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 Mook
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...
Closing the Gender Gap
A growing body of research and anecdotal evidence shows a positive correlation between gender-balanced corporate leadership and organisational performance. Despite this, a significant gap...
The Future of Gender Equality, from School to Boardroom
Helena Morrissey Talks with Camille Merrells
Helena Morrissey is the unstoppable CEO of Newton, Chair of the Investment Management Association (IMA) and founder of...
Improving Digital Innovation in Large Enterprise: Strengthening e-Leadership at C-level
By Joe Peppard, Simon Robinson and Tobias Hüsing
If your company doesn’t want to miss out on the new opportunities IT offers for business innovation,...
Through the Ceiling and Over the Cliff? Catch-22 for Women Executives
A new program for women executives combines business acumen with leadership development and career reflection. It’s an approach designed to strengthen the key skills...
Global Female Leaders Networking Breakfast
April is inching closer, bringing the exciting prospect of the Global Female Leaders Summit with it. The European Business Review caught up with some...
Dream Bigger Be Braver
Exclusive Interview with Cheryl Giovannoni by our editor Camille Merrells
Cheryl Giovannoni is the dynamic CEO of Ogilvy & Mather UK, the advertising giant responsible...
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...
Making Capabilities Explicit is The Work of Leadership
By Richard Lynch, Amber Román And Derval Kennedy
In “Clarifying Strategy Is Simple. Aligning Your Organisation Is Not.” (The European Business Review, Sept/Oct 2014) the...
Incorporate Innovation into your Business Model
Interview with Jeff Rosenthal
Innovation is a surefire way to achieve growth and success for your company. Below Jeff Rosenthal, CEO of the UC Berkeley...
Can Women Fix Capitalism?
By Joanna Barsh
Gender equality at the top of business has stalled, and trust in business is alarmingly low. Putting more women in charge could...
Leveraging Your Collective Genius
Interview with Linda Hill
Harvard Business School Professor and World Business Forum speaker Linda Hill gives The European Business Review her take on leading innovation.
Linda...
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...
How Political Intelligence Sets Successful Leaders Apart
By Gerry Reffo and Valerie Wark
Leadership Alert! There are times when the classic development of leaders no longer fully equips them or their organisations...
The Power of Corporate Culture — and How to Harness It
Culture change is hard to do. Just look at Ron Johnson’s attempted transformation of JCPenney in 2012. Or go back a few thousand years...
Build High-Quality Connections
By Jane E. Dutton
Jane E. Dutton explains why high-quality connections (HQCs) are critical building blocks for bringing out the best in people and...
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...
Leadership: The Science Behind Practice Makes Perfect
By M. Reitz and L. Waller
Strong leadership is arguably the most important aspect of running a business, but today's leaders are required to operate...
Wharton: Where Entrepreneurs Learn the Business of Business
Max Baumann’s company Just Chill started with an idea for a beverage that could help people stay cool and calm. “Stress is the number...
Closing the Leadership Gap
By John Sutherland
Traditional leadership development programmes operate with a one-size-fits-all mentality. Below, John Sutherland argues that the key to developing the right kind of...
