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A Leadership Model Fit for Our Times
Former Harvard Business School dean and colleagues define a new people-first model for effective distributed leadership
VIEWPOINT
How AI Can Enhance Negotiation Skills
Professor Jared Curhan reveals the positive contribution AI is already making in supporting leaders with negotiation
RESEARCH
The Spreading of Nuanced Truth
LBS and ESMT study identifies the danger of citing information based on the ‘gist’ of the truth rather than the ‘literal’ truth
BOOK REVIEW
Change Is Not Always Good
A provocative new book reveals the downside of strategic and organizational change and the benefits of stability
VIEWPOINT
Stepping Up to Senior Leadership
CCL’s approach to preparing executives for impactful leadership at the organizational level
RESEARCH
Reconcile Arguments and Move On
Harvard and BC University study values conversational receptiveness in our polarized times
WEBINAR
Develop Yourself to Develop Your Team
Video recording: Rotman’s Maja Djikic describes how as a leader you can align five key parts of yourself to achieve whole-life fulfilment
RESEARCH
Employees Vs Company First
When managerial prosocial preferences conflict with company priorities
BOOK REVIEW
Decisions, Decisions, in the AI Era
A timely guide to balancing AI with human intuition to make better leadership decisions
VIEWPOINT
Developing Emerging Leaders
Professor Julie McCarthy explains the thinking behind Rotman School of Management’s executive program for up-and-coming leaders
BOOK REVIEW
Leadership Shaped by Moments in History
Martin Gutmann reveals the unseen qualities that great leaders deploy to master their moment in history
BOOK REVIEW
Abundance Leadership
Why an abundance mindset is key to leading a creative, high-performing, joyous team, or organization
VIEWPOINT
Transformational Impact with emlyon
What sets customized programs at emlyon apart from the competition?
BOOK REVIEW
A House for Leaders
Patrick Flesner’s engaging story reveals the essence of great leadership
VIEWPOINT
Glass Ceiling: Still Here, Still Breakable
MIT’s Professor Fiona Murray and Senior Lecturer Elsbeth Johnson offer six approaches to help women leaders break through the glass ceiling once and for all
BOOK REVIEW
Causes and Cures of Burnout
Amy Bradley and Katherine Semler suggest steps to mitigate overwhelm and burnout at work
VIEWPOINT
Getting Men Onside with Gender Parity
Thom Dennis, CEO of Serenity in Leadership, suggests 10 ways to involve men in countering gender bias and discrimination
BOOK REVIEW
AI—The Human Dimension
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic reveals how AI is changing the way we live and the way we are
VIEWPOINT
Effective Executive Coaching
Rotman School of Management offers an invaluable template for the transformation from okay coach to truly great coach
CORPORATE PRACTICE
The ‘green skills gap’ means leaders, not just technicians
There is a significant gap today between the demand for, and willingness of, corporations to transition to more sustainable practices, and the knowledge and skills required at the managerial level to lead those transitions successfully.
BOOK REVIEW
The Disruptive Economics of AI
Rotman economists, Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, delve deep into the transformative power of artificial intelligence
RESEARCH
Stop Workplace Objectification
A study by Darden and Hass’ professors reveals the damage caused to employee performance by objectification and suggests some cures
WEBINAR
The Do’s and Don’ts of Workplace Wellbeing
Watch our recorded webinar with Warwick Business School’s Dr Redzo Mujcic to learn how to institute a wellbeing strategy in your organization
WEBINAR
Five Core Principles of Managing Innovation
View a recording of this workshop with Georgetown McDonough’s Eric Koester, to help you manage internal innovation, lead change and activate intrapreneurship inside your enterprise
BOOK REVIEW
Finding Positivity in Uncertainty
A thought-provoking guide to facing the unknown and turning uncertainty to innovation and gain
BOOK REVIEW
Business of Relationships in China
Despite current disagreements thousands of Western business people are engaged with Chinese enterprise: Joan Turley shows how they can succeed
BOOK REVIEW
Surviving Jerks at Work
NYU psychology prof on toxic co-workers and what to do about them
WHITE PAPER
Ambidextrous Strategic Thinking
Bayes Business School paper considers the power of Mental Ambidexterity in Strategic Thinking (MAST)
RESEARCH
Addressing Severe Uncertainty
HEC Paris’ Professor Brian Hill offers valuable guidance at a time of economic, geopolitical, and environmental uncertainty
BOOK REVIEW
Feeling the Love—at Work
Amelia Dunlop’s guide to elevating human experience (and performance) at work by nurturing worth and growth through love
VIEWPOINT
If Remote Working Is Here to Stay
With Georgetown’s Professor Jason Schloetzer, we consider a future of work increasingly characterized by remote working – and ask: how can we help our people thrive in these new conditions?
