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This category is Leadership, exploring essential skills, strategies, and insights for effective management and decision-making. It features expert perspectives on leadership development, organizational success, and navigating challenges in today’s fast-evolving business landscape.

Financial Crime Keeps Us All Poor

Financial Crime Keeps Us All Poor

By Jared Bibler It was the first full week of October 2008, and stunningly, all three major Icelandic banks collapsed between Monday and Thursday. The...

The Changing of the Guard: Rules for Successful Succession Planning in Business

By Al Weatherhead I remember going to work six years ago at Weatherchem, my plastic caps and closures company. Before going to my office...
Circular Economy

Advancing the Circular Economy: Insights from Antoine Jouteau, CEO of Adevinta

In a world where sustainability is more than a buzzword and the quest for greener practices shapes industries, Antoine Jouteau, CEO of Adevinta, stands...
Inspiring Leaders

Top 10 Most Inspiring Leaders in India 2021

The legacy of a country is enhanced by changemakers who contribute to the nation's efforts in a way that takes it away from ‘the...
Boost Productivity

Five Leadership Lessons that will Help you Boost Productivity

By Deborah Sherry Today, businesses are presented with a plethora of opportunities arising from digital transformation. However, not all business leaders know how they can...

How to Get Your Functions to Supercharge Your Strategy

By Jo Whitehead, Anita Hunt and Debbie Rogerson Great strategies often go to waste because they cannot be properly executed. In this article, the authors...

Empowering Women through the Transformative Power of Coaching

Coaching has long been lauded as one of the most transformative learning interventions, and research indicates that women derive a host of benefits from...
Collaborative Leadership

The Seven Key Competencies for Collaborative Leadership

By Dr. Dimitrios Spyridonidis, Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Warwick Business School New ideas: collaborative leaders give their teams the freedom and tools to...

The Blue Line Imperative: A Radical New Approach to Value-Based Leadership

By Kevin Kaiser & S. David Young In The Blue Line Imperative: What Managing for Value Really Means, Kevin Kaiser and S. David Young introduce...

Learn or Die: Every Business Will Be In The Business of Learning

By Edward D. Hess The velocity of business change will increase over the next decade driven by technology advances making the speed and quality of...
Interview with Tessa Harris of Redmans solicitors

Evolutionary Forces at Work: Keeping Abreast of Employment Law

Interview with Tessa Harris of Redmans solicitors Employment law, like so many aspects of 21st-century life, is subject to constant evolution. It’s challenging for employers,...
leadership skills of the technology age

One Is Not Enough; All Is Not Possible

By Hakan Kapucu Mostly-needed leadership skills of the technology age There are leadership styles: Technoversal, Self-disruptive, Transpersonal, Altrocentric, and Leadership 4.0. Let’s extend this list a...
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Bridging the Gender Gap: How to Bring More Women to Leadership Roles 

By Dina Mostovaya Despite high-profile cases featuring women in prominent leadership positions, significant barriers persist in achieving true equality. This happens across the board—from public...

Putting the Patient at the Center of the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

The pharmaceutical supply chain is a critical component of our healthcare system, ensuring that patients can get the treatments they need when necessary. Unfortunately,...
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Mission, Vision, Values: A Blueprint For Success

By Ken Gavranovic and Lee Atchison excerpted from their book BUSINESS BREAKTHROUGH 3.0 Sam Goldwyn reportedly said that a verbal contract isn’t worth the paper...
BetterBoards Picture Liz Lynxwiler

The Better Boards Podcast Series: Managing Governance Risk

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Risk identification, ownership, and monitoring sit at the highest levels...

Exploring the Role of AI in Healthcare Marketing

Interview with Irina Nazarova, Head of Marketing at Zeto  In this interview, Irina Nazarova discusses how AI is transforming healthcare marketing. She explains the way...
BetterBoards

The Better Boards Podcast Series: U.S. and U.K. – Two Countries Separated by Common...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. The playwright George Bernard Shaw once noted that England and...
team management

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...
AI Panic

AI Panic: Middle Workers are Most at Risk – Yet We’ll Adapt

By Dr Helmut Schuster and Dr David Oxley AI headlines warn of a job apocalypse, but history tells a different story. We love to...
Employees meditating at the workplace

Workplace Mindfulness: Unforeseen Effects for Companies  

By Michaël Roux and Fidan Kurtaliqi In today’s business environment characterised by uncertainty, intense competition, and an incessant pursuit of better performance, employees face escalating...

Quantum Leadership for Recovery

By Vlatka Hlupic Even before the advent of the global pandemic necessitated a rethink of leadership models, the world of work managed by the old...

Enhancing Value Through Customer Centric Supply Chain

An exclusive interview with Allan Dow, President, Logility In today’s fast-changing marketplace, Allan Dow, President of Logility, knows all too well that a customer centric...

The Anatomy of Board of Director Culture

By Patrick R. Dailey Culture matters more than before. Unless the right board culture is in place, nothing very special is likely to happen. Talented directors...

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...

