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A Human Approach to Leadership
Experts from the Center for Creative Leadership call for ‘human-centered leadership’ to address today’s confusing business world
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Spotting and Backing Intrapreneurs
Cognitive neuroscientist, Lynda Shaw, explains how to understand and support intrapreneurs
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How to Accelerate Corporate Innovation
MIT Sloan experts explain how to engage successfully with innovation ecosystems
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Transformative Leadership Training
For Thomas Misslin, transformation rather than training is the aim of executive education at emlyon business school
RESEARCH
The Hare and Tortoise in Teams
Recruiters should look for conscientiousness as much as proactivity when hiring team members
BOOK REVIEW
Customer Centricity Explained
Wharton School Press launch a timely guide to perhaps the most important marketing concept of recent times
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The Challenges of Intentional Leadership
A conversation with Professor Kenneth Corts of the Rotman School of Management
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Creating Resilience to Cyber Risk
Keri Pearlson, Executive Director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan, calls on executives to look beyond IT driven cybersecurity and create holistic resilience to cyber risk
BOOK REVIEW
Industry Beyond Digitization
Two renowned authorities on strategy and innovation explain how the fusion of physical products and services with real-time data and AI will shape the industrial future
BOOK REVIEW
Self-Development for Leaders
Rotman’s Maja Djikic reveals how to discover your purpose and fulfil your whole-life potential through lasting change
WEBINAR
The World Beyond the Horizon
Video recording: Cranfield’s Joe Nellis, Professor of Global Economy, prepares managers to adapt, innovate, and thrive in an uncertain future
BOOK REVIEW
Sourcing Supply Responsibly
A practical guide to sustainable corporate sourcing and running a scandal-free supply chain
RESEARCH
Middle Managers: Heroes or Villains?
RSM's Professor Murat Tarakci examines the changing but still vital role of the middle manager in a new study
BOOK REVIEW
A Battle for Secure Jobs in the AI Era
A unique call-to-action for safeguarding career prospects in a time of AI disruption
VIEWPOINT
Developing Senior Executives
Preparing Senior Executives to Meet the Multiple Challenges of Global Leadership
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Intrapreneurship with emlyon for competitive advantage
emlyon pioneers in inspiring and equipping intrapreneurs for business success
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Delivering Genuine ESG
In a recent webinar Rotman’s Walid Hejazi and two senior ESG executives showed the true path to ESG—deflecting scepticism and debunking myths
RESEARCH
Upping Employees’ Sense of Belonging
A new study stresses the need to foster organizational belonging and offers ways to measure it
VIDEO
Leadership for Good – Making It happen
WEBINAR RECORDING: Cranfield experts show how to better articulate your organization’s purpose and sustainability strategy and explain its relevance
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders Quarterly
Developing Leaders Quarterly magazine is available on subscription in print and online formats
RESEARCH
Supporting Unconventional Entrepreneurs
A recent study argues for a holistic view of diversity and inclusion in the area of entrepreneurship
VIEWPOINT
Options for Leadership Learning
In-person, live online, self-paced online, coaching—the options for developing leadership skills are many. CCL experts use research-based evidence to help you find the right fit for your organization
WEBINAR
The Evolution of Flexible Work: Where Do We Go from Here?