VIEWPOINT
What’s Your Problem?
Warwick Business School’s Dr Umar Taj shows how tightly defined problem statements are key to using behavioral science in helping organizations ‘do’ culture change
WEBINAR
Talent Management is Dead!
Video recording: Experts from GSK and Cranfield hold a stimulating panel discussion on the future for talent development in inclusive agile organizations
VIEWPOINT
Creating Customer Centric Leaders
How HEC Paris designs executive programs on customer centricity
VIEWPOINT
Think You’re Not Creative? Think Again….
HEC Paris’ Anne-Laure Sellier debunks the myth that creativity can’t be taught
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Developing Talent at MBDA Missile Systems
How MBDA partners with HEC Paris Executive Education to attract, nurture and retain top talent - a decade of trust and collaboration
VIEWPOINT
Tailor-Made Leadership for the Post-Pandemic World
Emmanuel JouJon explains how HEC Paris’s custom programs are adapting to meet the changing needs of executives and companies beyond the pandemic
VIEWPOINT
Embracing Inclusive and Equitable Business
HEC Paris’ Marieke Huysentruyt explains why organizations should open their minds to inclusive business
BOOK REVIEW
Workability
A highly original guide to thriving at work and navigating a corporate career
WEBINAR
The Great Training Robbery
In this video recording, Cranfield University experts explain how to avoid bad practices and learn five key impact drivers for executive education in your organization
VIEWPOINT
Conflict Resolution Between Associates
HEC Paris’ Etienne Krieger reveals how a simple equation can resolve conflicts between associates
VIEWPOINT
Pandemic Driven Innovation and Transformation
HEC Paris’ Christopher Hogg describes how the crisis stimulates innovation and accelerates the economic transformation of companies – and how to capitalize on it
VIEWPOINT
Ecological Transformation at HEC Paris
HEC Paris is already on the road to ecological transition says François Collin
VIEWPOINT
How to Master Upward Influence
Professor Connson Locke offers practical advice and tips on how to make our voices heard, influence people with more power than us―and create positive change
VIEWPOINT
How to Become a Transformational Leader
A two-part, practical guide to becoming a transformational leader—based on a talk at the LSE Festival with Dr Rebecca Newton, Professor Sandy Pepper, and Dr Emma Soane
VIEWPOINT
The Power of Purposeful Leadership
How Purposeful Leadership is turning businesses into something bigger and better
VIEWPOINT
New Leader Integration
An initiative from the Rotman School of Management, led by Geoffrey Leonardelli, helps executives move to new roles and new jobs successfully
EVENT
Stimulating Radical Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Warwick Business School’s James Hayton helps corporate entrepreneurs find new markets, technologies, and business models
EVENT
The Demand Side: New Models in Executive Education
Impressions, insights, and takeaways from Day Two of UNICON’s Directors’ Conference 2021, hosted by Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC)
EVENT
Apprenticeship Levy [Live Panel Event]
Upskilling UK Senior Leaders to Face Tomorrow’s Challenges
VIEWPOINT
Scoping the Path Ahead for Exec Ed
After a turbulent year, new best practices for executive learning in the new normal are emerging for university-based business schools and their corporate clients
VIEWPOINT
Digital Learning at HEC Paris
A new way of learning that is attracting more and more companies
RESEARCH
Pay Transparency, Inequity and Inequality in Organizations
HEC Paris study shows how pay transparency influences inequality, inequity and the gender pay gap
VIEWPOINT
The Challenge of Data Transformation in Companies
HEC Paris’s Julien Lévy considers a central driver of the digital revolution
EVENT
Managing the Risks of Climate Change
The Grantham Institute at Imperial College London collaborate with the IRM to prepare risk managers for an era of climate change and associated regulations and targets
BOOK REVIEW
Learn Digital Body Language
A timely guide to communicating with positive emotional connection in the digital space
VIEWPOINT
Post-Pandemic Corporate Finance
Rotman School of Management’s David Goldreich discusses business finance, valuation, and planning for a post-pandemic recovery
VIEWPOINT
5 Keys to Managing Virtual Teams
St Gallen’s Prof. Winfried Ruigrok describes five essential things you need to know about managing your team virtually
VIEWPOINT
The Hazards of Hiring with AI
St Gallen’s Prof Dr Gudrun Sander shows why recruiting processes need a combination of human and machine to avoid stereotypical bias
EVENT
