The Better Boards Podcast Series: How can Boards Convert Sustainability from a Wish to...
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Boards have an essential role to play. When companies face...
Longevity for Sustainability: Adding Value That Lasts
Interview with Geert Van Den Goor, Group Managing Partner at Valcon
Geert van den Goor, Group Managing Partner at Valcon, shares his insights from a...
Loyalty and Layoffs
By Grishma Jashapara
So, you drank the Kool-Aid, proudly donned the gear, filled your work and home space with the branded paraphernalia - and then...
Never Give up: A Mould-breaking Journey in Business Leadership
Interview with Ana Mazzeo, WOBI's Managing Director in Italy
Ana Mazzeo, WOBI's Managing Director in Italy, shares her inspiring journey from bid coordinator to leading...
Taking a Stand against the Gender Gap in Workplace Flexibility
By Fiona Wylie
Workplace flexibility has become a central pillar in the modern employment landscape, reflecting a growing recognition of its importance for work-life balance,...
Workplace and Mental Health: Building Effective Leaders by Enhancing Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Breaks the...
By Marcelina Horrillo Husillos, Journalist and Correspondent at The European Business Review
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that mood disorders such as anxiety and...
Arrogance, Hubris, and Narcissism: The Overconfident Leader
By Adrian Furnham
There is Freudian psychological and psychiatric business literature on narcissism. We are now used to discussing our politicians as well as business...
Trust-Me: A Concept and Metric to Embed in Leaders, Enhancing their Effectiveness
By Simon L. Dolan, Kyle Brykman and Shay S. Tzafrir
Every leader needs to inspire trust in their followers, employees, and stakeholders. Trust is one...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: U.S. and U.K. – Two Countries Separated by Common...
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The playwright George Bernard Shaw once noted that England and...
Unlocking the Future: Upskilling Strategies for 2024 and Beyond
By Bill O’Shea
Businesses face a critical and growing skills gap. According to the World Economic Forum, six in ten employees will require training before...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: What do Board Members Need to Think About to...
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Climate change has transitioned from distant environmental concern to pressing...
What can AI do? The Art of the Possible: Interview with Kit Cox, Founder...
OK, we all know that AI offers immense potential for the world of commerce. But here's the thing: where do we start in order...
Four Toxic Symptoms of Success
By Risto Siilasmaa
All companies make mistakes but success – especially huge success – can blind companies to their mistakes until it’s too late to...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Behind the Closed Doors of Tech Start-up Boards
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The board is a powerful asset for tech start-ups, with...
A Logical Solution for Quantum Computing: Interview with Yuval Boger, Chief Marketing Officer at...
The entry of the "logical qubits" concept into the arena of quantum computing represents an enormous advance, not least in solving the noise problem...
What Challenges Does 2024 Have in Store for Securing Cyber-physical Systems?
Interview with Grant Geyer, Chief Product Officer at Claroty
Criminal groups are increasingly targeting operational technology (OT), the systems that control and monitor physical hardware and...
What it Takes to Become a Technology C-Suite Executive
By Martin Mackay
The path to becoming a C-Suite executive is often challenging, filled with both remarkable achievements and formidable obstacles. It's a journey that...
Resources for Managers for Better Understanding Benefits of Using Adaptive GRC
In the ever-evolving landscape of business, the concept of Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) has undergone a significant transformation, leading to the emergence...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Can Accounting Save the World and Your Company?
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As we recorded this podcast, the World Economic Forum convened...
Increasing the Proportion of Cyber-Savvy Women in Leadership Positions
By Camélia Radu and Nadia Smaili
The shortfall in appropriately skilled personnel to confront the ever-escalating cyber threat to organisations around the world is just...
How to Build a Thriving Self-managed Organization
By Anne Krog Iversen, Chief People, DNA & Culture Officer of TimeXtender
We hear a lot these days about corporate modernization taking place by deploying...
Thriving as an Ecosystem Partner
By Arnoud De Meyer and Peter J. Williamson
More and more companies are choosing to join an established or emerging business ecosystem as part of...
Soft Skills: as a Prerequisite for Achievement in the Contemporary World
By Dr. Anna Maria Rostomyan
Succeeding in today's world requires a combination of functional, self-management, special knowledge, and technology skills. How relevant is emotional intelligence...
Get On-Site to Get Ahead – and be Ready to Learn Something
Interview with Takayo Takamuro, the Managing Director of Telehouse Europe
Not so long ago, few women held executive roles in Japanese companies. Still fewer had...
Emotional Intelligence as a Game Changer in Global Business
By Dr Anna Maria Rostomyan, PhD Mentor, Swiss School of Business Research
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) can be considered to be one of the cornerstones...