Webinar recording: Lively virtual panel with two of the UK’s leading authorities on flexible work
WEBINAR
Choosing a Leadership Learning Method
Webinar recording: CCL experts compare research-based leadership development methods—to help you choose the right fit for your leaders and organization
WEBINAR
Extended Reality Check: A Guide to XR’s Business Implications
Webinar recording explores the wide-ranging business applications and implications of AR, VR, Metaverse, and other XR technologies
BOOK REVIEW
Navigating to Equity and Inclusion
Georgetown’s Ella Washington maps the corporate journey from good intentions to truly establishing a diverse and inclusive workplace
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Valuing High Sensitivity at Work
Vlerick’s Karlien Vanderheyden highlights the benefits and challenges presented by individuals with sensory processing sensitivity
BOOK REVIEW
Defending Human Centred Innovation
Mauro Porcini’s impassioned plea for people-centred, world-changing innovation
RESEARCH
The Road to Meritocracy at Work
MIT Sloan and Berkeley Haas study reveals the barriers to achieving meritocracy in the workplace
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Why Workplaces Need a Wellbeing Strategy
Dr Redzo Mujcic, explores the link between organizational performance and workplace wellbeing—and describes the thinking behind Warwick Business School’s ‘Creating Value Through Workplace Wellbeing’ course
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Understanding Leadership Psychology
Professor Maja Djikic describes the thinking behind Rotman School of Management’s ‘Psychology of Leadership’ program
WEBINAR
Supply Chain Disruption: From The Back Office To The Boardroom [ROUNDTABLE]
Video recording: A virtual roundtable and open Q&A, focused on four crucial elements of today’s global supply chain debate: talent, leadership, strategy, and resilience
BOOK REVIEW
Brave New Business Thinking
Former Rotman Dean, Roger Martin, offers a better way to think about fourteen essential aspects of management
RESEARCH
Pros and Cons of Face-to-Face
LSE study reveals that effective communication, essential to all group success, is usually best face-to-face—but not always
BOOK REVIEW
Leading Wisely in Turbulent Times
Leadership guru Kets de Vries lauds reflection and self-knowledge as the royal road to wisdom—the quality leaders need above all others
RESEARCH
The Impact of Executive Education
Dr Wendy Shepherd discusses the unique research behind Cranfield Executive Development’s Annual Impact Report
RESEARCH
Productive Meetings and Conversations at Work
With 71% of senior managers reporting their meetings to be unproductive new research offers a better way
VIEWPOINT
A Blueprint for Smart Decisions
Rotman School of Management’s Anne Bowers discusses how to develop a strategy for competitive advantage
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Developing High-Potential Executives at Orange
Orange Business Services places its trust in HEC Paris to train its high-potential employees
RESEARCH
How Future Fit Companies Excel
Research from Vodafone and LSE reveals a close correlation between being ‘fit for the future’, commercial performance, and social impact
WHITE PAPER
5 Capabilities for Strategic Flexibility
Vlerick Business School report describes the strategic flexibility needed to set a trajectory for growth in turbulent times and the skills required to develop it
VIEWPOINT
The ‘Third Way’ to Innovate
In a brutally competitive market sometimes a great product just isn’t enough. MIT Sloan’s David Robertson uses the corporate journey of LEGO® to provide a fascinating look beyond ‘incremental’ and ‘disruptive’ innovation, and offers a ‘third way’ to innovate, when a great product isn't enough
WHITE PAPER
Responsible Capitalism Post-Pandemic
UVA Darden professors consider seven key issues businesses must address to be ready to help solve global environmental and societal issues
RESEARCH
Equality Drive by Women in Finance
A WIBF and LSE’s framework for promoting gender equality in the finance sector offers lessons for all
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Innovation to Meet Social and Eco Challenges
HEC Paris’ Laurence Lehmann-Ortega explains how to capitalize on innovation to respond to social and environmental challenges
RESEARCH
The Return of Craft Work
New research shows how ‘craft’ as a way of work organization can offer solutions to today’s workplace challenges
BOOK REVIEW
Understanding the Dynamics of Power
An essential guide to how power works and how everyone can harness it to make change happen
REPORT
Redesigning and Reimagining Executive Education
Impressions, insights and takeaways from UNICON’s Annual Workshop 2021, hosted by the University of St. Gallen’s Executive School of Management, Technology and Law (ES-HSG)
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The Curse of Knowledge: Why Experts Struggle to Explain Their Work
Senior Lecturer in Management Communication at MIT Sloan, Miro Kazakoff, explains why—even armed with insights based on sound data—leaders are still often failing to persuade their audience
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Competition Law vs the Tech Giants
LSE’s Niamh Dunne, Associate Professor of Law, discusses the challenges facing competition law as it seeks to deal with the evolving problems posed by Big Tech
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5 Core Skills to Harness Data and Make Better Decisions
LSE’s Dr James Abdey considers five essential skills for professionals seeking to analyse data in more meaningful ways, communicate more effectively using data, and to make better, data-informed decisions
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine - Issue 37
Scoping the way forward for executive education — how the pandemic has accelerated changes already afoot in the corporate learning sector and what the future holds
VIEWPOINT
Building a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
For HEC Paris Professor, Matteo Winkler, diversity is about headcount, whereas inclusiveness is making each head count
REPORT
Developing Future Leaders - New Report
A new report from IEDP highlights the critical skills needed in business today―and the latest routes to acquiring them
EVENT
The Supply Side: New Models in Executive Education
Impressions, insights, and takeaways from Day One of UNICON’s Directors’ Conference 2021, hosted by Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC)
EVENT
Financial Analysis for HR Professionals
A new Rotman initiative aims to give HR executives enough financial savvy to contribute effectively at the highest level
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How Is Exec Ed Innovating with Program Design to Meet the Needs of the Modern Learner?