Inclusion: Shaping Executive Education in the 4IR - Part One
Impressions, insights and takeaways from Day One of UNICON’s Team Development Conference 2020 hosted by Thunderbird School of Global Management
VIEWPOINT
2020 Leadership Lessons for 2021
Mark Threlfall and colleagues offer twelve thoughts for Christmas to help us prepare for a better New Year
RESEARCH
A Downside to Great Expectations
Study shows how setting high performance expectations can often be counterproductive
VIDEO
The Power of Design in Business
Rotman’s BDI initiative moves design from products and services to redesigning our organizations from the inside out
RESEARCH
Post-Pandemic Scenario Planning
IMD’s Michael Wade offers help to business leaders planning for an uncertain future
RESEARCH
The Value of Staff Customer Contact
St Gallen study shows how employee customer contact, supported by transformational leadership, drives organizational performance
VIEWPOINT
Artificial Intelligence for Executives
The University of St. Gallen’s Stephanie Schoss discusses the mindset, skills and knowledge needed for executives to thrive in an AI enhanced world
RESEARCH
Male Bias Against Female Bosses
Why the growing backlash against the ‘woke agenda’ should not impede practical steps to raise more women into senior leadership roles
RESEARCH
Avoiding a Social Media Firestorm
A recent study offers insights for detecting, preventing and mitigating online firestorms
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Developing Leaders eMagazine - Issue 35
How the pandemic is impacting business leadership and the exec ed sector
BOOK REVIEW
When More Is Not Better
Roger Martin’s new book considers how obsessive ‘economic efficiency’ is undermining democratic capitalism
VIEWPOINT
A Leadership Stimulus Package
Rotman School of Management’s Nouman Ashraf offers a prescription for better post-pandemic leadership
VIEWPOINT
Rapid Innovation in Executive Education
MIT Sloan’s Peter Hirst considers the impact of the pandemic and how it will spur innovative approaches to executive learning
WEBINAR
Leading Strategic Alignment
Saïd Business School’s Jonathan Trevor discusses how to lead strategic alignment: joined-up, united, and ‘multi-everything’ - in this recorded webinar
VIEWPOINT
Negotiation Strategies Online and Offline
London Business School’s Professor Gillian Ku offers strategies and tactics, employing planning and cooperation, for conducting complex negotiations
WEBINAR
Emotional Intelligence for the New Normal
Vanderbilt University’s Shayna Humphrey on how to gain the resilience, composure and self-management needed to lead others effectively through challenging times
VIEWPOINT
Coaching for Effective Leadership
Hult Ashridge’s Erik de Haan discusses leadership shadows, derailment, and the positive impact of executive coaching
WEBINAR
Webinar Calendar: Summer 2020
IEDP have an expanded slate of webinars and virtual events this Spring/Summer. Find all our upcoming and recent previous webinars here
WEBINAR
Negotiation Fundamentals for Business Leaders
In this webinar recording Gillian Ku, Professor of Organizational Behaviour at London Business School, offers practical insights on the strategy and science behind effective negotiations
VIEWPOINT
Ethical Decision Making in a Crisis
Hult Ashridge’s Roger Delves discusses the tension between personal values and organizational imperatives—and why otherwise ethical people sometimes make unethical decisions
WEBINAR
Leading an AI Boosted Business
In this recorded webinar, Georgetown University’s Professor Jose-Luis Guerrero explains how the nature of leadership and employment will be changed by greater use of AI in workplaces
WEBINAR
Leading in Volatile and Uncertain Times
Watch Vanderbilt Professor Ranga Ramanujam and Eric Johnson, Dean of Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management for advice in navigating these unprecedented times
VIEWPOINT
No More Nine-to-Five
Three Rotman experts discuss the challenges and opportunities for those leading a remote workforce
VIEWPOINT
Building a Cyber-Safe Business
Dr Ruth Massie on cyber as a leadership problem, as opposed to a technical problem, speaking at the latest Leadership Series event from Cranfield School of Management @Brand Exchange, London
VIEWPOINT
Complex Drivers of Employee Motivation
Columbia’s Stephan Meier on why motivating employees is more complicated than you think
NEWS
MOOC for a Sustainable Future
Enrol for free on Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)’s MOOC: ‘Driving Business Towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’
VIEWPOINT
Actors and Architects of Ethical Behavior
Creating a workplace culture conducive to making ethical decisions
