how to deal with conflict in organizational life
WEBINAR
Family Enterprise Success and Survival
Watch as MIT’s John Davis delivers this high-level webinar with IEDP and learn a new formula for the long-term survival and success of family enterprises
WEBINAR
Learning to Thrive as a Leader
Webinar recording with Vanderbilt’s Jon Lehman on Learning to Thrive, and discovering a road to better leadership and a fuller life
VIEWPOINT
Executive Education’s Enduring Value
The aims and experiences of four General Management Program participants highlight the value of business school exec ed
BOOK REVIEW
The Innovation Navigator
How to leverage digital design and collaborative culture to steer through the ever-expanding innovation landscape
NEWS
Smart City Leadership
SEEC sets municipal leaders on a SMART path to future development and growth
VIEWPOINT
Promoting Nice Guys and Female Leaders
Michigan Ross’s David Mayer on why organizations should support positive behaviours and avoid gender stereotypes
VIEWPOINT
Using Pretotypes to Drive Innovation
IMD’s route to transforming technology into working solutions quickly
RESEARCH
The Paradoxical Role of the CDO
A Saïd Business School report throws light on the complex challenges facing the Chief Digital Officer
RESEARCH
Bias Against Women Leaders
New research on sex roles shows people are more prejudiced against women leaders than statistics might indicate
VIEWPOINT
Enabling Leaders to Develop their People
David Dinwoodie describes how CCL are helping managers to become more actively involved in the development of their own staff
VIEWPOINT
Developing a Digital Culture
HEC Paris’s Kristine de Valck stresses the importance of training and life-long learning in preparing for our digital future
NEWS
Managing the Modern Supply Chain
Schulich SEEC’s Masters Certificate supports current and future supply chain managers in their fast changing and critical business role
WEBINAR
5 Keys to Unlock Innovation [WEBINAR]
Watch our recent webinar with LBS’s John Dore to discover how to maximise your organization’s innovation potential
BOOK REVIEW
Solve Big Problems – Sell the Solutions
New book reveals the techniques top strategy consultants use to solve complex business problems and sell their solutions
VIEWPOINT
Digital Barbarians at the Gate
HEC’s Albert Meige considers digital disruption and the future of the mobility market citing Total, Tesla and Amazon
VIEWPOINT
A Mindset for Sustainability
IEDP talks to Matt Gitsham on embracing a globalized business mindset to tackle societal issues
VIEWPOINT
4 Principles for Leading Change
Change efforts often fail – but there are ways to increase your chances of successful company-wide transformation
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Developing High Flyers at Emirates
Warwick Business School brings greater intensity to Emirates’ senior leadership development
VIEWPOINT
Cultivating Leadership Energy at IMD
Organizational psychologist Shlomo Ben-Hur discusses why CLEAR is so unlike any other leadership program
VIEWPOINT
Neuroscience for Business Impact
The Wharton School’s Michael Platt is at the forefront in accessing the business benefits of neuroscience
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine - Issue 30
Walking in Fog: Creating Order out of Disorder
NEWS
Addressing Strategic Leadership Challenges
Warwick Business School’s four new diplomas address the key strategic challenges facing organizations and business leaders everywhere
WEBINAR
Leadership Coaching [WEBINAR]
Watch IEDP's webinar with Vanderbilt’s Mark Cannon to strengthen your employees and your organization through effective coaching
VIEWPOINT
May, BREXIT and the Human Brain
A neuroscience perspective on Theresa May’s approach to the BREXIT negotiations
BOOK REVIEW
Can Business Save the Earth?