A new Accelerated Management Development Program from Michigan’s Ross School of Business shows how top business schools are evolving their offering to better meet the changing requirements of executives taking the step up to leadership
BOOK REVIEW
The Imaginative Organization
How to unleash new ideas, creativity and innovation to create your company’s future
BOOK REVIEW
Being Brave at Work
Darden’s Professor Jim Detert describes the value of courage in the workplace and how it can be developed through practice
RESOURCE
Partnership for Sustainability
An exemplary learning collaboration between Michigan Ross School of Business, The University of Michigan’s ERB Institute and The Dow Chemical Company
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A Double Helix Structure to Drive the Digital Economy
MIT Sloan’s Paul McDonagh-Smith describes the ‘twisted ladder structure’ of our physical and digital worlds, that can help organizations shape the digital economy
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Embracing Change
Aston’s Corporate Client Solutions team embraced the change of a pandemic-enforced pivot to virtual. The lessons they learned show a path to flourishing results in customised executive development delivered online
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Post-pandemic Executive Education
In a recent letter to the deans of its business school members, Lise Hammergren, UNICON Board Chair, offers her observations on the current state of university-based executive education and a view of the future
Applying Behavioural Science
An authoritative guide to becoming a behaviourally informed organization
REPORT
A Net-Zero Covid Recovery Plan
Oxford SSEE publishes a net-zero emissions pandemic recovery plan
REPORT
Stimulating Strategic Philanthropy
Cambridge Judge Business School report calls for philanthropists in the Global North and Global South to collaborate better beyond the pandemic
EVENT
Impact: Shaping Executive Education in the 4IR - Part Four
Impressions, insights and takeaways from Day Four of UNICON’s Team Development Conference 2020 hosted by Thunderbird School of Global Management
WEBINAR
Algorithmic Business Thinking
MIT Sloan Executive Education’s Paul McDonagh-Smith explains how algorithms and the technologies behind can drive your organization forward
WEBINAR
Inclusive Growth Leadership
Schulich’s Brett Richards and Renée Bazile-Jones explain how best to develop adaptability, inclusiveness, and growth in your organization, in this webinar recording
WEBINAR
Building (Virtual) Presence
Rotman’s Maja Djikic shows how to build trustworthiness and rapport through virtual communication [webinar recording]
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10 Ways to Stop Bullying at Work
Even remote workers experience bullying—now is the time to stamp it out
WEBINAR
Online Learning and Leadership
From ‘Doing’ Leadership Online, to ‘Being’ an Online Leader: How to Achieve Deeper Learning Levels in the Emerging Reality [Webinar recording]
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Distance Learning Reimagined
Warwick Business School’s Dot Powell, Pietro Micheli, and Tim Wray discuss what the past few months have shown about remote learning—what’s effective and how organizations and individuals can benefit
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Group Coaching to Unify Executive Effort
INSEAD’s Manfred Kets de Vries explains how group coaching can create forces for change to refocus conflicted executives on strategy implementation
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Post-Pandemic Leadership Challenge
St Gallen’s Prof Winfried Ruigrok describes the three-part strategic and human capital challenge posed by COVID-19
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A Strategizing Framework for the Digital Era
Hult Ashridge’s Dr Mike Cooray and UCL’s Dr Rikke Duus offer a framework for re-thinking organizational competitiveness in digital spheres
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Making the Recovery Green
Hult Ashridge’s Matthew Gitsham and Julian Thompson discuss the potential for a post-pandemic economic recovery to have a green focus
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A Pivot to Online with Long-Term Value for Executives
Cranfield School of Management’s success delivering online learning during the pandemic augers well—not only for the now, but for the future of executive education
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Create a Digital Learning Strategy the MIT Way
Paul McDonagh-Smith sets out the principles and possibilities for digital learning in organizations—based on the creation of MIT Sloan’s own digital learning strategy
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The Purpose of Answers
Oxford’s Educational Approach for the 2020s: A Conversation with Andrew White and Caroline Williams of Oxford Saïd Business School
PODCAST
Gig Leadership – Taking Turns at the Tiller
Professor Bernd Vogel concludes Henley’s recent series of essential podcasts with an introduction to the concept of rotating leadership where many people spend an interim period at the helm
BOOK REVIEW
Economics Beyond the Pandemic
A review of ‘Economics in the Age of COVID-19’ - the new book from Rotman School of Management professor Joshua Gans
WEBINAR
Explore vs. Exploit for Renewal and Recovery
Oxford Saïd’s Prof Marc Ventresca, looks to strategic innovation to re-imagine the firm—and the economy—re-balancing exploration and exploitation
EVENT
Virtual Roundtable: Emerging from the Crisis
View a recording of this thought-provoking virtual roundtable—when leading voices from the sector discussed talent development in a New Normal
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Innovation Readiness for the New Normal
Rotman School of Management’s Dr. Angèle Beausoleil on how to navigate barriers and stimulate the innovation needed to survive and thrive
PODCAST
My Boss is a Robot – Help!