WEBINAR
Millennial Mindsets in the Family Enterprise
Watch MIT Sloan Professor John Davis discuss the challenges and opportunities emerging as the Millennial generation steps up to lead the family business
VIEWPOINT
Aston Goes Multi-Disciplinary in a Complex World
Combining business school and university-wide expertise to support innovation, creativity and capability development in organizations
WEBINAR
Leading Your Business with Responsibility to People and Planet [Webinar]
Watch this timely discussion on responsibility in business with two distinct faculty voices from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School—with a special focus on leadership, ownership, and banking
VIEWPOINT
Hypotheses not Predictions
Ryan Hamilton discusses the value of scientific thinking in business
VIEWPOINT
Good Bosses and Bad Bosses
Cass Business School’s Dr Amanda Goodall says experts can make good bosses, and bad bosses are less common than we might imagine
VIEWPOINT
Coaching’s Bright Future
Henley’s Jonathan Passmore discusses the benefits and impact of individual and team coaching
VIDEO
Deep-Diving MIT Sloan’s Innovation Approach
Watch the video highlights from IEDP’s innovation deep-dive with MIT Sloan’s Professor Fiona Murray and Dr Phil Budden
VIEWPOINT
Black Swan Events in Project Management
Schulich’s Doug Boebinger asks: Do project managers adequately prepare for unforeseen events and their consequences?
VIEWPOINT
Finessing the Family Enterprise
Moonshot opportunities and insights from multigenerational family enterprises
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Making Leaders
emlyon and Capgemini France collaborate to deliver an innovative customized executive program
RESOURCE
Learn to Thrive as a Leader
Start to better understand yourself with this self-assessment 'Learning Tool', from Vanderbilt University, designed to help you lead with authenticity, meaning and purpose, thrive as a leader, and avoid burnout for yourself and your team
RESEARCH
Value of Dyslexia in Organizations
A new EY report highlights the value of dyslexic capability and neuro-diversity for organizations of the future
WEBINAR
Developing an Open Strategy
Watch this webinar from Warwick Business School’s Christian Stadler and learn how to engage technologists, frontline employees, customers, and even competitors to develop a winning and open strategy
RESEARCH
Achieving a Circular Economy
Saïd Business School report offers a framework for systems change and a guide towards a circular economy for collaborating organizations
EVENT
Top Flight Leadership Events
Are you interested in attending thought provoking leadership events in London and elsewhere?
NEWS
Behaviour Science for Organizations
WBS program shows how to apply behavioural science to transform your operations, culture and stakeholder relations
VIEWPOINT
Problem Statements Solve Problems
Schulich SEEC on how to write clear objective Problem Statements – the key to finding solutions to complex problems
NEWS
Leadership Response - Military and Business
Approaches to leadership learning: Emory Executive Education's Ken Keen in conversation with IEDP
VIEWPOINT
Improving Employee Engagement
Despite better news, CCL suggests 4 areas in which companies can take steps to increase employee engagement
RESEARCH
What About the Workers?
New study shows welcome positivity in the European workforce even in the UK as it prepares for Brexit
VIEWPOINT
Virtual Learning at Aston
How Aston University’s virtual classroom creates a positive approach to learning
VIEWPOINT
Innovating with Real World Impact the Goal for UEFA and IMD at ‘Innovation Week’
Improving the experience of football fans at Euro 2024 with the 2019 UEFA Innovation Challenge Powered by IMD, ECAL and ThinkSport for MBA candidates
VIEWPOINT
Executive Learning for Life
Life-long learning is central to HEC Paris’s strategic vision and lies behind its move up the FT world executive education rankings
VIEWPOINT
Empowering the Family Enterprise
The Kellogg Center for Family Enterprise has a mission to support and sustain family businesses – the bedrock of the global economy
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Leadership and Culture at Santander
How corporate culture and leadership are being developed at Banco Santander
VIEWPOINT
Talent Management Goes Agile
Executive leaders are losing patience with traditional tools for managing talent, says Ronny Vansteenkiste, a Senior Associate with Management Centre Europe and a Fortune 500 veteran
RESEARCH
Social Media in Organizations
Patricia Hind and Viki Holton on their new study into effective leadership, social media at work and how HR can upgrade its L&D strategy