New book proposes a systemic model for innovating our way to sustainability
VIEWPOINT
Being Prepared for Blockchain
St. Gallen’s Julio Prina deciphers some of the jargon behind Blockchain
VIEWPOINT
Integrative Thinking Now
Jennifer Riel offers new insights into the concept first elaborated by Roger Martin in ‘The Opposable Mind’ and updated by Jennifer and Roger in ‘Creating Great Choices’
RESEARCH
Managers’ Behavioural Integrity
4 ways to ensure middle managers get support from above to ‘walk the talk’ and align words with actions
NEWS
Maximizing Return on People Assets
Creating people strategies fit for the artificial intelligence era
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Break-Through at Bristol-Myers Squibb
emlyon’ s cultural transformation program at Bristol-Myers Squibb France
VIEWPOINT
Data-Driven Decision-Making
Duke Fuqua professors on the opportunities that can be realised by marrying data analysis with commercial understanding
NEWS
Leading Transport Futures
Oxford series prepares leaders to address the global challenges and opportunities of the 21st century
BOOK REVIEW
The Value of Mind Time
A sophisticated look at how 10 mindful minutes can boost performance, health and happiness
MASTERS
Most of All a Learner
The leadership journey of emlyon Executive MBA participant Sophie Prévost
VIEWPOINT
In Defence of the Levy
Lynette Ryals, Pro Vice Chancellor and Director, Cranfield School of Management, addresses critics of the UK’s Apprenticeship Levy
VIEWPOINT
4 Ways to Avoid Burnout
Prof Richard Jolly suggests what to do if you or your team are at risk of burnout
MASTERS
Master's Apprenticeship at Barclays
Cranfield University has partnered with Barclays to launch the UK’s first Master’s Apprenticeship in Leadership in the banking sector
MASTERS
Using a Master’s in Mexico
Entrepreneur and emlyon alumnus Florence Robineau Bourgneuf brings French culture to Mexican homes with au pairs
WEBINAR
Leading Millennials
IEDP’s latest webinar aims to help you reduce turnover, increase engagement and leverage the talents of millennials in the workplace
RESEARCH
Is Collaboration a Delusion?
Wharton researchers reveal collaboration’s dirty little secret
MASTERS
Leadership and Personal Development
Two emlyon Executive MBA alumni on the great value of the Leadership and Personal Development track
MASTERS
Impact Your Life, People and Society
How is the Executive EMBA of HEC Paris providing opportunities for women?
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Accidental Leaders
Roger Delves on how to address the root causes of the UK’s lack of leadership skills
BOOK REVIEW
When Best Practices Are Bad Habits
Prof Freek Vermeulen reveals how bad habits are holding businesses back
VIEWPOINT
The Shift Towards Purpose
Oxford Saïd sees a growing desire to make a positive impact beyond just the bottom line
VIEWPOINT
The Rise of Andragogy
The growing understanding of the theory and practice of teaching adult learners
VIEWPOINT
Leaders as Explorers
Exploration happens outside the comfort zone – creating new business models, serving new markets and new customers
NEWS
Leading in Healthcare
Schulich's Masters Certificate Program brings leading-edge management thinking to healthcare professionals
MASTERS
Broad Learning in Brazil
IMD’s EMBA discovery journey focuses on developing growth strategies in challenging environments
MASTERS
Developing a Start-Up with an EMBA
The leadership journey of Layla Al-Dorani, founder and CEO of Raw Middle East and alumnus of HEC Paris Executive MBA in Qatar
RESEARCH
Reshoring Vs Staying Abroad
Important insight for companies deciding if they should stay or come back home
RESOURCE
Entrepreneurs Are Made Not Born
To understand why, download a free chapter from entrepreneurship guru Bill Aulet’s new workbook
NEWS
Mastering Sales Leadership
Schulich helps senior executives master the critical-thinking skills and strategies required at the forefront of sales leadership
EVENT
HR and Brexit: The Countdown Continues
With the Article 50 clock ticking - what now for HRDs? The latest Brexit event from FT|IE Corporate Learning Alliance looks for answers
VIEWPOINT
Overwork Can Kill Productivity
5 recovery practices for individuals and strategies for HR to avoid employee overwork
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Learning with Impact
A conversation with Professor Jean-François Manzoni, President IMD
VIDEO
Leading with Ego and Eco Intelligence
Why leaders must find a balance between ‘ego’ and ‘eco’ intelligent leadership
VIEWPOINT
Creating High Performing Teams
A conversation with Goizueta Business School’s Professor J. B. Kurish
VIEWPOINT
Learning Ecosystems: Power of Collaboration
An interview with Dr Katharina Lange, Executive Director at Singapore Management University - ExD
NEWS
Leading Innovation and Entrepreneurship
HEC Paris launches an innovative, self-paced, online degree (MSc) for time-pressed executives
RESEARCH
Leadership Attribution
Successful leaders learn to incorporate the views and preferences of diverse followers
BOOK REVIEW
Leadership with Purpose
Kevin Murray shows how finding 'purpose' can drive personal and organizational success
RESEARCH
Barriers to Corporate Governance
10 reasons boards of directors fail at monitoring their companies
VIEWPOINT
Security Ensures Trust
Security isn’t just about risk and resilience. It’s also about trust and competitiveness
VIDEO
Succession Planning
Succession is perhaps the biggest challenge facing entrepreneurs particularly in family businesses. Thomas Zellweger offers a six step process for them...
