Reactor vs Creator: How Back Take Back Control as a Leader
By Jaineel Mistry
When every stimulus triggers a reaction, we lose perspective. Slowing down is the counterintuitive way to reclaim attention, exercise judgement and lead...
I Think, Therefore I Disagree: Why AI Needs Dissent
By Antoine Casanova-Mazet
Cogito, ergo sum: Descartes’s proof of human existence. Now machines think for millions. What will define us in the age of AI...
Beyond Business Books: Why Leaders Need the World of Fiction
By Karin Mugnaini
In a world obsessed with speed, contemporary fiction offers leaders a rare opportunity to slow down, reconnect with themselves and understand others...
The Autumn Slump: How Leaders Can Reignite Team Motivation
By Anne‑Maartje Oud
From spotting behaviour changes to clarifying priorities and breaking old routines, discover practical ways to bring motivation back to your team this...
You Bought the Firm. Did You Get the Business?
By Mark Buck
Keeping the seller on after an acquisition looks cheap and safe, but psychological ownership explains why it can stop the business from...
How Transformify Built a Profitable Global Workforce Technology Business Without Venture Capital
Interview with Lily Stoyanov
Building a profitable global workforce technology without external capital challenges conventional ideas about scaling, proving that sustainable growth doesn’t have to...
Why Succession Can Succeed on Paper While Continuity Fails in Practice
By Yemi Oluseun
Succession planning can transfer ownership without sustaining organisational continuity; a continuity rehearsal examines what the business can still do after the handover.
A...
Cognitive Skills and Mental Resilience Training – Essential for Today’s Leaders
By Anna Plechatá Krausová
Cognitive skills and mental resilience can be trained, helping leaders exercise judgement and take responsibility in an increasingly complex business world.
Leadership...
The Coaching Jungle: Who is Protecting the Client?
By Professor Simon L. Dolan
Coaching has outgrown its Wild West beginnings. Without professional competence, clear boundaries and honest self-audit, a powerful helping practice can...
The Importance of Moral Trust in Leadership
By Simon L. Dolan and Joy J. Albrecht
In the second part of their article on moral trust, Simon Dolan and Joy Albrecht explore why...
Why AI Is Becoming Interim Management’s Greatest Strategic Ally
By Prof. Guido Stein and María Belén del Campo
AI is transforming interim management by shifting talent strategies from reactive to predictive models, enhancing the...
Why Management Promotions Are Losing Their Appeal to Ambitious Employees
By Allison Howell
As management becomes more demanding and less rewarding, organisations must redesign leadership roles and career progression to protect their future talent pipelines.
Moving...
Boomerang or Bust: Can Returning CEOs Save a Company in Crisis?
By James E. Lukaszewski
Many companies have brought back retired CEOs to jumpstart the next wave of success. But success the second time around is...
Why Leadership Behaviour Determines Whether Change Succeeds
By Tricia Nelson
Leadership behaviour - specifically self-awareness, learning agility and positive conduct under pressure - is the critical but overlooked factor determining whether organisational...
Words That Weaken Your Authority at Work and How to Avoid Them
By Jennifer Willey
Authority is often diluted not by weak ideas but by apologies, hedging, excessive detail, and unnecessary filler detail and unnecessary fillers.
You’ve worked...
From Control to Collective Power: What Hannah Arendt Can Teach Today’s Leaders
By Wim Van Den Bossche
Leadership creates an energy multiplier when people can speak, judge, and act together, not merely execute decisions designed above them.
Many...
The Leadership Imperative: Developing the Human Skills AI Can’t Replace
By Professor Keiichi Nakata
The impact of AI has left organisations facing a pressing challenge: how do they develop leaders capable of navigating a future...
Cultural Citizenship: A New Model for Building Stronger, More Sustainable Organisations
By David Liddle
Organisations are rethinking how culture is created, moving towards cultural citizenship - a model that empowers people to shape purpose, relationships and...
Why AI Should Be Treated Like a Junior Analyst in Due Diligence
Drooms CEO Alexandre Grellier explains where AI can accelerate transactions, why traceability matters, and why human judgement remains indispensable.
Due diligence has moved from physical data...
Interim Management: Executive Expertise on Demand
By Prof. Guido Stein and María Belén del Campo
Senior managers who can offer “been there, done that” off the shelf are in increasing demand...
Beyond Terroir: Why Enduring Institutions are Built Through Stewardship
By Santiago Mora
Enduring institutions create value by building trust, protecting shared assets and encouraging leaders to think beyond their own generation.
Europe is celebrated for...
Decision Fatigue: Why Everything Feels Urgent, But Nothing Feels Finished
By Ingrid Pope
Reducing decision fatigue is less about making fewer choices, but more about creating the mental space required to identify what truly deserves...
Keep Your Wrists Loose: How to Guide Your Team Through Trust, Not Control
By Steve Muscat Azzopardi
Trust, not control, is the key to stronger teams. Discover how leaders can loosen their grip, empower people, and unlock hidden...
Why Supporting Women’s Health at Work Leads to Business Success for All
By Kathleen Riach
Menopause and Menstruation are increasingly being discussed in the workplace. But the benefits of supporting women’s health at work go far beyond...
The Leadership Imperative: Moral Trust as the Foundation of Leadership
By Simon L. Dolan and Joy J. Albrecht
Can we trust our leaders to operate according to a moral code and, even if we can,...
