Annelise Alig Anderhalden, Director, Aargau Services Economic Promotion
I am convinced that passion is the key to success.
Annelise Alig Anderhalden is a trained engineer and Director of Aargau Services Economic Promotion. She...
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...
Kathryn Finney, Founder & Managitng Director, digitalundivided (DID)
My philosophy for success and leadership is that leaders don’t necessarily have to have all the right answers every time, but they should trust...
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...
Penelope Trunk, Co-founder & CEO, Quistic, Author, Blogger
Here's a question I want to see you ask: How can people, who run the economic and social life in their country at large,...
Ethel Cofie, CEO, EDEL Technologies
Life is full of challenges, and one of the early lessons that I learnt, is the fact that life does not give you what...
Grace Woo, Founder, Pixels.IO
Since I could remember, my grandma has always explained to me that I have control over nothing except what is in my own head...
Stephanie Holland, Founder and Author, Sheconomy
Support and encourage other women. Because there have been so few spaces for women at the table, this has pitted women against each other...
Sharmla Chetty, Regional Managing Director, Duke CE South Africa
It has been critical for me to embrace tough assignments. It is easier to take the path of least resistance... It’s far better to...
Sherilyn Williams Casiano, Founder & CEO, S.I. Williams Wealth Management, LLC
When I was about 13, my mother was working for an accounting firm and when I told her that’s what I wanted to do,...
Nancy Nix, Executive Director, AWESOME
Successful women leaders in senior leadership roles can be an important part of a support network that can help emerging leaders be successful.
Nancy Nix...
Sabine Eckhardt, Chief Commercial Officer, ProSiebenSat.1 Media Group
All that procrastination and weighing up doesn’t get you very far in a male-dominated business world. 'Just get on with it' is sometimes the...
Sylvia Yin, Co-Founder and COO, SHOPPR
My rule of thumb while raising finance is to always know who you are raising money from. Don’t stop at researching about venture capitalists,...
Judith Owigar, Founder, Akirachix
I think the most important thing is to expose women to technology early enough for them to experiment so that when the time comes...
Susan Gunelius, President & CEO, KeySplash Creative Inc.
I’ve found that the best way to deal with gender bias is with a strong offense, meaning you need to be smart and not...
Colette Ballou, Founder, Ballou PR
If you have a strong reputation, you have a better chance of charging a premium for your products, even in price-sensitive times; you have...
Heather Baker, CEO, TopLine Comms, Editor and Blogger
I’m also always learning and trying to improve – I think I’m a much better leader now than I was two years ago. I’m...
Keneilwe Mampuru, Founder & Head Designer, Kente by Keneilwe
I would like people to think of my brand as not just a fashion label, but as a brand that stands firm against the...
3 Key Leadership Habits Every Leader Must Have
By Brad Lomenick
Leadership is more than hard work; it is habitual work. And the path to becoming a better leader begins with building better...
The Transformation Imperative Collaborative Leadership is Key For Future Success
By John Mattone
In this article, John Mattone discusses how progressive leaders in the business world are moving away from a conventional leadership culture and...
Managing People in Mergers and Acquisitions Part 1: Reasons and Reality
By Guido Stein and Marta Cuadrado
In Part One of this article we will address a number of issues related to mergers. First, we will...
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...
Powerful Leadership Wins Employees Hearts + Minds…Gains Customers
This article explores how to use effective leadership strategies to win hearts and minds of employees to improve the bottom line. It draws attention...
Why Focus Matters to Your Leadership: Understanding Huawei’s Business Strategy
By David De Cremer
Contemporary business develops at a rapid pace, with many uncertainties, internationally connected stakeholders, and little latitude to make mistakes. In such...
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...
An Investor’s Least Favourite Statement – “Oops, Wrong CEO”
By Leslie Pratch
It is possible to identify executives who are likely to act with consistently high integrity and who demonstrate sound, timely judgment when...