Ben Laker opens Henley’s new series of essential podcasts with his, mostly positive, perspective on 2030’s predicted half-human half-digital workforce
NEWS
Resources from UK Business Schools for Lockdown and Beyond
Three useful online responses to the COVID-19 crisis from some of the UK’s leading business schools
NEWS
Executive Education for After the Crisis
Schulich SEEC suggests now is the time to build a bridge to your future with executive education
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Intersection of Data & Human Experience
Columbia’s Omar Besbes explains the importance of bringing human experience and domain expertise to data analytics
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How B2B Marketing is Learning from B2C
B2B marketing practice will follow the lead set by B2C marketers in the years ahead
VIEWPOINT
Managing with Machines
Rotman School of Management’s Matthew Mitchell shows how AI and machine learning can transform complex business challenges into new opportunities
RESEARCH
Developing Mindsets for Growth
Hult Ashridge’s Nadine Page explains why growth mindsets really matter, and how we can develop them in individuals, teams and organizations
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Executive Presence
MIT Sloan’s Rob Salafia explains the importance of executive presence and offers advice on how to develop it
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Business for Society and the Environment
IMD's Frédéric Dalsace believes a new era of business engagement with CSR can mean real change
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Apprenticeship Levy with Impact
How Aston University is developing middle-management competence with the Apprenticeship Levy – and without
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Learning for Disruption
When no strategy is safe, learn from those who have experienced the same intensity of change as you, says Patrick Faniel, Managing Director at Management Centre Europe (MCE)
VIEWPOINT
FinTech in Large Organizations
RSM’s Daniel Liebau on how to make innovation and change happen
BOOK REVIEW
Building China/West Business Relations
Barbara Xiaoyu Wang’s ‘Guanxi in the Western Context: Intra-Firm Group Dynamics and Expatriate Adjustment’ reviewed
VIEWPOINT
Exploring the Efficacy of Monetary Incentives to Motivate Employees
Professor Karen Sedatole explains the four core principles of how and when to use pay and bonuses to improve employee performance
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Design Thinking Complex Problems
St Gallen faculty Rachel Brooks and Jennifer Hehn on how design thinking combines human-centricity and rapid prototyping for complex problem-solving
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Nobody Does It Better
How family companies quietly outperform other companies (even in today’s disruptive environment)
RESEARCH
Pros & Cons of a Four-Day Week
Henley Business School study of the QuadGen workforce shows the benefits of flexible and four-day working
EVENT
Leading Organizational Resilience
Professor David Denyer and Dr Elmar Kutsch combine for an engaging presentation at the latest Leadership Series event from Cranfield School of Management @Brand Exchange, London
RESOURCE
Executive Education at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
RSM's latest catalogue of programs highlights some of the key issues business people care about and business schools aim to address
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Creating a Thinking Culture
Saïd’s Alison Nolan on creating the capacity to think well ‘In the Eye of the Storm’
RESEARCH
Narcissism in Leadership
RSM researcher reveals how power can exacerbate narcissistic tendencies in people with high levels of testosterone
VIDEO
Ideas Around Ethical Leadership
Diverse perspectives were key to considering responsible leadership at the FRED Leadership Event in London
RESEARCH
Leading Vs Managing Big Projects
5 core elements and 8 survival skills needed to lead complex projects
RESEARCH
Recruiting Expert Talent
A new study looks at the value of ‘exploding offers' and other techniques in securing top talent
RESEARCH
Working Well with Robots
How an immersive virtual environment can counter robotophobia and help organizations get the best out of AI
EVENT
Going Beyond Strategy: and Knowing How to Do It
Professor Patrick Reinmoeller keeps us abreast of the latest strategy thinking at a recent London thought-leadership event from Cranfield School of Management
