LEADERSHIP

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.

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Human-Algorithm Collaboration in Managerial Decision Making

By Tessa Haesevoets, David De Cremer, Kim Dierckx and Alain Van Hiel Most would accept that there is a role for both humans and AI...
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Synergy or Conflict? Lessons for managers on how to successfully adopt AI to augment...

By Jakob Stollberger and David De Cremer Artificial intelligence undeniably offers the potential to improve decision-making, at least in certain contexts. In this article, AI experts Jakob Stollberger...
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Promise and Challenge: AI in the Trade Finance Industry

Interview with Graham Bright, Head of Compliance and Operations, Euro Exim Bank Technology is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, it’s moving fast –...

COVID-19 vaccines to save the world: don’t neglect supply chain challenges

By Gilles Paché Since the spring of 2020, due to the spread of a new, very virulent coronavirus, the planet has been going through an...

Mattress Recycling Tips For Your Hospitality Business

One of the most important things you need to do if you own a hotel, motel, rental property, or any other hospitality business is...

How to Lead Other Students — 10 Tips

Leadership is an extremely important quality to have. It allows you to quickly take charge of matters and lead them in the direction you...

Organisational difficulties in producing thought leadership

By William S. Harvey, Vincent Mitchell, Alessandra Almeida Jones and Eric Knight Over the past several decades, thought leadership has moved from being individual gurus...

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...

The Funny Thing About Robot Leadership

By Jamie L. Gloor, Lauren C. Howe, David De Cremer and Kai Chi (Sam) Yam Are today’s employees getting “soft”? All signs suggest that employees should:...

Why are some firms becoming more successful during the COVID-19 pandemic?

By Peter Lorange The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide recession of immense proportions.  Many companies are closing down, either for good or temporarily. ...

Effective Due Diligence – Often Harder Than You Think!

By Peter Lorange To undertake due diligence (“DD”) when considering investing in a new project is paramount. However, in reality, to do this well can...

What South Africa can teach leaders about resilience

By John Luiz The COVID-19 pandemic has overturned the idea of ‘business as usual,’ exposing many vulnerabilities within social, business, and economic systems. A recent global...

What leadership policies can help uplift the middle class?

It is quite unfortunate that the liberal and capitalist values that have been propagated for long didn’t prove fruitful for the masses. The situation...

What Children can teach us about Leadership: Seeing both the Trees and The Forest

By David De Cremer  and Hannah De Cremer Leadership and management are two different things. Managing a work force today implies taking up the role...

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

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...

4 Fine Ways to Earn Money with Bitcoin in 2020

After finally making your mind to earn good profits with bitcoin in 2020, you should know the different ways to earn money. After making...

What to Remember When Learning More About Your Family’s Past

Everyone desires to have a close-knit, happy, and peaceful home. Indeed, knowing your family's lineage is an aspiration of many. The objective lies in...

Going Up! Giving a lift to mobility in India

Interview with Gilco Global's Aman Moudgil and Sh. Deepak Moudgil Some six years ago Indian mobility solutions company Gilco Global was born out of an...

The Wise Leader

By Michael Chaskalson, Philippa Hardman and Chris Nichols We humans love a strong leader and we’ve seen plenty of them recently. The strong men of...

The Legacy of Serge Belamant and NET1 Technologies

NET1 Technologies is one of the foremost providers of secure and affordable financial transaction channels among un-banked and under-banked populations. The company’s technology runs...

Reasons Why Your Business Might Need to Apply for a Small Loan

When running a business, cash is king. Sometimes businesses run short or need a financial injection for a new project, and this is totally...

Outsourcing Accounting: 3 Accounting Tasks You Can Simplify Today

Studies show that 82 percent of businesses fail due to poorly managing their incoming cash. What does your accounting department currently look like? Is it running...

COVID-19 Effect on Corporate Law

The new virus that affects the respiratory system was explored in the Far East in the winter of 2019. Since it started spreading quickly,...