VIEWPOINT
Transformative Online Learning
INSEAD’s designs for highly personalized online learning to scale digital transformation
VIEWPOINT
Building Brands for the Future
Kellogg School of Management’s Tim Calkins on brands and brand management in our hyperconnected age
VIEWPOINT
Dealing with Emotion at Work
HEC Paris’s Marc Beretta discusses the place of emotions in the workplace
EVENT
New Solutions for New Leadership
IEDP’s review of Cranfield’s first '@Brand Exchange' Leadership event in the City of London
BOOK REVIEW
Design Thinking in Organizations
How ‘design thinking’ theory is being successfully translated into real-world innovative practice
VIEWPOINT
Championing AI for Business
Professor Phanish Puranam on how organizations can develop the mindsets and skills to win with Artificial Intelligence
VIEWPOINT
Diversity Beyond Fairness
Well-managed diversity can drive business success in our connected world
NEWS
Flipping the Learning Sequence
An innovative Rotman program focuses on context specific challenges rather than legions of leadership concepts
NEWS
Developing Leaders for a Sustainable World
HEC Paris/LSE’s ‘Leadership 2030’ program helps tomorrow’s leaders create value for customers, society and the planet
VIEWPOINT
Re-building Trust in Business
What’s Love Got to Do with It? Insight from Henley Business School
WHITE PAPER
Business for a Sustainable Future
HEC Paris experts explore ideas for integrating sustainable innovation, inclusive growth, and social and environmental impact into corporate strategy
NEWS
Raising the Bar in Healthcare Leadership
Schulich SEEC’s Masters Certificate promotes excellence in healthcare management practice
RESEARCH
Why Competent Jerks Get Hired
Companies should avoid the mistake of promoting competent but unsociable employees
EVENT
Developing Impactful Career Transitions
Join Cranfield’s complimentary leadership learning event at Chelsea Football Club on Tuesday, 26 February
VIEWPOINT
5 Building Blocks for Industry 4.0
IESE’s Marc Sachon shows how people and machines can work in sync to successfully implement Industry 4.0
VIEWPOINT
Executive Education Refreshed
Camilla Jonsson describes how Cranfield has shaped its general management portfolio to meet clients’ changing needs
VIEWPOINT
Evaluating Executive Learning Impact
How the CISL Impact Benchmark Study helps improve leadership development with data
BOOK REVIEW
A Manifesto for Better Business
New book offers a powerful reply to the steadily increasing criticism of free market business
VIEWPOINT
How Blockchain Benefits Business
Rotman’s Andreas Park explains why blockchain technology and machine learning are keys to future business success
MASTERS
An Executive MBA Evolution
Bath University’s London/Bath/Silicon Valley-based EMBA aims to leverage Apprenticeship Levy funding to build leadership capability
RESEARCH
Learning Trumps Stress at Work
How a focus on learning can help you and your team cope with stress
WHITE PAPER
Digital Culture Change
HEC Paris White Paper explains the cultural, rather than technological, changes needed to thrive in the digital era
NEWS
Financial Rapids of Entrepreneurship
Cass’s Stefano De Cesaris helps entrepreneurs navigate the rapids and become financially savvy
REPORT
Corporate Learning Priorities 2018
The 2018 Pulse Report from FT │ IE Corporate Learning Alliance assesses changing attitudes to leadership development and executive education
VIEWPOINT
Managing the Risk of Disruption
Cass Professor Elena Novelli offers five strategies for survival in the face of disruptive technology business models
VIEWPOINT
Educating Executives to Change the World
HEC Paris’s ‘Tomorrow is Our Business’ campaign highlights the key themes for transformative business education
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Entrepreneurial Mindset at Bayer
How Bayer Pharma is walking the talk of innovative ideas and faster/better commercial decisions
FROM THE MAGAZINE
A Tipping Point
Ilona Haaijer, Dave Tullett and Andrew White: A time for new leadership consciousness to emerge
NEWS
Strategic Marketing for the Digital Age
Michigan Ross program to future-proof B-to-B and B-to-C marketing strategies
EVENT
Unblock the Female Leadership Pipeline
Join Cranfield, on 28th September, to help women in your organization reach the top [Free Workshop]
NEWS
Leading Major Projects
Introducing the ‘Major Projects Leadership Academy’ – a collaboration between the UK Cabinet Office and Oxford Saïd Business School
VIEWPOINT
Brexit Viewed as a Major Project
Addressing the project management skills needed to avoid operational chaos
VIEWPOINT
Theresa May’s Glass Cliff
Is Mrs May's Brexit Glass Cliff an exemplar of modern leadership?
