Interpersonal collaboration trumps purpose as a motivator of performance finds Harvard Business School/Babson College study
New methodology for leadership in an age of outrage proposed by Oxford professor of business and public policy
Former Harvard Business School dean and colleagues define a new people-first model for effective distributed leadership
Professor Jared Curhan reveals the positive contribution AI is already making in supporting leaders with negotiation
LBS and ESMT study identifies the danger of citing information based on the ‘gist’ of the truth rather than the ‘literal’ truth
A provocative new book reveals the downside of strategic and organizational change and the benefits of stability
CCL’s approach to preparing executives for impactful leadership at the organizational level
Harvard and BC University study values conversational receptiveness in our polarized times
Video recording: Rotman’s Maja Djikic describes how as a leader you can align five key parts of yourself to achieve whole-life fulfilment
When managerial prosocial preferences conflict with company priorities
A timely guide to balancing AI with human intuition to make better leadership decisions
Professor Julie McCarthy explains the thinking behind Rotman School of Management’s executive program for up-and-coming leaders
Martin Gutmann reveals the unseen qualities that great leaders deploy to master their moment in history
Why an abundance mindset is key to leading a creative, high-performing, joyous team, or organization
What sets customized programs at emlyon apart from the competition?
Patrick Flesner’s engaging story reveals the essence of great leadership
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
Amy Bradley and Katherine Semler suggest steps to mitigate overwhelm and burnout at work
Thom Dennis, CEO of Serenity in Leadership, suggests 10 ways to involve men in countering gender bias and discrimination
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic reveals how AI is changing the way we live and the way we are
Rotman School of Management offers an invaluable template for the transformation from okay coach to truly great coach
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.
Rotman economists, Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb, delve deep into the transformative power of artificial intelligence
A study by Darden and Hass’ professors reveals the damage caused to employee performance by objectification and suggests some cures
Watch our recorded webinar with Warwick Business School’s Dr Redzo Mujcic to learn how to institute a wellbeing strategy in your organization
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
A thought-provoking guide to facing the unknown and turning uncertainty to innovation and gain
Despite current disagreements thousands of Western business people are engaged with Chinese enterprise: Joan Turley shows how they can succeed
NYU psychology prof on toxic co-workers and what to do about them
Bayes Business School paper considers the power of Mental Ambidexterity in Strategic Thinking (MAST)
HEC Paris’ Professor Brian Hill offers valuable guidance at a time of economic, geopolitical, and environmental uncertainty
Amelia Dunlop’s guide to elevating human experience (and performance) at work by nurturing worth and growth through love
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?
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
Video recording: Experts from GSK and Cranfield hold a stimulating panel discussion on the future for talent development in inclusive agile organizations
How HEC Paris designs executive programs on customer centricity
HEC Paris’ Anne-Laure Sellier debunks the myth that creativity can’t be taught
How MBDA partners with HEC Paris Executive Education to attract, nurture and retain top talent - a decade of trust and collaboration
Emmanuel JouJon explains how HEC Paris’s custom programs are adapting to meet the changing needs of executives and companies beyond the pandemic
HEC Paris’ Marieke Huysentruyt explains why organizations should open their minds to inclusive business
A highly original guide to thriving at work and navigating a corporate career
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
HEC Paris’ Etienne Krieger reveals how a simple equation can resolve conflicts between associates
HEC Paris’ Christopher Hogg describes how the crisis stimulates innovation and accelerates the economic transformation of companies – and how to capitalize on it
HEC Paris is already on the road to ecological transition says François Collin
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
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
How Purposeful Leadership is turning businesses into something bigger and better
An initiative from the Rotman School of Management, led by Geoffrey Leonardelli, helps executives move to new roles and new jobs successfully
Warwick Business School’s James Hayton helps corporate entrepreneurs find new markets, technologies, and business models
Impressions, insights, and takeaways from Day Two of UNICON’s Directors’ Conference 2021, hosted by Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC)
Upskilling UK Senior Leaders to Face Tomorrow’s Challenges
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