Tiffany Chung, Contemporary Artist

I wake up every day grateful for being able to do what I do and looking forward to materialize my research and ideas. Living...
BetterBoards Devyani Vaishampayan on Living with Uncertainty - The Importance of Transformation, Culture, and Talent

The Better Boards Podcast Series: What Do Analysts Think of Boards? – An...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. In an era marked by rapid change, technological disruption, geopolitical...
Smart home

How to (not) build useless Smart Home devices

We’ve all seen it in the movies: people walk into their smart homes, and everything just works out perfectly. alarms deactivate, lights set at...
Musicians having fun while others are working

What Can the Boardroom Learn from the Musician?

By Ben Hughes This article explores what business leaders can learn from musicians, highlighting resilience, improvisation, purpose-driven work, and deep listening. Drawing parallels between the...

The Mindful Leader – Staying Resilient, Collaborating and Thriving in Complexity

By Michael Chaskalson and Megan Reitz Political and economic instability, climate change, globalisation, disruption, an unprecedented pace of change and overwhelming channels of communication –...
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Taking Necessary Steps to Close The Gender Gap in Cybersecurity 

By Nazy Fouladirad With today’s diverse cybersecurity challenges, it’s important for organizations to add that same level of diversity and creativity into their security planning...

Innovating Your Team’s Conditions for Success: Use the 3 Cs!

By Fernanda Arreola and Dan Hammond As leadership roles move from merely directorial to creating great conditions for team success, leaders should employ the three...
sleep

Why Sleep is So Important for Leaders

Experts have long recommended a nightly eight hours of sleep, but many people fail to achieve that amount. After all, work demands, family needs,...
Valeriia Medvetska: Redefining Strategic Finance through Data, Vision, and Female Leadership

Valeriia Medvetska: Redefining Strategic Finance through Data, Vision, and Female Leadership

By Pamela Martinez, Writer of The European Business Review In today’s complex financial landscape—where artificial intelligence, volatile markets, and shrinking margins redefine strategy by the...

Laying the Foundation

By Damian Goldvarg While organisations may be becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of a strong coaching culture, translating this into practice is a very...
Man standing in office and storytelling and explaining new ideas to colleague

Why Storytelling is the Most Underrated Leadership Skill Today

By David Pullan and Sarah Jane McKechnie In today's data-driven landscape, storytelling stands as the spark for organisational success. Business schools teach it, and research...

Resilience Is More than Being Able to Rebound: It Should Be Used As a...

By Jacques Bughin While they may not be able to prevent pending economic crises such as those resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses can use...
Diverse businesswomen greeting new team member with a handshake in a modern office, celebrating collaboration for Talent Strategy

The Great Disengaged: Why Re-Recruiting Your Own People is the Smartest Talent Strategy in...

By Dominic Ashley-Timms and Laura Ashley-Timms Job hugging’ is on the rise as high retention becomes a red flag and silent productivity killer – but...
Internet of Things

Using Blockchain To Secure The ‘Internet Of Things’

Technology keeps revolutionizing the world, and over the years, there has been an increase in device connectivity. Some of these devices include streetlights, cameras...

Mind How You Grow: A Partnership to Improve Your Processes

Interview with Mr Giuseppe Zagami, the president of Mind The Value Fast-growing Italy-based company Mind The Value has made a name for itself with its...
Better Boards podcast

The Better Boards Podcast Series: Why Story is Mission Critical for Boards

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. A crucial yet often overlooked aspect of board effectiveness: stories....
#EmbraceEquity on International Women’s Day 2023

#EmbraceEquity on International Women’s Day 2023

In honour of International Women's Day, The European Business Review wants to recognise all the strong women who have not just broken the glass...
Leader

Why ‘Bearing Witness’ Underpins My Leadership Philosophy

By Fiona Logan Many years ago, while working at Greenpeace, I was introduced to the phrase ‘bearing witness’ – a concept that has remained with...

Empowering the Workforce: A New Era of Leadership – Interview with Richard Dennys of...

With a career spanning over three decades, Richard Dennys, CEO of Game Lounge has navigated the complexities of corporate life, from traditional industries to...

STUDY IN AUSTRIA IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

Krems – a small but vibrant university town Krems is the eastern gateway to the Wachau Valley and only a one hour drive from...
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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...
Business team discussing ideas, reputation equity in modern office with disabled colleague

Reputation Equity: The Missing Piece in the DEI Conversation

By Charlotte Otter As systemic responses to the lack of diversity in the leadership ranks of the world’s top companies are removed, the time has...

What is Resilience?

By Adrian Furnham Can resilience be taught? If so, how? And are some organisations more resilient than others? This article considers how the notion of...
Corporate ESG Programme

Designing a Corporate ESG Programme that Attracts, Nurtures, and Retains Women

By Chaitra Vedullapalli Inclusion is the new kid on the block that every company interested in advancement is courting. And one of the best methods...

Why the Fourth Industrial Revolution Requires More Supply Chain CEOs

By Wolfgang Lehmacher CEOs need to transform businesses – an imperative which is increasingly relevant in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Apparently, as the supply chain...