VIEWPOINT
Forecast Documents for Business
HEC’s Etienne Krieger explains the value of business forecasting, planning, and budgeting
RESEARCH
Ambidexterity for an AI Future
How diverse top management teams and a focus on continuous improvement can win the present and the future
BOOK REVIEW
How Women Leaders Reach the Top
New guidebook draws on the experience of 30 high-achieving women leaders to show the way
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Elevating Design into Strategy
6 factors crucial to raising design to a strategic level
BOOK REVIEW
Find the Right Digital Business Model
MIT experts pose six questions to help build the next-generation enterprise
VIDEO
Business and Exec Ed for Social Good
UBC Sauder’s Robert Helsley discusses executive education, sustainable business, and innovation for positive social change with Roddy Millar
BOOK REVIEW
The 360° Corporation
Sarah Kaplan on embracing stakeholder trade-offs to achieve social good
VIEWPOINT
Nordic Leadership Expedition
Hannes Leroy, associate professor at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), describes a leadership development experience that is a force for positive change
VIEWPOINT
Five Strategies for Creative Negotiation
Insights from IESE’s Kandarp Mehta on ‘The Power of Creative Comebacks’ in unlocking negotiations
RESOURCE
Learn to Lead Multi-Generations
Download Vanderbilt University’s compelling 'Learning Tool' for managers of multi-generational workforces
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Digital Innovation & Design Thinking
Dirk Deichmann discusses the innovative potential of human creativity in the age of algorithms and big data
NEWS
Creativity and the Value of Failure
Cambridge Creativity Lab – an inspiring, stimulating and disruptive seminar for leading innovation
VIEWPOINT
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Entrepreneurship
Etienne Krieger shares two important insights for entrepreneurs: for starting up, for scaling up an enterprise
NEWS
Career-Defining Executive Education
Cranfield launches four experiential programs focused on the key transition points on the journey from executive to senior leadership
NEWS
Analytics, AI and Big Data Leadership
Kellogg School of Management provides leaders with the working knowledge to get the best from data analytics and AI
BOOK REVIEW
Women Leaders Vs Less Competent Men
New book laments the preponderance of incompetent men blocking the progress of women leaders and offers some solutions
VIDEO
Embracing Sustainable Business
UBC Sauder’s James Tansey and Justin Bull discuss sustainable business models, innovation, and the circular economy in conversation with IEDP
RESEARCH
Moral Benefit of ‘Bringing Self to Work’
How bringing your whole self to work inspires ethical behaviour
RESOURCE
Unlocking Innovation Toolkit
A complimentary ‘Toolkit’ from London Business School to help you foster innovation in your organization
RESEARCH
Share Leadership to Spread Innovation
A new real-world study shows how shared leadership among managers and professionals can ensure that innovation diffuses more widely
VIEWPOINT
Innovation Unplugged
Insights on creating a Silicon Valley in the Alpine region offer lessons to all
VIEWPOINT
Beyond Greenwashing
Professor Michael Lennox on how companies must integrate environmental sustainability as a core value in their mission
VIEWPOINT
Architecting Culture Change
CCL's David Dinwoodie discusses the need to craft developmental architecture for ‘leadership at every level’ of your organization
NEWS
Communications in the Era of Fake News
RSM Masterclass explores the widening role for communication professionals in the evolving new media landscape
BOOK REVIEW
Business Presentation for Leaders
Kellogg’s Prof Tim Calkins offers a comprehensive guide to the science and art of delivering great presentations
VIEWPOINT
The Psychology of Resilience
CCL’s Frédéric Funck on how performance psychology can help you build the mental resilience to release your full leadership potential
RESEARCH
The Future of Talent Management
Research from UVA Darden considers which talent management practices are best fit for the future
WEBINAR
Performance Psychology [WEBINAR]
Watch IEDP's webinar with CCL’s Frédéric Funck on how to ‘Reclaim Control, and Find your Flow’ – for you and your team
BOOK REVIEW
The Age of the Digital Human
How people and their organizations must develop to get the best from all that digital has to offer
BOOK REVIEW