A new way of learning that is attracting more and more companies
HEC Paris study shows how pay transparency influences inequality, inequity and the gender pay gap
HEC Paris’s Julien Lévy considers a central driver of the digital revolution
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
A timely guide to communicating with positive emotional connection in the digital space
Rotman School of Management’s David Goldreich discusses business finance, valuation, and planning for a post-pandemic recovery
St Gallen’s Prof. Winfried Ruigrok describes five essential things you need to know about managing your team virtually
St Gallen’s Prof Dr Gudrun Sander shows why recruiting processes need a combination of human and machine to avoid stereotypical bias
Impressions, insights and takeaways from Day One of UNICON’s Team Development Conference 2020 hosted by Thunderbird School of Global Management
Mark Threlfall and colleagues offer twelve thoughts for Christmas to help us prepare for a better New Year
Study shows how setting high performance expectations can often be counterproductive
Rotman’s BDI initiative moves design from products and services to redesigning our organizations from the inside out
IMD’s Michael Wade offers help to business leaders planning for an uncertain future
St Gallen study shows how employee customer contact, supported by transformational leadership, drives organizational performance
The University of St. Gallen’s Stephanie Schoss discusses the mindset, skills and knowledge needed for executives to thrive in an AI enhanced world
Why the growing backlash against the ‘woke agenda’ should not impede practical steps to raise more women into senior leadership roles
A recent study offers insights for detecting, preventing and mitigating online firestorms
How the pandemic is impacting business leadership and the exec ed sector
Roger Martin’s new book considers how obsessive ‘economic efficiency’ is undermining democratic capitalism
Rotman School of Management’s Nouman Ashraf offers a prescription for better post-pandemic leadership
MIT Sloan’s Peter Hirst considers the impact of the pandemic and how it will spur innovative approaches to executive learning
Saïd Business School’s Jonathan Trevor discusses how to lead strategic alignment: joined-up, united, and ‘multi-everything’ - in this recorded webinar
London Business School’s Professor Gillian Ku offers strategies and tactics, employing planning and cooperation, for conducting complex negotiations
Vanderbilt University’s Shayna Humphrey on how to gain the resilience, composure and self-management needed to lead others effectively through challenging times
Hult Ashridge’s Erik de Haan discusses leadership shadows, derailment, and the positive impact of executive coaching
IEDP have an expanded slate of webinars and virtual events this Spring/Summer. Find all our upcoming and recent previous webinars here
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
Hult Ashridge’s Roger Delves discusses the tension between personal values and organizational imperatives—and why otherwise ethical people sometimes make unethical decisions
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
Watch Vanderbilt Professor Ranga Ramanujam and Eric Johnson, Dean of Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management for advice in navigating these unprecedented times
Three Rotman experts discuss the challenges and opportunities for those leading a remote workforce
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
Columbia’s Stephan Meier on why motivating employees is more complicated than you think
Enrol for free on Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)’s MOOC: ‘Driving Business Towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’
Creating a workplace culture conducive to making ethical decisions
Watch MIT Sloan Professor John Davis discuss the challenges and opportunities emerging as the Millennial generation steps up to lead the family business
Combining business school and university-wide expertise to support innovation, creativity and capability development in organizations
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
Ryan Hamilton discusses the value of scientific thinking in business
Cass Business School’s Dr Amanda Goodall says experts can make good bosses, and bad bosses are less common than we might imagine
Henley’s Jonathan Passmore discusses the benefits and impact of individual and team coaching
Watch the video highlights from IEDP’s innovation deep-dive with MIT Sloan’s Professor Fiona Murray and Dr Phil Budden
Schulich’s Doug Boebinger asks: Do project managers adequately prepare for unforeseen events and their consequences?
Moonshot opportunities and insights from multigenerational family enterprises
emlyon and Capgemini France collaborate to deliver an innovative customized executive program
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
A new EY report highlights the value of dyslexic capability and neuro-diversity for organizations of the future
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
Saïd Business School report offers a framework for systems change and a guide towards a circular economy for collaborating organizations
Are you interested in attending thought provoking leadership events in London and elsewhere?