The Fairness Challenge of the Internet of Things
By Bang Ngyuen and David De Cremer
The Internet-of-Things essentially enables mass data collection and analysis, to the benefit not just of businesses, but individuals...
Negotiating Advice for Women: The Problem-Solving Conversation
“You can’t improve on a skill that you’re avoiding,” says Wharton management professor Nancy Rothbard. “Many people shy away from negotiations because they associate...
Leadership Innovation: Huawei’s rotating CEO system
By David De Cremer and Tian Tao
The CEO of an organisation is where the buck stops, and to whom all credit is due for...
Brilliant Senior Team Work
By John Sutherland
A large number of businesses have a gap between the espoused strategy and what actually happens day by day. So much so...
Leading Huawei: Seven Leadership Lessons of Ren Zhengfei
By David De Cremer and Tian Tao
"Every generation produces its own great character, and each exerts impact for hundreds of years." True to this...
Standardisation and Cooperation are the Future
Interview with Jonas Berggren CEO, SSG AB
According to Jeffrey Sachs, author of “The Age of Sustainable Development,” achieving sustainable development on our crowded, unequal,...
Senior Team Development for the Unwilling
By John Sutherland
Traditional team work over-emphasises the whole team approach far more than is needed for most practical purposes. In this article, John Sutherland...
5 Myths about Employee Learning
Here are some common misperceptions about corporate education— and how to get beyond them.
Under what circumstances do organizations embrace a learning culture?
Often, it’s when...
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...
Leadership Dispatches: Business Lessons From A President Taking Charge
By Michael Useem, Howard Kunreuther, and Erwann Michel-Kerjan
This article discusses the leadership of President Sebastián Piñera following the Chilean earthquake of 2010. The authors...
Your Seventh Sense: Beyond Mindfulness
By William Duggan
In this article, Willian Duggan explores the practice of Free Your Mind, a way to turn stress into strategy and to turn...
Unlocking Leaders’ Potential
CareSource, one of the largest public sector managed care companies in the United States partners with ICF (International Coaching Federation) to deliver Leadership Transition...
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...
Leadership Development: One Size Does Not Fit All Growing Leaders in Africa and Across...
By Dr Vanessa Iwowo
Despite the diversity of business and social cultures around the world, we continue to teach and take part in a “one...
Actions Speak Louder Than Words – Why Adaptive Non-Verbal Communication is a Key Leadership...
By Dr Connson Locke
Non-verbal communication is extremely influential in interpersonal encounters, and knowing how to leverage non-verbal signals effectively can be a key leadership...
Creativity at Work
By Adrian Furnham
Creativity is not an easy topic to research and few serious scientists conduct work in the area. First, creativity is difficult to...
Coaching for the Future
Using the example of the Indian company J.K. Organisation, this article shows how the adoption of a coaching culture has transformed the organization, setting...
Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader
By Herminia Ibarra
In this excerpt from her book, Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader Herminia Ibarra discusses what she describes as the...
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...
Looking at the Universe as a Systemic Whole: Women in Global Leadership
Interview with Magdalena MookÂ
CEO, International Coach Federation
The International Coach Federation (ICF) is a rapidly growing organisation, encompassing 26,000 professional coaches globally. The European Business...
Conflict Contagion: A Virus to Watch and Treat Early
By Karsten Jonsen, Karen A. Jehn, Sonja Rispens and Lindred L. Greer
Conflicts are daily realities of organisational teams, and most people are aware of...
Challenging Stereotypes: The Women’s Executive Leadership Programme at Berkeley Executive Education
Interview with Laura Kray
Professor of Leadership, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
UC Berkeley’s Women’s Executive Leadership Programme is unique: it was designed by women...
Women as Global Leaders: Challenges & Strategies for Getting to the Top
By Susan R. Madsen and Faith Wambura Ngunjiri
In this article, Susan R. Madsen and Faith Wambura Ngunjiri discuss the challenges facing women in global leadership...