NEWS
Benefit from Behavioural Science
The WBS Behavioural Science in Practice program focuses on real world, business and public sector, applications
RESEARCH
Embedded Mental Models
Understand the embedded mental models in your organization and identify the blind spots
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Developing Ambidextrous Leaders
The Fire & Rescue Service Executive Leadership Program at Warwick Business School profiled
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine - Issue 29
Overcoming Digital Overload: A Leadership Challenge
NEWS
Business Model Innovation
Cambridge Judge Business School Exec Ed offers help to create a business model fit for our disruptive times
VIEWPOINT
Artificial Intelligence for Beginners
‘Prediction Machines’ a new book by three Rotman professors demystifies AI for the confused and worried
VIEWPOINT
Is Disruption Really the New Norm?
Don’t let fear of disruption divert you from the essential job of reviewing and renewing strategy
VIEWPOINT
Addressing Workplace Bullying
Jeneva Patterson offers four revealing stories to inspire action for a zero tolerance corporate culture
VIEWPOINT
A Hybrid Digital Strategy Is Key
Why your company needs a hybrid online-offline strategy to win the digital disruption battle
WEBINAR
8 Ways HR Can Create Value
Join HR guru Dave Ulrich to learn how HR can deliver sustainable value to your organization — in a complimentary webinar on 24 May
MASTERS
An MBA with Social Impact
New MBA Dean Seán Meehan describes what makes the IMD MBA program unique
NEWS
Managing Risk and Performance
Schulich Masters Certificate focuses on balancing risk and reward to protect enterprise value
EVENT
Apprenticeship Levy for Growth
Learn how to leveraging the Levy to develop the leadership skills to grow your business
VIEWPOINT
From Marketing Chief to CEO
ESADE professors offer 7 strategies for gaining promotion to the top job
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine - Issue 28
Listen, Collaborate, Innovate, and the Jazz of Leadership
FROM THE MAGAZINE
4 Leadership Lessons from Jazz
Jazz offers many of the elements needed to lead successful projects and organizations
MASTERS
Believe, Be Meticulous and Persevere
HEC Paris Executive MSc in Finance alumnus Danielle Hatem offers advice for would be entrepreneurs
RESEARCH
Lessons in Strategic Change
Professor Yasemin Kor investigates approaches to renewal in two disrupted industries
VIDEO
Leadership and Empowerment
WNBA’s Lisa Borders says leadership is about influence, not authority
VIEWPOINT
5 Predictions for L&D in 2018
FT | IE Corporate Learning Alliance predicts there will be more than just AI to concern L&D professionals this year
VIEWPOINT
Ideabanks: Networking for Choice
Using loose network ties to seek new ideas and innovative solutions to complex problems
NEWS
Preparing Women Leaders for the Top
How INSEAD is helping senior women executives fulfil their true leadership potential
MASTERS
A Marathon of Learning
An IMD Executive MBA describes how his EMBA experience opened up new worlds
NEWS
Preparing for a Leadership Role
Schulich Mini-MBA offers a world-class fast track for transitioning to leadership
BOOK REVIEW
Winning Against Business Threats
Rotman professors on anticipating, responding to, and surviving strategic threats to your business - and thriving
NEWS
Join Airbus Action Learning
Join the emlyon/Airbus SWITCH program to strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit in your organization – open to companies of all types
WHITE PAPER
Developing Forgotten Middle Managers
10 top tips for organizations looking to create a program for its forgotten people
VIEWPOINT
Better Key-Account Relationships
Four tips for key-account salespeople ...and one for their customers!
MASTERS
Developing Healthcare Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur and Columbia EMBA alumnus David Kim is making healthcare more accessible and convenient
VIEWPOINT
Giving Voice to Values
A renowned resource for enabling values-driven leadership hosted at Darden
RESOURCE
Digital Learning Journeys [eBook]
An exploration of online learning being pioneered at Vanderbilt Executive Education. Download the complimentary eBook here
RESEARCH
Innovation for Social Good
Organizing and innovating to tackle the problems of the world’s poor
VIEWPOINT
Best Practice Online Learning
Vlerick’s Benjamin de Wulf discusses the new era of possibility for corporate learning with IEDP
VIEWPOINT
6 Drivers of Brand Desire
Be authentic and unexpected – being predictable can kill your brand desire
WEBINAR
Women’s Leadership Roadblocks
Watch the recording of Prof Kimberly Pace’s webinar to avoid the roadblocks women leaders too often encounter
NEWS
Executive Learning in the Cloud
How high-quality pedagogy can bring online executive education to life
NEWS
Being an Enterprise Executive
Understand the mindsets of all company stakeholders and have an ‘outside-in’ perspective to be a true leader says Prof Ray Reilly
EVENT
Innovation in the Luxury Market
WBS’s Luxury and Innovation Hub explores the evolution of digital and experiential luxury for the new generation
RESEARCH
Corporate Learning in 2017
A new report from FT │ IE Corporate Learning Alliance offers a series of global perspectives on corporate learning and leadership development
EVENT
A Loss of Trust in Business: Crisis or Opportunity?
