Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life
By Stewart D. Friedman
This is an excerpt from the introduction of Friedman’s recently published book, in which he teaches readers how to possess leadership...
Identity In and Around Organisations
By Majken Schultz & Steve Maguire
At the heart of any successful organisation lies a powerful conception of identity: the coherent way in which it...
Sense-making and Sense-giving: The Case of Dual Transformation
By Yazeed Alhezzani
It is well known that everything in life changes and the only constant thing is change per se. So, in order for...
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...
Why Focus-Based Leadership is Important to Huawei’s Business Strategy
By David De Cremer and Jess Zhang
Contemporary business develops at a rapid pace, with many uncertainties, internationally connected stakeholders, and little latitude to make...
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,...
Developing Values in Business Education
By Nigel Duncan
This article considers how we might best prepare students for ethical business practice. It considers recent developments in evolutionary research and neuroscience...
Fintech: a Force for Disrupting and Democratising Financial Services
Fintech is like a snowball on a hill that is getting bigger and bigger and changing finance tremendously. London-based entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya is well...
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...
Competitive advantage through software: Contrasting Enterprises & Startups
By Grant Hull
I have an interesting vantage point whereby one portion of my professional life I work in the innovation scene with startups and entrepreneurs,...
The Rise of the Executive Learner: No Growth. No Edge. No Excuse.
By Bart Tkaczyk
Amid today’s complexity, continuous learning is leadership’s core discipline. This article reframes executive development as enterprise-critical, introducing the “executive learner” archetype—leaders who...
Creating Effective Organisational Systems through Experimenting with Human Nature
By David De Cremer and Tian Tao
If organisations are serious in building cultures that can translate the desire to create joint value into a...
Becoming More Visionary When You Are Motivated by Immediate Results
By Jenny Fernandez
Leaders often prioritise immediate results, but visionary leadership requires balancing short-term gains with long-term strategy. This involves embracing flexibility, empowering teams, and...
Success Strategies in the Journey of Succession
By Dr. Richard Shrapnel
Many owners and families have discovered the pitfalls and potholes of business succession. Below, Dr. Richard Shrapnel explores the success strategies...
Think Again: How good leaders can avoid bad decisions
By Andrew Campbell and Jo Whitehead
Leaders can make good decisions or less good decisions. Several years ago, we set out to understand the causes...
Ethics in Leadership: The Best Executive Education Programs of 2024
By Pamela Martinez
Ethical leadership must be a core value in today’s business world.
Introduction
The significance of emotional intelligence among leaders has escalated in importance for organisational...
“Sustainability Is Synonymous with Business Improvement”: Interview with Joanne Napier of notch
In this interview with EBR, Joanne Napier, Chief Marketing Officer at notch, a carbon accounting software and business improvement tool provider, discusses notch's contributions...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: How to Get Creativity and Innovation into the Boardroom
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Many Directors have positive intentions to leverage the experiences gained...
The Rise of the Chief AI Officer: Turning Ambition into Value
By Dave McCann
Long gone are the days when we referred to Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an emerging opportunity — simply put, it’s now an...
Worry: I know there is a crisis waiting for me
By Thomas DeLong
Jana Jones was a successful, experienced manager who had run a multi-million dollar business. She projected the image of being able to...
What’s Your Superpower?
By Lauren Noël and Christie Hunter Arscott
Imagine you enter an interview for a job and an executive asks you: “What’s your superpower?” How would...
Nabilah Alsagoff, Founder and COO, PT Nusa Satu Inti Artha (DOKU)
Women have strong minds and we believe that our skills to empower the work force can make a difference in the industry that we...
The Real Reason CEOs Feel “Commercially Lonely” and How to Fix It
By Anthony Moss
Life at the top can be a lonely place. In successful companies, the CEO needs decision-making confidence, and the leadership team needs...
Global Female Leaders 2015: International Networking for Female Leaders in Berlin
The Global Female Leaders Summit 2015 brought together female leaders from more than 20 countries in Berlin’s prestigious Adlon Kempinski Hotel during April 20th...
Humanity as the Ultimate Algorithm: Why High-EQ Leaders are the Missing Code in Health...
By Dr. Sarah Matt, MD, MBA
The graveyard of failed health tech startups is littered with brilliant code and breathtaking valuations. Yet, their failures were...
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,...