RESOURCE
Customer Focused Insights
6 research-based articles from Kellogg’s marketing savvy thought-leaders
RESEARCH
CSR: What’s in it for Society?
What is the real value of corporate social responsibility and can firms do better
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine Issue 26
Access the full magazine below. ‘Changing Mindsets in Organizations’
RESEARCH
Workplace Vigilante Syndrome
The danger of letting Dark Knights police the organization’s culture
VIEWPOINT
Data Analysis – It’s a Human Issue
How selecting appropriate data to provide 'business' answers is a human responsibility
NEWS
Strategic Marketing Analytics
From data-driven insight to customer-centric action – improve your marketing strategy
RESOURCE
The Innovator's Method [Chapter Download]
Create the innovative dynamism of a lean start-up in your organization
VIEWPOINT
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
4 branches of EI that humanize leadership: IEDP reviews Kerrie Fleming’s chapter from ‘Inspiring Leadership’
NEWS
Innovation for Value Creation
Mastering innovation to turn ideas into drivers of profits and growth
VIEWPOINT
Engaging Strategy Processes
To make good strategies companies need strategy processes with a ‘wow’ factor
NEWS
Women Leaders in London
A New Program Helps Women Navigate the Challenges of the Corporate Career Ladder
VIEWPOINT
Reflection Trumps Uncertainty
Worried about the consequences of Brexit and Trump? Reflection helps us stay positive and effective in uncertain times
NEWS
Effective HR Business Partnering
How HR business partners can work with senior leaders to support strategic business aims
BOOK REVIEW
Inclusive Talent Management
Fostering Diversity Boosts Talent in Organizations Say Authors Stephen Frost and Danny Kalman
EVENT
Neuroplasticity and Learning Best Practice
Why the best way to facilitate learning is to interrupt forgetting and boost memory retrieval
NEWS
Digital Transformation and Innovation
Meeting the strategic, organizational and innovation challenges of leadership in the digital era
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Renu Kulkarni in Conversation
Discussion, Experimentation and Data-Gathering at Chicago Booth Executive Education
RESEARCH
When Customers See CSR as a Negative
Don’t assume that all of your customers see the benefits of your corporate social responsibility initiatives; some only see the costs.
VIEWPOINT
Organizational Politics and Keys to Persuasion
Politics is a dirty word. But day-to-day office politics is a part on business life
VIEWPOINT
How HRM Can Broaden Its Social Role: Lessons from Latin America
HR could be playing a bigger role in society, says EGADE Business School’s Professor Anabella Dávila, with a unique perspective on HRM practices from leading Latin American companies
RESEARCH
Public vs. Private Sector Leadership Challenges
Leading in the Civil Service Vs leading in a private corporation - White Paper
VIEWPOINT
NHS Employee Engagement and Compassionate Leadership
Compassionate NHS staff should be able to live by their personal values
NEWS
3 Pillars of Leadership for the CFO of the Future
“Getting to CFO is 80% functional/technical and 20% leadership skills. Once in the CFO chair this equation is turned on its head.”
VIDEO
How Continual Learning Builds Careers
Find out how continual learning benefits the organization as a whole and individual careers in this short video
RESEARCH
Engaging Stakeholders Globally
Georgetown McDonough and Rio Tinto’s Stakeholder Engagement Academy
VIEWPOINT
Men and Women’s Brains Differ: Leaders Be Aware!
There are practical consequences due to functional differences
VIEWPOINT
Leader! Get Those Priorities Carved in Stone!