Mastering Catastrophic Risk
Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem show how companies are coping with disruption and offer profound insights on mitigating and managing risk
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Creating a Global Champion
The TRATON GROUP (formerly Volkswagen Truck & Bus) is benefiting from a successful collaboration with Barcelona-based IESE and HEC Paris
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Customized Executive Education with Impact
A Conversation with Dr Markus Frank, Director and Head of Customized Learning at the Executive School (ES-HSG), University of St. Gallen
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Moving On Up
Cranfield’s Kim Turnbull James, Susan Vinnicombe and Hilary Harris offer a gender perspective on practical inclusive talent management for senior roles
VIEWPOINT
The Independents’ Challenge
The necessarily uncomfortable role of Non-Executive Directors: Insights from Rotman’s David Beatty
MASTERS
Executive Masters in Focus
IEDP Developing Leaders is increasing its coverage of world-class EMBAs and post-experience Masters
VIEWPOINT
4 Levers for an Agile Culture
Margaret De Lattre on how to shift your organization’s culture to be both efficient and more agile and flexible
RESEARCH
Smart Products Vs a Meaningful Life
The psychology behind smart product adoption and outsourcing tasks to focus on the meaningful
NEWS
Developing Project Managers
Schulich’s Masters Certificate builds project management skills and provides the foundation for a successful management career
VIEWPOINT
Functionalization: A Key to Survival
The move away from marketing ‘products’ towards marketing ‘functions’ is a move to business sustainability
Excellence in Executive Education
Henley’s ‘Higher Education Pathway’ program for the British Army takes top place at Chartered ABS’s Executive Education Awards
VIEWPOINT
The Entrepreneur as Explorer
HEC Academic Director Albert Meige suggests three key characteristics entrepreneurs share with explorers
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Evolving Executive Education
Nathalie Lugagne, Associate Dean, HEC Paris Executive Education, in conversation
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Get Developing Leaders in Hard Copy
Read Developing Leaders magazine in luxury hard copy and still enjoy the convenience of online
VIEWPOINT
Non-Profits and For-Profits Come Together
IMD offers a space for Non-Profits and For-Profits to learn to collaborate for a better world
VIEWPOINT
A Force for Good in the City
The 'Tightrope Walkers' are fostering power with integrity in London’s business community
VIEWPOINT
Connecting for Change in Public Services
One woman’s mission to revolutionise public service provision
MASTERS
An Empowering Epiphany
A conversation with HEC Paris Executive MBA alumnus, Anne Bougel, CEO of Labelium Canada
RESOURCE
How to Avoid Imposter Anxiety
Advice from Wharton on how leaders can find authenticity and counter imposter syndrome
NEWS
Developing Senior Leaders
St. Gallen’s International Executive MBA develops C-level and potential CEO talent within the organization
VIEWPOINT
How Women Can Win at Negotiations
5 ways women can advocate for themselves at critical points in their careers
WHITE PAPER
Leadership Disrupted
CCL’s Joseph Press on how leaders can accelerate personal and organizational transformation to achieve meaningful value
VIDEO
Looking Over the Crest of the Hill
A Conversation with Bruce Wiesner, Associate Dean for Executive Education, UBC Sauder School of Business.
NEWS
Corporate Learning Alliance
Gustaf Nordbäck appointed as the new CEO of the FT | IE Corporate Learning Alliance
NEWS
Finance for the Intimidated
Michigan Ross offers a cure for managers lacking confidence with numbers
RESEARCH
CEOs Bring Harmony to Diversity
How bridge-building CEOs can unite diverse top management groups and boardrooms
MASTERS
The Many Faces of an Executive MBA
Three emlyon alumni describe the reasons they embarked on an Executive MBA programme
RESEARCH
How Emotions Affect Strategy
The development of business strategy is as much about emotion as rational thought
MASTERS
A Female Leader in the Gulf
A profile of London Business School EMBA alumnus - Amelie Zegmout
VIEWPOINT
Chinese Leadership: 5 Critical Differences with the West
Ashridge Executive Education's China representative Barbara Wang explains how cultural understanding is vital for leadership in China
VIEWPOINT
Is Strategy a Relevant Concept?