FT | IE assemble a stellar panel to discuss an important new juncture for business and the societies in which business operates
VIEWPOINT
Women’s Leadership Ecosystem
How Smith College Executive Education is upping the ante in leadership development for women
RESOURCE
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VIEWPOINT
Leadership: Mind, Body and Spirit
Understanding the holistic way humans lead in sports, business and the military
EVENT
Agile Leadership for Industry 4.0
The ESMT Forum on ‘Agility’ as a key approach for innovation-supporting executives
RESEARCH
Stewardship, Performance and Innovation
Introducing the ‘Stewardship Climate Scale’ as a tool for measuring corporate culture
RESEARCH
The Dynamics of Change
The importance of strategic framing when selecting routines for change
VIEWPOINT
Ego and Eco Intelligence
6 keys to leadership when the workplace is less a hierarchy and more an ‘ecosystem’ of interconnected teams and individuals
MASTERS
Inspired to Manage His Own Destiny
The leadership journey of HEC Paris EMBA alumnus Phil Waknell, Chief Inspiration Officer, Ideas on Stage
BOOK REVIEW
Stepping Up to Leadership
A guide for new leaders to ‘Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For
RESEARCH
Value Creation from Big Data
4 capabilities companies need to harness big data to create value
VIEWPOINT
Creating Innovation Cultures
How collaboration between design and business mindsets builds innovative organizational cultures
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine Issue 25
Access the full magazine below. ‘Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age’
EVENT
Future-Proofing the Organization
Using the Past to Make Sense of the Future through Experiential Learning
WEBINAR
3 Perspectives on Organizational Change
Join MIT Sloan Professor John Van Maanen’s insightful complimentary webinar
VIEWPOINT
Engaging with Generation Y
How virtual-world-savvy millennials benefit from face-to face communication and off-site meetings and events
MASTERS
Aspiring to True Leadership
Educated at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Chinese national Jane Sun took an EMBA at Columbia to boost her consulting career
VIEWPOINT
Humans Vs Machines – Mind the Skills Gap
Advances in technology will bring structural unemployment unless we fill the skills gap
RESEARCH
Passive Leadership and the Damage Done
How the passive boss can be just a toxic as an abusive boss
VIEWPOINT
Employee Engagement and Sustainability
Sustainability engages employees/Engaged employees create sustainable companies
RESEARCH
From Innovation Graveyard to Innovation Hotbed
How Innovation Gets Stuck in the Middle: a Long Read with David Magellan Horth and Jonathan R. Vehar from the Center for Creative Leadership
VIDEO
How Experiential Learning Can Drive Innovation
The confidence to fully embrace the innovation process comes from experience
BOOK REVIEW
Digital Transformation and the Human Touch
Steven van Belleghem’s ‘When Digital Becomes Human’
VIDEO
The Shadow of the Leader Can Be Positive
The "Shadow of the Leader" can be used to open people’s minds - a short video with Prof Jim Stengel of UCLA Anderson
NEWS
Developing Physicians: Leadership for Professionals
"I had to form connections, build networks, and learn that building support was critical to any change initiative. I will never again just take on a change by myself!"
NEWS
Developing Innovative Principled Leaders at MIT
MIT's unique Advanced Management Program - What makes it so different?
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine Issue 22
Access the full magazine below. Corporate Governance, Managing Risk and Bridging the Values Gap
RESEARCH
How Showing Respect Increases Creativity
A culture of respect at work and the increases creativity and the development of new ideas
RESEARCH
How Male Middle Managers Can Boost Gender Diversity
Gender inclusivity in the workplace implies proactive engagement from both sexes
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine Issue 21
Access the full magazine below. Values, Spirituality & Organizational Culture.
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Values, Spirituality and Organizational Culture
The Challenges of Leadership in Tomorrowland - A long read by Simon L. Dolan of ESADE Business School
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When Bad Framing Leads to Bad Group Decisions and Fatal Actions
The tragic de Menezes shooting shows how commitment to certain frames can escalate and lead to bad decisions
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Is Design Thinking the New TQM?