Leadership and Culture: Part 2 – Engaging the Enterprise: Creating a Growth Mindset Tribe
Mindset Tribe
By Sean Culey
Part 1 of this article (published in The European Business Review, May/June 2012) set out the case for Culture; it’s impact...
How Robotics Innovation Is Transforming Global Warehousing and Supply Chain Efficiency
Interview with Romain Moulin of Exotec
Robotics continues to evolve as one of the most transformative forces in modern industry. In this interview, Romain Moulin...
How Women Leaders Build The Career They Thrive In
By Christie Hunter Arscott and Lauren Noël
Early career women understand that building a career and life they thrive in is no small feat. Instead,...
The Most Misunderstood Skill in Leadership: What Emotional Intelligence Really Looks Like in Action
By Scott Hutcheson
Emotional intelligence is often described in vague or idealistic terms, but its real power lies in how it shows up moment to...
Develop a Robust Female Leadership Pipeline
By Alexia Vernon
In this article, Alexia Vernon provides actionable strategies for organisations to develop their next generation female leaders. Grounding her recommendations in research...
Why Value Value?
By Tim Koller, Richard Dobbs and Bill Huyett
Most executives have figured out how to create value for shareholders through experience, observation, and intuition. They’ve...
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...
Coaching: The Key to Your Success
Individuals and teams are turning to professional coaching for support in maximising their personal and professional potential. ICF Credential represents the gold standard in...
We Need More Women Leaders – Here’s How to do it
By Natasha Frangos
Natasha Frangos shares what she has learned on her journey to becoming the first female Managing Partner of haysmacintyre. Recalling her experiences...
From Family Business to Global Brand
Raben Group has branches in 13 European countries, employs a total of 10,000 employees, and dispatches over 8,500 trucks on the road each day....
Artificial Intelligence: Will You Be a Saboteur or an Impressionist?
By Gregory Unruh and Fernanda Arreola
The rapid adoption of AI in today's organisations leaves workers with two choices: waste their energy in a futile...
Do I Need a Head of AI?
By Grishma Jashapara
We already have a Head of Digital, why do I need a Head of AI - what’s the difference? How can I...
The Business Imperative of Female Leadership in AI
By Ana Paula Assis
AI has emerged as a transformative force that is reshaping businesses, economies, and societies worldwide. Business leaders in 2024 are at...
Leading Innovation through Executive Education
Interview with Professor Saul Estrin, LSE
In today’s fast-changing global environment, business leaders need new tools to face new challenges like never before. Innovation is...
The Rise of the Functional Manager Changes Afoot in the C-Suite
By Maria Guadalupe, Julie Wulf & Hongyi Li
Research shows that the recent transformation in the C-suite, that is, the skyrocketing number of executive team...
How To Lead With Compassion On The Return To The Office
By David Liddle
Managers are about to face one of the biggest challenges of their careers as organisations start to gear up for a gradual...
The Simplexity Gap Why Boards are Always a Step Behind their Management Teams –...
By Mihnea Moldoveanu and Richard Nesbitt
How impactful can simplexity gap be in corporate boards? In this article, the authors show how such gap undermines...
Leadership and AI: Leading AI’s Impact from the Classroom to the Boardroom
By Nada Sanders, Koen Pauwels, Christoph Riedl, Rick J. Arrowood, and David De Cremer
Should the deployment and facilitation of AI be left to tech experts? How does...
From Frustration to Focus: The Leadership Shift Required to Succeed in a World Overrun...
By Louisa Loran
Leaders often face the challenge of navigating constant change, where the instinct is to signal involvement, substituting activity for progress and leading...
Identity Threats often Lead to Burn Out and Quitting – But Managers Can Help
By Mailys George
Identity threats in the workplace – feeling devalued, misunderstood or that our sense of self is challenged – can lead to emotional...
The DEI Crossroads: How European Organisations Can Navigate Change
By David Liddle
European leaders face a pivotal moment. As DEI comes under fire globally, particularly in the United States, David Liddle challenges organisations to...
Why Leaders Fail
By Patrick R. Dailey
“All too frequently, an exceptional executive encounters a corporate trap door, falls, and then derails. This article presents 21st century challenges—corporate...
Soft Skills: Key To Leadership In A Changed World
Interview with Gina Lodge, CEO of The Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC)
Nobody knows for certain what the post-COVID business world will look like...
An Effective Intersection of Automation and Productivity: Interview with TimeXtender CEO, Heine Krog Iversen
In a post-COVID world, it is hard to say which work models are still conventional and part of the status quo. Such lines have...