Gérard de Maupeou explains why strategic thinking is still a relevant managerial discipline in a volatile world
VIEWPOINT
Staying Ahead in a Volatile World
Why being alert is not enough to beat VUCA and disruption
REPORT
Coaching and Mentoring
An important report into the methods and outcomes of coaching and mentoring in organizations across Europe
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Harmony in a Complex Organization
How Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business helped AARP create managerial harmony across its various functions, levels and affiliates
RESEARCH
Managing Creativity in Organizations
How companies need to control the supply and demand of creativity
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine Issue 27
Access the full magazine below. ‘From Apprenticeship to Mastership’
NEWS
Risk Management and Business Performance
SEEC’s foundation in risk management helps leaders develop a risk framework and roadmap for their organization
REPORT
Meeting Sustainable Development Goals
Download this new report from IIRC to help your business meet its sustainable development commitments
NEWS
Leading in the International Arena
Georgetown’s new masters program blends business and international relations
VIEWPOINT
Developing More Responsible Leaders
The role of immersive ‘corporate international service learning’
BOOK REVIEW
Integrative Thinking Revisited
Roger Martin and Jennifer Riel on creating great choices to inspire better decisions
VIEWPOINT
Moving up to Leadership
How to approach the first 100 days in a new position ― lessons for business and politics
RESEARCH
Trash-talking in Business
Competitive incivility may motivate performance but it causes rivalry and unethical behaviour
NEWS
Ethical Leadership in Business
Developing morally responsible leaders and gaining competitive advantage
VIEWPOINT
Supply Chain Innovation
Suppliers as a source of innovation in a fast-changing environment
VIEWPOINT
Six Qualities of Good Leadership
Six traits that get to the heart of what makes effective ethical leaders
NEWS
Leadership Development 4.0
Martina Mangelsdorf describes GAIA Insights' innovative ASPIRE program
NEWS
Non-Executive Directors | Broadening Horizons
Bath’s NED program seeks to produce a new diversity of highly capable, high-performing NEDs
VIEWPOINT
E-learning for Executives
Do Learning Management Systems have a future in management development?
RESEARCH
MIT Entrepreneurs and the Innovation Economy
The global impact of innovation entrepreneurship is evident at MIT
NEWS
The Good Jobs Strategy
How better jobs lead to engaged employees, happier customers, stronger corporate performance and satisfied investors
RESEARCH
Leading through Digital Disruption
4 competencies for effective leadership in an environment of digital transformation
NEWS
The Power of Storytelling
How to deliver information in a way that inspires employees, reassures investors and engages customers
BOOK REVIEW
Work Without Stress
How resilience can counter stress and how leaders can instill resilience in their employees
RESEARCH
Chaos Can Help Creativity
How information structure as much a team diversity can affect creativity and innovation in organizations
VIEWPOINT
Uber Lessons for Leaders
A CEO’s apology - mistakes are cathartic if leaders actively acknowledge them
VIEWPOINT
Leadership Skills for a New Age
The digital revolution, diverse global workforces, and Gen Y aspirations challenge how leaders lead today
RESEARCH
Women, Negotiation, and Career Advancement
Overcoming the Barriers that Prevent Women Excelling in Negotiation
RESEARCH
The Power of Compliments
How to Use Positive Feedback to Motivate Staff as Well as Customers
VIEWPOINT
Big Data – Beyond the Hype
A lean approach to data science: introducing ESADE’s ‘Big Data and Analytics Canvas’
VIEWPOINT
Non-Executive Director’s Role
What companies and potential NEDs need to know to establish their objectives and duties
RESEARCH
Cybersecurity: Vigilance or Panic?
Advice from the healthcare sector on taking proportionate action to mitigated cyber-threats
WHITE PAPER
Harnessing Talent - Your Own and Others’
Even the most talented people, Einstein for instance, only succeed when they play to their strengths
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine Issue 24
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RESEARCH
Respect Boosts Creativity at Work
"Organizations are fertile terrains for interrelating that can either build or destroy human accomplishments including creativity."
VIEWPOINT
Leading Teams Vs Teams that Lead
The three distinct territorial domains of leadership that make leaders incomplete, but teams - potentially - complete
REPORT
Agility Trumps Strategy in the Digital Age
Leadership agility is the prerequisite for digital transformation says a recent report from IMD's Centre for Digital Business Transformation
VIEWPOINT
Lack of Sleep Is a Leadership Issue
Neuroscience reveals the effects of sleep deprivation on performance
VIEWPOINT
Leadership When Things Go Wrong
Strategies for handling the mistakes that beset all organizations at some time
RESEARCH
Reasons to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
The damage caused when people feel excluded because of their social identity as researched by Peter Belmi of Darden Business School
VIEWPOINT
A Neuroscience Perspective on the US Presidential Campaign
Reflections on what is happening to human energy in the US Presidential elections
RESEARCH
3 Ways CSR Can Increase Bottom Line
Can organizations do well while doing good? A recent study by Professor Kamel Mellahi of Warwick Business School investigates
VIEWPOINT
People Make Mergers Work: The HR Imperative
Managing this ‘people impact’ is a crucial dimension of managing a successful transition to the new business strategy
RESOURCE
What Do CEOs Want from HR? - A White Paper from Henley Business School
“CEOs want HR to play a key business role. It is up to HRDs to recruit and train your people and yourselves so you can play it.”
