TEBR Editors’ Note: In this guide, we reviewed TEBR articles on key leadership strategies from global CEOs and business school faculty, highlighting insights that will help shape your success in 2026.
Leadership in 2025-2026 demands clarity, adaptability, and a strong sense of purpose. Insights from top CEOs and global business school faculty reveal shared principles that guide decision-making, foster trust, and drive resilient organizations. Their combined wisdom highlights strategies for thriving amid disruption, technological advances, and societal change.
In 2025, leadership is being tested like never before. Global CEOs and business school faculty alike are navigating a world shaped by rapid technological advances, climate pressures, shifting policies, and rising expectations for ethical and purpose-driven action. The most effective leaders combine strategy with values, innovation with empathy, and decisiveness with adaptability. Insights from these top minds reveal approaches to leading organizations successfully while empowering people, building trust, and staying ahead in an increasingly complex business landscape.
The Science Behind Positive Affirmations in Leadership Coaching
AI is reshaping how decisions are made, strategies are executed, and teams operate. Leaders, innovators, and decision-makers can gain insight into how subtle misalignment can quietly derail even the most sophisticated initiatives. Learning to spot and address these gaps equips leaders to transform uncertainty into clarity and take purposeful action.
Extended reading: The Science Behind Positive Affirmations in Leadership Coaching
In Peer We Trust
Assuming readiness can be dangerous in any organization, no matter its sophistication. Executives, managers, and team leads can learn how misalignment impacts execution and culture. Recognizing and correcting these blind spots turns potential friction into a pathway for stronger alignment, more engaged teams, and sustainable results.
Extended reading: In Peer We Trust
Putting Wellbeing at the Heart of Leadership – Expert Insights for World Mental Health Day
Motivation fades without a strong personal why. Professionals, emerging leaders, and anyone striving to inspire teams can discover how looking inward first strengthens focus and energy. Developing a clear sense of who you want to be fuels actions that align personal values with professional impact, creating a foundation for sustainable performance.
Extended reading: Putting Wellbeing at the Heart of Leadership – Expert Insights for World Mental Health Day
Why Finding Your Purpose is More Important than Ever
Thriving starts with prioritizing self-care, not as indulgence, but as necessity. Leaders, managers, and high performers can learn how consistently recharging energy supports long-term influence. Embracing this approach enhances personal effectiveness, inspires others, and lays the groundwork for cultivating strengths, passions, and purpose-driven contributions.
Extended reading: Why Finding Your Purpose is More Important than Ever
Empowering Organisations Through Strategic and Transparent Compliance Leadership
Compliance is no longer just a back-office function but a strategic enabler. Executives, compliance officers, and innovators navigating complex regulations can learn how ethics and governance can accelerate innovation, create trust, and guide responsible decision-making, especially when deploying emerging technologies like AI.
Extended reading: Empowering Organisations Through Strategic and Transparent Compliance Leadership
The Rise of the Executive Learner: No Growth. No Edge. No Excuse
In a world of rapid disruption, the ability to learn, unlearn, and adapt is the ultimate leadership advantage. Leaders, MBA students, and anyone invested in professional growth can cultivate reflection, cognitive flexibility, and relational intelligence. These capabilities allow individuals to turn everyday experiences into insights that strengthen personal, professional, and organizational performance.
Extended reading: The Rise of the Executive Learner: No Growth. No Edge. No Excuse
Beyond Virtue: How Effective Leaders Work With, and Change Values
Leadership effectiveness grows when personal motives align with collective purpose. Team leaders, managers, and executives can learn how to balance self-enhancement with concern for others. Aligning and modeling values fosters trust, inspires teams, and provides a moral and strategic compass during times of uncertainty or organizational change.
Extended reading: Beyond Virtue: How Effective Leaders Work With, and Change Values
The Performance Equation: How Great Leaders Coach Teams to Excellence
High-performing teams are built, not born. Team leaders, project managers, and department heads can understand the traits that make teams thrive, from trust and accountability to courageous conversations and shared values. Coaching teams strengthens collaboration, enhances performance, and embeds a culture of engagement that drives long-term success.
Extended reading: The Performance Equation: How Great Leaders Coach Teams to Excellence
Adapt and Learn Fast
Stress and constant change can derail even the most capable leaders. Executives, managers, and anyone responsible for teams can cultivate mindfulness to regulate stress, enhance focus, and improve resilience. Practicing mindfulness strengthens creativity, emotional intelligence, and connection, creating space to lead with clarity, compassion, and presence.
Extended reading: Mindful Leadership: How Practicing Presence Can Elevate Your Business Game
Embody True Charisma: Be the Leader Everyone Wants to Follow
Charisma is not about extroversion but making others feel significant. Leaders, mentors, and anyone aiming to increase influence can apply the ASI framework to give authentic, specific, and impactful recognition. This approach builds trust, deepens relationships, and inspires teams to own their unique contributions, creating a high-trust, high-engagement environment.
Extended reading: Embody True Charisma: Be the Leader Everyone Wants to Follow
