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Leading in the Post-Covid World

As the world stares down year three of a crisis that has affected so many lives and livelihoods, we’re bringing you a look at how it has affected business and society as well, and how to prepare for what might come next.

How Middle Managers Can Make Your Company’s Innovating Engine Hum

By Ben M. Bensaou To adapt in a competitive, changing world, every business needs to operate an innovating engine, which requires contributions by employees at...

“I Don’t Want Us to Lose the Momentum We Have”: A...

By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor of The European Business Review Recently we had the privilege to sit down with Julie Teigland, EY’s Managing Partner...

Strategies for Sudden Shock- Market Rewards Good Performance Also During Tough...

By Olli-Pekka Lumijärvi, Olga Nissen and Alexandra Oborina Every company’s strategy aims to grow revenue, profit, and market capitalization. When global economy was accelerating, these...

Pioneering Biotech Investment with Patient-Centric Vision

Interview with Dr. Simeon George from SR One Capital Management The biotech industry, a realm of constant innovation and transformation, is driven by brilliant minds...

Covid-19, Stress, Self-Esteem, Values, and Psychological Well-being: How to Assess Risks...

By Dr. Simon L. Dolan and Dr. Salvador Garcia Sanchez A few years back, we published several books dealing with Stress, Self -Esteem, Health and...

Why Strong Technology Leadership Matters to Europe’s Future Competitiveness

The Right Leadership Can Help Bridge Europe's Lag in Technology Adoption, R&D, and Patents By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Svenja Falk, and Surya Mukherjee Increasing leaders’ technology quotient...

Building the Strategic Architecture of the Post Pandemic Corporate Landscape

By Dr. Mark Esposito, Dr. Alessandro Lanteri and Dr. Terence Tse The Covid-19 pandemic has been a major disruptor for tried and tested approaches...

ChangeNOW: Where Sustainability Solutions are Found – and Accelerated

Interview with Santiago Lefebvre, Founder and CEO of ChangeNOW If change for sustainability is to be made a reality, there needs to be a place...

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 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...

The Better Boards Podcast Series: Is Your Board Adapting to a...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Recent research revealed that 87% of board members believe market...

Are You Prepared to Take the Risk?

Interview with Iain Wright, CFIRM, Outgoing Chair, Institute of Risk Management (IRM) Risk is a fact of life for businesses of all kinds – large...

Leading in a Post-COVID World

By Daniel Breitenstein As we look beyond COVID-19, Daniel Breitenstein, General Manager of Astellas Pharma Germany and Head of the DACH Region, shares how collaboration,...

What Makes You an Effective Leader in Crisis Situations?

By David De Cremer For many organizational leaders and entrepreneurs, the coronavirus crisis represents a very challenging environment to lead and motivate their teams. What do...

Leadership in Times of Crisis

By Lucy Franklin What a difference a few weeks makes. When planning for the new financial year, I doubt anyone in Europe saw this coming...

Want to Succeed in Business? Get your Culture in Good Shape

Interview with Mr. Ian Johnston, Partner at Heidrick & Struggles It’s common to refer casually to a company’s “culture”. But what does that really mean...

What The War In Ukraine Means For Business

By Paul Bracken The war in Ukraine has far reaching implications for business. Companies will face more complicated political and social issues than the stark,...

A Vision for Tomorrow: Crafting a Compassionate Blueprint for Our Shared...

By Simon L. Dolan The future of work is not just a matter of technology and efficiency; it’s about people. Many of us are navigating...

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...

Trailblazer Females – Women’s Day 2023: Today’s Workplace Equality Challenges

By Marcelina Horrillo Husillos, Journalist and Correspondent at The Business European Review As we celebrate International Women's Day in 2023, this article explores the incredible...

How to Put Curiosity to Work in Your Organisation

By Louise Muhdi Companies are starting to understand why it is important to cultivate curiosity among their workforce. Yet, only a few possess a good...

Change or Transformation?

By Dr. Nina Mohadjer It may be said that to implement change in an organisation takes a real leader. But, as Nina Mohadjer contends, to...

Reversing the Decline: How HR Teams Can Drive Gender Parity in 2025

By Professor Geeta Nargund Recently, The Pipeline, a leading gender and diversity consultancy, reported a fall in the percentage of women in executive committees of...

The New Strategic Reality as a Consequence of the Covid-19 Pandemic

By Dr. Peter Lorange The new reality of COVID-19 has been with us since the end of the first quarter of 2020.  This has led...

Leaders’ Behaviours and Organisational Cultures Needed for Success in a Post...