RESOURCE
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business [Chapter Download]
The first chapter of Professor Erin Meyer's book on navigating the complexities of cultural difference - available to download
VIDEO
Systemizing Business Model Innovation (BMI)
A BMI prototype that can drive business performance
VIEWPOINT
Paul Almeida in Conversation
Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business
BOOK REVIEW
Become the Best through Values-Based Leadership
Best self. Best team. Best Partner. Best investment. Best citizen.
VIEWPOINT
Managing the Risk and Reward Equation
Meeting business performance goals is directly tied to effectively managing risks
RESEARCH
Top 3 Challenges For First-Time Managers
Organizations need to invest in leadership development for first-time managers
REPORT
Critical Capabilities for CEOs and Would-be CEOs
CEO Report compiled by Saïd Business School and Heidrick & Struggles
RESEARCH
The Art of Apologising
“Sorry seems to be the hardest word” sang Elton John – but new research co-authored by Cambridge Judge Business School’s David de Cremer now suggests that it really needn’t be.
RESEARCH
How Do Executives Rate Exec Ed?
A recent survey of Canadian executives reveals to what extent executive education is seen as a priority by practitioners, which skills and competencies are most highly valued, and which are seen to be most in need of development support.
BOOK REVIEW
The Leadership Shadow: How to Avoid the Dark Side
"This book, rich with case studies, is a deeply thoughtful and illuminating read; a must for would-be stable leaders, executive coaches, and leadership developers everywhere."
VIEWPOINT
10 Ways Mindfulness Makes Better Meetings
Focus clearly to make more effective contributions
WHITE PAPER
Can Mentoring Enhance Employee Retention and Engagement?
Shaping organizational culture and closing engagement and generational gaps
VIEWPOINT
Is Creating Shared Value (CSV) an Illusion?
The optimistic CSV agenda may fail to address the real trade-offs required to achieve socially benefical sustainable development
BOOK REVIEW
End of Competitive Advantage: How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast as Your Business
Developing the leadership and mind-set to face transient advantages
RESEARCH
Executive Development: A Global Perspective
How companies can align their talent management efforts both within their own organizations and with businesses around the world
RESEARCH
Toxic Leadership – A US Army Perspective
Anti-suicide research which is widely applicable outside the military
VIEWPOINT
Future Leaders and the Trouble with Testosterone
How do we modify behaviours that are so biological in their basis?
NEWS
Open or Custom? IESE Offers a Third Way
Open-enrolment and customized programs each have their pros and cons. Leading European business school IESE now offers a new third way.
VIEWPOINT
Margaret Thatcher: An Appraisal of Leadership Style
On the death of the UK's first female prime minister
VIEWPOINT
Learning-Agile Leaders
Organizations need leaders who recognize when their current skill sets and knowledge are insufficient and irrelevant and who are willing to change course and learn new approaches - says Michael Campbell, Senior Research Analyst at CCL.
VIEWPOINT
Active Communication Drives Innovation
“When people are allowed to connect, amazing things can happen”
VIEWPOINT
A Conversation with Charles Handy
The Future of Capitalism, The Changing Workplace, Leadership, and Happiness
VIEWPOINT
Knowmads - The Transient Knowledge Worker
Learning to better manage knowledge workers is vital to coping with Society 3.0 says Ralph Blom, a program director at de Baak Management Centre in The Netherlands.
RESEARCH
Destroying Value and the Misuse of Indicators
‘Great swathes of wealth have been destroyed because of a common tendency among business executives to confuse value and share price, and to believe that achieving KPI targets is tantamount to value creation.’ Prof. Kevin Kaiser, INSEAD
VIEWPOINT
The Curse of 70-20-10
Michael Stanford, Director or Partnership Programs at IMD, disputes the value of 70-20-10 as it separates on-the-job experience from formal development.
RESEARCH
Servant Leader Across Cultures
Fons Trompenaars on the organization as a cultural context for leaders
VIEWPOINT
You can’t change culture; you can’t change attitudes
So focus on right behaviours and actions to shift attitudes
VIEWPOINT
Shakespeare's Lessons for Leadership
Has any mind brooded so long and so deeply on the subject of leadership as Shakespeare? Leaders have much to learn from the Bard
VIEWPOINT
The Purpose of Leadership
Patrick Faniel, Managing Director of Management Centre Europe (MCE), discusses his new book, ‘What Leadership Is For’ with IEDP
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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