Keeping Resilience in VUCA era: The Organization Should Learn from the Water’s Wisdom

By Weixu Ding and Jianhua Mao The COVID-19 outbreak started at the end of 2019 that has hurt the world's economy, cultural exchanges, people's healthy...

Early Lessons Learned From Managing In Hybrid Reality

By Kalle Heikkinen, William Kerr, and Panu Routila Past months have thrown business leaders and their top management teams into a virtual treadmill. Nobody knows...

Leadership in the Virtual Office: Use BetterHelp to Bring Your Business Leadership Skills Online

You know that your team looks up to you and relies on your leadership skills to keep projects moving and to keep the synergy...

Toward a Compassionate Global Society

By M.S. Rao, Ph.D.   Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to draw a blueprint to build a compassionate global society. It explains compassion and...

6 Key Skills Every CTO Must Have

What does it take to become an awesome CTO? If that’s one of your dreams or perhaps you are already a tech leader looking...

Bo Parfet: Why Don Wenner Is A Leader Above the Rest

Don Wenner began his career in real estate in 2006 and quickly established himself as a leader in the industry. Prior to founding DLP...

The Jack Ma Story: Why Thinking Big is More Important than Technical Knowledge

By Rainer Zitelmann "We don’t want to be number one in China. We want to be number one in the world," said Jack Ma shortly...

Two Women, One Mission: Joey Horn and Nalini Malani – On Empowerment, Humanity, and...

Across the globe, women around the world continue to experience hardships, inequalities, and contention. Fighting to champion the rights and privileges of all,...

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...

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...

Luke Lazarus’ Straightforward Consulting Approach comes from Experience with Proven Success

In a highly competitive business environment, most entrepreneurs approach their startups with a man-against-world attitude. The Wall Street and startup world can be a...

4 Must-know Facts About the Wonderlic Scholastic Level Exam

For every graduating highschool student, choosing which college or university to join can be the most nerve-wracking point in your life to date.  This means...

Building the Future on a Century of Heritage: A family business on the move–for...

Interview with Max Viessmann, CEO of Viessmann Group If knowledge is power, then shared knowledge must surely be the way for a company to maximise...

Robots Are Cleaning Up – And Much More Besides!

Interview with Claus Risager, CEO at Blue Ocean Robotics The potential of robots to assist and even replace humans in a variety of work areas...

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...

Scott Dylan and Personality Traits That Make or Break Workplace Leaders

Fresh Thinking Group’s Scott Dylan explores the character traits of great managers and the character traits of managers who don’t inspire their teams. It takes...
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Charlene Li: Driving Digital Transformation with Resilient Leaders

The growth in the global digital transformation has never been greater. Even before the COVID-19 crisis erupted, many organisations were struggling to keep pace...

Interview to Dr. Bruno Roque Cignacco, the author of the book “The Art of...

Dr. Bruno Cignacco, an international business consultant, international speaker and business coach, shared with us his insights into how the COVID-19 might influence organisational...

Family Law and Legal Aid: What Should I Know?

Family law and legal aid are tricky, just as any kind of significant laws are. Even if you’re not handling it yourself and are...

Should C-Suite Leaders Raise Their Profile During A Pandemic?

By Victoria Usher C-suite leaders are balancing multiple priorities as they guide their companies through the uncertainties and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. From implementing...

Seven Essential Qualities In A Great Academic Dean

A great academic dean is like a skillful captain of a ship. They have the competence of sailing through storms, and under their leadership,...

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...

How Gino Pozzo Transformed Watford FC Football Club

Having earned an impeccable reputation for taking lackluster lower-division football clubs and leading them into the top flight leagues in each of their home...

Technology is Molding the Future of Education

Technology has always been a broad term. However, it does not take much to establish what the term captures. As a matter of fact,...

Sustainability is A Mindset, A Never Ending Journey

Interview with Franziska Gsell, Chief Marketing Officer of IWC Schaffhausen, chairwoman of the company’s Sustainability Committee Franziska Gsell has been the Chief Marketing Officer of...

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...

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

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...