Tag: The Strategic Manager
Interim Management: Executive Expertise on Demand
By Prof. Guido Stein and María Belén del Campo
Senior managers who can offer “been there, done that” off the shelf are in increasing demand...
The Business Case for Fixing Presenteeism: Soft Skills, Hard Returns
By Dr John Briffa BSc, MB BS
Presenteeism – people putting in the hours without the productivity to match – represents a major cost for...
Keep Your Wrists Loose: How to Guide Your Team Through Trust,...
By Steve Muscat Azzopardi
Trust, not control, is the key to stronger teams. Discover how leaders can loosen their grip, empower people, and unlock hidden...
Why Supporting Women’s Health at Work Leads to Business Success for...
By Kathleen Riach
Menopause and Menstruation are increasingly being discussed in the workplace. But the benefits of supporting women’s health at work go far beyond...
Why Strategy is More Like Astrology than Astronomy
By Pawel Nowak
Strategy is a future-focused discipline that rarely risks being wrong: its explanations are flexible enough to accommodate almost any outcome.
Strategy speaks about...
The Disconnection Dilemma
By John Cooper and Dr Mary-Clare Race
Why Leaders and Managers Struggle to Build Connection in Modern Workplaces
Sherlock Holmes once commented to his loyal assistant,...
AI Adoption Is Everywhere. Returns Are Not. Why?
By Terence Tse
If you still think that AI adoption is a technology issue, think again. The companies that really succeed are all about their...
AI Can Boost Team Performance Without Eroding Human Connection
By Ambika Zutshi and Dr Reshman Tabassum
AI can enhance the “5C’s” of high-performance teamwork when paired with transparency, collaboration, psychological safety, and human-centred leadership.
Artificial intelligence...
Global Leadership: The Two Skills That Make or Break Global Networking
By Sven Horak, Ph.D.
Global networking succeeds when leaders combine cultural intelligence with relational skill to connect and build relationships with global teams, clients, and...
Listening Well, Leading Better: TEN Techniques That Transform How You Lead
By Avi Liran
Discover ten powerful listening techniques that help leaders connect more deeply, inspire greater trust, and unlock the full potential of their teams.
You...
Digital Twins 101: The Virtual Strategy Reshaping How Businesses Operate
By Terence Tse
Does your company run complex machinery for which downtime would mean serious costs? A digital twin could be just what's needed.
If your...
AI Has Raised the Bar for Employees. Now Organisations Must Build...
By Adeline Segaux
As AI automates routine work, it is also removing some of the everyday experiences through which employees used to build judgement, confidence...
The Luxury Paradox: When Heritage Meets Uncertainty
By Dr. Jinju Heo
How luxury executives can navigate market complexity without sacrificing brand legacy
In an industry built on stability and tradition, luxury brands face...
Algorithmic Attachment: How AI-Based Employee Monitoring Shapes Workplace Trust, Autonomy, and...
By Dr Madeleine Roantree and Professor Adrian Furnham
Although AI-driven monitoring and performance tools are designed to optimise productivity, they may have an adverse effect...
Digital Risk Management and Intelligence
By Dr. Nina Mohadjer, LL.M
Even today, more than five years on from the pandemic-induced exodus from the office, companies are still grappling to comprehend...
Well-Being at Work Challenges and Solutions for Mental Health and Risk
By Dr. Simon L. Dolan
The well-being of employees is a critical component of organizational success. The multifaceted challenges that hinder mental health and risk...
The Hidden Balance Sheet: How Meetings Spend Your Most Precious Capital
By Georgie Fienberg and Tzuki Stewart
Is everyone clear on why we're devoting serious person-hours to this meeting? Before we just have our regular quick...
The Digital Phoenix Effect: How Established Firms Can Win in the...
By Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso Buganza
Established companies face persistent challenges of inefficient transactions, shifting customer needs, innovation bottlenecks, underused data, and strategic data gaps....
AI Industry Adoption and Its Management Implications
By Roberto García-Castro and Dr. J. Mark Munoz
AI technologies are spreading fast across industries, but adoption varies widely. This article helps managers understand where...
Cultivating Endurance: Sharing a Case for Empowering an Organization’s Resilience and...
By Dr. Anat Garti and Dr. Simon L. Dolan
In a world wired for stress, success takes more than strategy. This article shows how to...
Business Executive Education: The New Flexible IMD EMBA
Interview with Vanina Farber Dean of Executive MBA at IMD
If you are struggling to find an EMBA program that truly aligns with your own...
AI Can Increase Companies’ Profit Significantly
By Ralph Geertsema, OP Lumijärvi, and John Wass
Introduction
Over the recent years, AI has conquered the world by storm and has been widely used so...
Building Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chains
By Simon Bowes
On a day-to-day basis, supply chains are disrupted by a wide range of complex problems. The consequences can range from short-term efficiency...
Leadership Development with AI: IMD’s Updated Future-Oriented MBA Curriculum
Interview with Omar Toulan of IMD
The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) is in first place in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2024 ranking of European MBA...
The Art of Giving Compassionate Feedback: Building Stronger Workplace Bonds
Interview with Dr Bruno Roque Cignacco
In this interview, Dr. Bruno Roque Cignacco, author of The Art of Compassionate Business, explores why compassionate feedback is...
Mind the Trust Gap: How Trading Partners Can Stay Closely...
By Kate Vitasek
Team members use much different language when describing “good” versus “typical” trading partner relationships. Through assessments, companies can measure and address relationship...
Why We Need to Learn to Disagree Well in the Workplace?
By David Liddle
Political discourse and debate across Europe – indeed across the world - has become increasingly entrenched, divisive and disrespectful thanks, in part,...
“Can-Lah” The Art of Saying “Yes!”
By Avi Liran
A refreshing guide from one of the top motivational and entertaining speakers in Asia on how to turn those frustrating “NOs” into...
From Cradle to Manager: Children’s Books as a Pathway to Build...
By Jason Woldt and Mary Sue Woldt
What makes a great leader? Can children be trained for leadership right from the cradle? In this article,...
Navigating the Future of Online Advertising with WEB3
By Frank Cespedes and Ben Plomion
For years, digital ad spend was a steadily growing portion of marketing budgets, reaching over $601 billion globally in...
The Great Resignation
By Adrian Furnham
Many believe that the young generation is not interested in working, with some calling them the Lazy Generation. The concept of the...
Rethinking Productivity: The Case for a Four-Day Work Week
By Andrew Barnes
Entrepreneur Andrew Barnes, founder of 4 Day Week Global, discusses the transformative potential of a four-day work week and contends that focusing...
Why and How ‘Healthy’ Leaders Can Boost Employee Mental Health
By Anna Eliatamby
Mental health has a massive impact on our leadership, work, and life. It heavily influences how we lead and the people we...
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,...
Arrogance, Hubris, and Narcissism: The Overconfident Leader
By Adrian Furnham
There is Freudian psychological and psychiatric business literature on narcissism. We are now used to discussing our politicians as well as business...