The Sources Of Economic Growth: What If Countries Were Companies?
By Jorge Sá & Paulo Rodrigues
In a world in which, somewhat surprisingly, there is still a lack of consensus among economists as to precisely...
Compassion: The Missing Ingredient to Productivity and Profitability in Business
Interview with Dr Bruno Roque Cignacco on compassion, trust, and human-oriented leadership in business.
In the new edition of your book “The Art of Compassionate Business”,...
Revisiting HR Challenges at the Dawn of 2024
By Pedro Cesar Martínez Moran and Simon L. Dolan
A new year is always an appropriate time to stop and evaluate progress in any given endeavour...
What Did 2023 Teach Us About Leadership? An Answer in the Form of Three...
By Martin Gutmann
After his takeover of Twitter in October of 2022, Elon Musk admonished his staff to be “extremely hardcore.” Many heeded the call,...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: AI – What Questions do Directors Need to Ask?
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There is much discussion about AI, especially after the launch...
The Passive-Aggressive Individual
By Adrian Furnham
You must have met a few or maybe you are working with one right now. Who are passive-aggressive individuals and what makes...
Decentralise to Incentivise: The Quest for Unbiased, Explainable AI
Interview with Ala Shaabana, Co-founder of Opentensor Foundation
Amid widespread concern regarding possible built-in bias, opacity, and misalignment in big-tech-dominated AI, one strategy that offers...
A Practical Guide to Kick-starting Your Cyber Supply Chain Risk Programme
By Dr. Kamil J. Mizgier
The digitalisation of global supply chains is unstoppable and there is no doubt about the upside potential it brings in...
Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Companies Have Souls?
By Bill Novelli
The harshest criticism of corporate social responsibility is that companies are essentially immoral, or rather amoral. It’s said that money trumps everything,...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Leading an Effective Board
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What does good look like? What does it mean to...
Is Cloud Security Still an Install and Forget Job? Interview with Raj Samani, Chief...
Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at Rapid7 and a special advisor to the European Cybercrime Centre, discusses the nuances of cloud security, the evolving role...
The Financial Sector’s Guide to Employee Wellbeing
By Sarah Henson
As the year begins and we start to plan for 2024, many are setting resolutions, perhaps considering how they can prioritise health...
How Can Good Leadership Solve the Soft-skill Gap that Gen Z’ers Experience When Entering...
By Erik Maier
Gen Z are ‘anxiously optimistic digital natives in pursuit of face-to-face interaction’, a recent survey revealed. When it comes to the workplace,...
2023 in Review
By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor
With 2023 coming to an end, we review the most impactful events in a year that’ll be remembered particularly...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Why Story is Mission Critical for Boards
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A crucial yet often overlooked aspect of board effectiveness: stories....
“Focus on the People” – Carl Day of Apogee on Leadership and Teambuilding
Interview with Carl Day, Chief Sales Officer, Apogee
In an insightful conversation with Carl Day, Chief Sales Officer at Apogee, we explore the transformative journey...
Scott van den Berg on The Future of Influencer Marketing and Investing in Celebrity...
Interview with Scott van den Berg, Founder of CELEB
Entrepreneur Scott van den Berg, founder of CELEB and Influencer Capital, talks to The European Business...
Breaking Down Silos with Collaborative Coaching
By Sarah Henson
As technology evolves, organisations need to remain agile. The rapid development of generative AI has required organisations to become more collaborative than...
Women in Transition – Countering Leadership Challenges with Learning
By Nora Ilona Grasselli
One of the unintended consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and the measures introduced to control the pandemic was women’s increased disengagement...
Providing the High-quality Lowdown on the World’s Private Companies
Interview with Nicola Ebmeyer, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Gain.pro
Nicola Ebmeyer co-founded Gain.pro having identified a gap in the market for solid information on private...
Mastering the Game: Lessons in Leadership from Rugby to the Boardroom
By Darren Cassidy
Mastering the Game: Lessons in Leadership from Rugby to the Boardroom explores the parallels between high-performance rugby and successful business leadership. Drawing...
We Need To Talk About Elon Musk
By Grishma Jashapara
The rise of mass media and celebrity culture has amplified the “cult of personality” trend - and it should concern us.
Firstly, let’s...
Covering Blind Spots. Does the Board have the Right Information for Effective Decision Making?
By Pedro B. Agua
Does your board have the right information for decision making? Better decision making has been a growing demand at any organizational...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: The Inspiring Life of a Director
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We all have dreams. When we sit in our offices,...
The Eutopia of Engaging in Unconditional Kindness to Self and Others
By Salvador García Sánchez and Simon L. Dolan
Introduction
“Resilience” seems to be a common term used by professionals in many disciplines. Psychologists and medical experts...