Agreeing the ground rules is key to leading change
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Developing China’s Family Firms
China shifts from investment driven and state sponsored growth to sustainable growth from business enterprise
VIEWPOINT
Leadership: Wily by Nature
Successful leaders need the bounce-back resilience of a cartoon character
WHITE PAPER
Leadership Across Borders
While a majority of organizations recognize the need to compete globally, very few have a strategy to develop leaders with the competence to truly compete globally.
VIEWPOINT
Design Thinking – People | Process | Place
Enhancing teamwork and fostering greater innovation
RESEARCH
A Conversation with Kelly Bean
Associate Dean, Executive Education, UCLA Anderson School of Management
RESOURCE
Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader [Chapter Download]
Below follows a brief extract from Herminia Ibarra’s insightful, provocative, and practical new book ‘Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader.’
BOOK REVIEW
Succession by Noel Tichy - A Review
"Every question about leadership ultimately gets down to development, its about crucible experiences that make others better"
RESEARCH
Should We Choose Our Own Job Titles?
Recognizable job titles clearly have benefits, but can be a source of frustration and stress for employees
VIDEO
Negotiating with Emotional Intelligence
Applying EI in an area where perhaps we would least expect it
VIEWPOINT
Four Ways to Spur Innovation in a Corporate Environment
Generating an overall culture of innovation
VIEWPOINT
Predictive Analytics – The Future for Retail
In a recent article, Indian School of Business’ Professor Galit Shmuéli explains the value of and methodology behind ‘predictive analytics’.
VIEWPOINT
Why ‘Learning Agility' Is Key to Leadership Success
"There are five main characteristics that can be assessed to determine an individual’s learning agility."
BOOK REVIEW
How to Lead with Political Intelligence
IQ and EQ are not enough. For today's leaders political intelligence, PQ, is required
RESEARCH
Re-shoring: Will Europe Follow the US?
"A third of the companies who were re-shoring had brought back business from Asia, a half from BRIC countries, and over 20% from Europe."
VIEWPOINT
Aligning Functional Expertise with Strategy
Corporate success depends on how well finance, HR, IT, and marketing align their operational models with strategy
VIEWPOINT
Can Business Schools Meet the Challenges of the Future?
IMD President, Dominique Turpin, analyses the issues and forces that are buffeting business schools
VIEWPOINT
Gen Y, Social Entrepreneurship and a New Business Model
The involvement of ‘millennials’ in social entrepreneurship highlights how the corporate world can benefit from engaging a generation ambitious to change the world.
VIEWPOINT
Why Good People Do Bad Things At Work
The drivers of fraud and steps to reduce the risks are considered by RSM's Professor Muel Kaptein
VIEWPOINT
Change the Model, Not the Business
Gaining competitive edge from business model innovation
RESEARCH
Corporate Governance and the Old Boys' Network
How social networks impact board effectiveness
BOOK REVIEW
Designing the Smart Organization
"As a transformational business practice learning has to leave the classroom and become a core element of the business process…”
BOOK REVIEW
The Strategist: Be the Leader Your Business Needs
Strategy is a journey needing continuous, not intermittent, leadership
BOOK REVIEW
Beyonders – A Template for Leadership
A valuable model for any organization facing the challenges of the 21st century
VIDEO
The Intuitive Mind is a Sacred Gift
Renowned psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist’s animated lecture at the RSA in London
RESEARCH
6 Key Servant Leadership Attributes
"The servant leader should feel a responsibility towards employees as individuals and must have a sense of stewardship for them and the organisation as a whole."
RESEARCH
Leadership: Is It in the genes?
Richard Arvey asks, if so can it help in allocating developmental resources?
RESEARCH
How to Use Information for Competitive Advantage
In times of seemingly unlimited sources of information and hordes of analytical tools, how can information be used to gain competitive advantage?
VIEWPOINT
Personality and Leadership Matrix
Dr David Pendleton Co-Director of the High Performance Leadership Programme at the Saïd Business School
VIEWPOINT
Exec Ed from a Zen Master and Christian Mystic
Lessons for leaders from Father Willigis Jäger
NEWS
GE, Crotonville and Susan Peters
Wharton publishes insightful interview with GE's Chief Learning Officer Susan Peters
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Creating a Global Champion 2
The TRATON GROUP (formerly Volkswagen Truck & Bus) is benefiting from a successful collaboration between business schools Barcelona-based IESE and HEC Paris
RESOURCE
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