By Vlatka Ariaana Hlupic The global pandemic has changed all aspects of our lives including the way that we are now working. As organisations are...

Crisis Leadership in Action: A Balancing Act between the Past and...

By David De Cremer The year 2020 will remain in our collective memory as a “crisis” year. It is the year where COVID-19 hit the...

Coronawashing: How Can Firms Establish Moral Authenticity?

By Glyn Atwal and Maya Kaiser The Covid-19 pandemic represents both challenges and opportunities for brand marketing. Spreading rapidly around the globe, the novel coronavirus...

“Does Everyone Hear Me OK?”: How to Lead Virtual Teams Effectively

By Sergey Gorbatov In today’s world, virtual teams are no longer the exception – they’re the norm. Whether your team is fully remote or operating...

“Net better Off?” Why companies should scale new, tech-based flexible work...

By Jacques Bughin, Sybille Berjoan and Yuhui Xiong By 2022, Shopify, a well-known global next-generation e-commerce platform had secured a perennial flexible work arrangement scheme...

Board Membership: Navigating the New Uncertainties

Remember when there was an invisible line separating business from political and social movements? Corporate leaders largely kept quiet about their beliefs and values, trying...

Managing Geopolitical Risk Under Uncertainty

By Ghaidaa Hetou and J. Mark Munoz Geopolitical shifts born out of the US-China-Russia rivalry have manifested in supply chain interruptions, divestments, national security directed...

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...

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...

Cybersecurity: The Future of Passwords and Passwordless – Interview with Michael...

Digital security remains a core concern for businesses, as the scary headlines continue to shriek of stolen and encrypted data, phishing, breaches, and intrusions....

Today’s CEOs Need a New Approach to Prepare the Hearts and...

By Mostafa Sayyadi and Michael Provitera This article proposes a range of ideas for successful organisational change in a world that has completely changed. The...

Transforming Business Education Through Sustainability and Innovation

By Dr. George Sammour This article explores how business schools can transform education by embedding sustainability and innovation across curricula, research, teaching, and operations. Drawing...

How Leaders Can Overcome their Biases to Succeed in the Post-Crisis...

By Nikolaus Obwegeser, Noemie Tentillier, and Tomoko Yokoi Research has shown that our ability to deal with a crisis is heavily dependent on our perception...

When I Grow up I Want to be a 21st-Century Leader

By Dr. Nina Mohadjer Leadership is one of the most misused words of our times. Based on my own experiences, I discuss how to move...

Trust-Me: A Concept and Metric to Embed in Leaders, Enhancing their...

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 Silent Colonization of Consciousness: AI as the New ‘Other’

By Samer ElHajjar Is there a parallel between the historical colonization of peoples and lands by others more powerful, and the increasing encroachment of artificial...

Keeping your Head up: Experiences that Shape your Life and your...

Interview with Mr. Mark Anderson, CEO of Alteryx While it is undeniably true that we are all the sum of our experiences, it is also...

Why Is Digital Transformation So Hard? Leaders Must Manage Multifaceted Change,...

By Joerg Niessing and Fred Geyer Leaders understand that digital transformation is an imperative.  Shareholders demand it. Customers expect it. The commercial impacts of COVID-19...

Leading in an Age of Disruption

By Hannes Gurzki and Joachim Junghanss Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, few people would have expected the acceleration of digital technology and the new ways...

Five Ways of Reinventing CSR under Contemporary Capitalism

CSR is intimately connected with the way that capitalism is practised, and poor CSR outcomes are often the result of shortcomings of contemporary capitalism....

Five SAP Security Activities That Organisations Should Consider with the New...

By Dudley Cartwright Stephen McBride, Forbes Magazine contributor and editor of RiskHedge Report, predicts in his article that the largest cyberattack in history is imminent, with the...

Where does adaptability fit in for businesses during Covid-19?

By Paul Williamson The coronavirus pandemic has had an unforeseen effect on industries across Europe, pushing many businesses back to the starting line after being...

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,...

Discover a New Leadership Playbook

Ahead of the Great Leadership Reset conference on 24 November 2022, Karen Smart, head of consultancy with the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) looks...

Organizational Preparedness with COVID-19: Strategic Planning and Human Creativity

By Yingying Zhang-Zhang and Arup Varma COVID-19 arrived with force and unpredictability, dragging sectors and industries to an unprecedented and uncertain situation. Companies and organizations reacted, but most...

Climate Action is in the Hands of the C-Suite

By Renaud Bettin As companies face rising pressures from consumers, investors, and sustainability reporting regulations, it is essential that the entire C-Suite assumes responsibility for...

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