The critical importance of innovation as well as 'quality' to corporate sustainability
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Cisco Spends $10m on Researching Digital Disruption with IMD
IMD has announced a $10 million partnership with Cisco, to launch and fund for five years a new research centre into digital transformation.
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Using Carrots to Incentivise Innovation
Designing an optimal and strategic incentives system is key, says Singapore Management University Professor Thomas Menkhoff
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Big Questions, Big Data and Disruptive Innovation
Hal Gregersen introduces ‘catalytic questioning’
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How to Retain Women Leaders in the Workforce
High-achieving women are opting-out. What can companies do to retain them?
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A Conversation with Monica McGrath
Vice Dean, Aresty Institute of Executive Education, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
BOOK REVIEW
The 4 Ws of Business Model Innovation
While many companies have R&D departments and processes, and all companies focus endlessly on financial analysis, how many have established processes for analysing and up-dating their business models?
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How Neuroscience is Building Better Leaders
Having a profound effect on the way we manage ourselves and others
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12 Keys to Collaborative Organizational Culture
This White Paper from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School explains why collaboration often fails in organizations, particularly those where virtual-communication and multiple locations are the norm
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Left Brain Right Brain: a Neuroscience Monkey Puzzle
Imagine being a lawyer and pondering, for your next fee account, the question: If a monkey has taken a selfie, who owns the image?
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Corporate Culture Change: Why Small Details Matter
The Power of Corporate Culture — and How to Harness It
BOOK REVIEW
The Blue Line Imperative: What Managing for Value Really Means
A book from INSEAD profs Kevin Kaiser and David Young
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Are You Ready to Be CEO?
Statistics show that nearly half of all newly chosen CEOs will fail. CCL's Bill Pasmore explains who takes the blame for such a dismal record
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How the brain responds to feedback
The fifth and final note in this short series on your brain at work looks at neurological foundations of why positivity matters when leaders communicate with their people.
BOOK REVIEW
Steward Leadership
"A form of leadership which focuses on others, the community, and society at large rather than the self"
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Employee Engagement: Engaging the CEO
Releasing the full potential of people at work to drive organizational growth
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Establishing Organizational Receptivity for Change
Research from Dr Michael Butler at Aston
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Adapting to China’s Changing Business Climate
As it’s export-led economy moves to be one where domestic demand is an engine for expansion
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The Sad Demise of the Chief Marketing Officer
An alarming trend in companies that claim to put the customer first
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My Way or the Highway - The Danger of Executive Bullying
For generations, victims of schoolyard bullying have been made to feel afraid, powerless and even stupid. They respond by drawing as little attention to themselves as possible and hoping the misery stops.
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A European Perspective on Millennials
CCL's Gina Eckert and Jennifer Deal on the needs, attitudes and assets of millennials in the workplace
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Attention - I feel, therefore I think I am
Different parts of the brain get engaged by the different kinds of attention
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Brain Gain: Dopamine, Emotions and Behaviour Change
Individuals trust what their own brains tell them from their own experience in preference to what any authority, however august, says. That is what makes shifting policy into social action so difficult.
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Global Gender Balance Scorecard
20-First has just published its annual survey of how large corporations fare in achieving female representation not at Board level but at the C-Suite level
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From Rumour to Fact - A Question of Certainty
Lessons on managing communications more effectively from Apple and McDonalds
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The Starfish and the Spider: A Metaphor for the Future
The future shape of organizations and their leadership
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Embedded vs Bolt-on Sustainability
Incorporating environmental, health, and social value into core business activities
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Integrative Thinking Like Leonardo Did
Some advice from the man who has taught Nike, IBM and Microsoft’s leaders how to think like Leonardo Da Vinci.
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ASDA Leadership Program
Ensuring that everyday leadership behaviours make a big difference to performance
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Leadership Double Whammy for Michigan Ross
Best in leadership development and alumnus top in the list of managent gurus
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Clarity the Antidote to Anxiety
Event Review: Marcus Buckingham's core message is that it is better, far better, to develop people's strengths than fix their weaknesses.
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Leadership Change and Climate Change
Executive Education at Ross has joined forces with the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO) to bring industry experts into its executive education programs focused on climate change.
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The Dawn of Degree Apprenticeships
Aston University is to offer more degree apprenticeships to aspirant young managers
WHITE PAPER
The Future of Talent Development
An important new White Paper by Sylvain Newton of Columbia Business School identifies three key areas for the future of the sector