The Disconnection Dilemma
By John Cooper and Dr Mary-Clare Race
Why Leaders and Managers Struggle to Build Connection in Modern Workplaces
Sherlock Holmes once commented to his loyal assistant,...
Global Leadership: The Two Skills That Make or Break Global Networking
By Sven Horak, Ph.D.
Global networking succeeds when leaders combine cultural intelligence with relational skill to connect and build relationships with global teams, clients, and...
How Founders Can Create a Company That Can Scale Beyond Them
By Susanna Kislenko, PhD
Founders who want their companies to scale must evolve their leadership, knowing when to adapt, delegate and build beyond themselves.
One of...
Responsible AI as the Next Step in Regulating the Technology
By Shane Tierney
Responsible AI matters because the technology arose prior to any regulation; and now rules are arriving faster than most governance programmes can...
The Power of Experimental Learning (Part 2)
By Christoph Williams
Can learning permanently change how people think, not just what they know? Experimental learning uses psychology to make that transformation possible.
Organizations need...
Beyond the Survey: How Synthetic Research Is Changing Consumer Insight
Interview with Andreas Duess, Founder and CEO of FishDog
Here’s how to mind the “say-do” gap in your marketing surveys by enlisting the help of...
Redesigning Your Leadership Future: What Comes After Success?
By Julian Lighton
Many senior leaders fail to experience fulfillment, not because they aren’t successful, but because they haven’t stopped to define what success means...
Experiential Learning: Different Approaches and Best Practices for Learning, Organisational Development and Culture Change...
By Christoph Williams
Experiential learning transforms training into lasting behavioral change, helping organizations strengthen leadership, accelerate innovation, and deliver measurable business results.
Experiential learning delivers greater...
Are We Facing “A Crisis of Insularity” or Has Management Simply Rediscovered the Moon?
By Dr Leandro Herrero
The managerial temptation is to take a permanent feature of social organisation, give it the status of a newly discovered crisis,...
The Hidden Hierarchy Inside Leaderless Teams
By Lotta K. Harju
Leaderless teams may remove formal hierarchies, but informal status structures can still shape who speaks, who influences decisions, and whose concerns...
Your Highest Performers May Be Quietly Unraveling: Understanding the Hidden Crisis Behind High Achievement
By Angélica Pérez-Litwin, PhD, MBA
Your high performers may look successful from the outside while privately experiencing Career Distress Response — a hidden crisis leaders...
Why Women Don’t Need to Constantly Prove Themselves in Business
By Harvi Kaur
The pressure women feel to continually demonstrate their value is not only personally exhausting but also a significant barrier to leadership, innovation,...
What Today’s Leaders Can Learn from The Odyssey
By Professor Agathe Mezzadri-Guedj
With The Odyssey hitting cinemas this summer, it’s the perfect time to reflect on what the ancient hero Odysseus can teach...
Why There is No Such Thing as a Finished Leader
By Professor Debbie Bayntun-Lees
New research across 350 global leaders and employees surfaces six practical shifts that redefine what “better” leadership truly means in today’s...
Why Changing Careers Does Not Mean Leaving Your Value Behind
By Dr. Claire Handby
In a world of accelerating workplace transformation, the professionals who move forward best are those who learn to reframe and reapply...
Why Silent Leaders May Shape Future Organizations
By Fernando Díez, Elene Igoa, Elena Quevedo, and Josune Baniandrés
In increasingly noisy organizations, silent leaders may build deeper trust, stronger cultures, and more sustainable...
Why AI Compliance Must Start Inside Your Browser
By Matt Smith
European businesses are racing to meet EU AI Act obligations, but most are overlooking the place where their greatest governance exposure actually...
The Confidence-Building Power of Being Yourself as a Leader
By Julie Smith
Authentic leadership builds multi-layered confidence: your self-trust, the trust others place in you, and the confidence of team members who feel free...
Removing the Barriers to Diverse Leadership: Why Real Progress Requires Systemic Change
By Aidan McKearney
In spite of the moves that many organisations have made towards promoting diversity in leadership roles, their staff progression systems may still...
How Successful Founders Become Their Own Bottleneck
By Dennis Kuipers
Many growing companies stall because critical decisions, relationships, and knowledge remain concentrated around the founder instead of the organisation.
Founder dependency is one...
Leadership Lessons from Difficult Bosses: Does Command and Control Still Have a Place in...
In the wake of Miranda Priestley's return to the big screen, leadership experts and authors examine why the fear-based management she exemplifies is losing...
The Tired Brain: Why Leaders Make Worse Decisions Under Pressure
By Kate Pearlman-Shaw
It’s not rocket science: our brains don’t work well when we’re under pressure and fatigued. Here’s what’s happening, and what to do...
Why Resilience Isn’t Just Being Tough, but How You Bounce Back from Failure
By Dr Melisa Buie
Dr Melisa Buie explores why resilience is the ability to learn, adapt and grow stronger through failure - rather than...
The Seven Nutrition Habits of Highly Effective Women
By Dr Linia Patel PhD, RD, MBDA
Award-winning dietitian Dr Linia Patel reveals the seven evidence-based nutrition habits that help high-performing women sustain energy, focus,...
The New Collaboration Challenge: Leading Through Complexity, Uncertainty and Human Connection
By Guy Lubitsh
When businesses face complex problems, we might suppose that a process of collaboration is more likely to deal with them effectively than,...

















