WBS program shows how to apply behavioural science to transform your operations, culture and stakeholder relations
Schulich SEEC on how to write clear objective Problem Statements – the key to finding solutions to complex problems
Approaches to leadership learning: Emory Executive Education's Ken Keen in conversation with IEDP
Despite better news, CCL suggests 4 areas in which companies can take steps to increase employee engagement
New study shows welcome positivity in the European workforce even in the UK as it prepares for Brexit
How Aston University’s virtual classroom creates a positive approach to learning
Improving the experience of football fans at Euro 2024 with the 2019 UEFA Innovation Challenge Powered by IMD, ECAL and ThinkSport for MBA candidates
Life-long learning is central to HEC Paris’s strategic vision and lies behind its move up the FT world executive education rankings
The Kellogg Center for Family Enterprise has a mission to support and sustain family businesses – the bedrock of the global economy
How corporate culture and leadership are being developed at Banco Santander
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
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
INSEAD’s designs for highly personalized online learning to scale digital transformation
Kellogg School of Management’s Tim Calkins on brands and brand management in our hyperconnected age
HEC Paris’s Marc Beretta discusses the place of emotions in the workplace
IEDP’s review of Cranfield’s first '@Brand Exchange' Leadership event in the City of London
How ‘design thinking’ theory is being successfully translated into real-world innovative practice
Professor Phanish Puranam on how organizations can develop the mindsets and skills to win with Artificial Intelligence
Well-managed diversity can drive business success in our connected world
An innovative Rotman program focuses on context specific challenges rather than legions of leadership concepts
HEC Paris/LSE’s ‘Leadership 2030’ program helps tomorrow’s leaders create value for customers, society and the planet
What’s Love Got to Do with It? Insight from Henley Business School
HEC Paris experts explore ideas for integrating sustainable innovation, inclusive growth, and social and environmental impact into corporate strategy
Schulich SEEC’s Masters Certificate promotes excellence in healthcare management practice
Companies should avoid the mistake of promoting competent but unsociable employees
Join Cranfield’s complimentary leadership learning event at Chelsea Football Club on Tuesday, 26 February
IESE’s Marc Sachon shows how people and machines can work in sync to successfully implement Industry 4.0
Camilla Jonsson describes how Cranfield has shaped its general management portfolio to meet clients’ changing needs
How the CISL Impact Benchmark Study helps improve leadership development with data
New book offers a powerful reply to the steadily increasing criticism of free market business
Rotman’s Andreas Park explains why blockchain technology and machine learning are keys to future business success
Bath University’s London/Bath/Silicon Valley-based EMBA aims to leverage Apprenticeship Levy funding to build leadership capability
How a focus on learning can help you and your team cope with stress
HEC Paris White Paper explains the cultural, rather than technological, changes needed to thrive in the digital era
Cass’s Stefano De Cesaris helps entrepreneurs navigate the rapids and become financially savvy
The 2018 Pulse Report from FT │ IE Corporate Learning Alliance assesses changing attitudes to leadership development and executive education
Cass Professor Elena Novelli offers five strategies for survival in the face of disruptive technology business models
HEC Paris’s ‘Tomorrow is Our Business’ campaign highlights the key themes for transformative business education
How Bayer Pharma is walking the talk of innovative ideas and faster/better commercial decisions
Ilona Haaijer, Dave Tullett and Andrew White: A time for new leadership consciousness to emerge
Michigan Ross program to future-proof B-to-B and B-to-C marketing strategies
Join Cranfield, on 28th September, to help women in your organization reach the top [Free Workshop]
Introducing the ‘Major Projects Leadership Academy’ – a collaboration between the UK Cabinet Office and Oxford Saïd Business School
Addressing the project management skills needed to avoid operational chaos
Is Mrs May's Brexit Glass Cliff an exemplar of modern leadership?
The WBS Behavioural Science in Practice program focuses on real world, business and public sector, applications
Understand the embedded mental models in your organization and identify the blind spots
The Fire & Rescue Service Executive Leadership Program at Warwick Business School profiled
Overcoming Digital Overload: A Leadership Challenge
Cambridge Judge Business School Exec Ed offers help to create a business model fit for our disruptive times
‘Prediction Machines’ a new book by three Rotman professors demystifies AI for the confused and worried
Don’t let fear of disruption divert you from the essential job of reviewing and renewing strategy
Jeneva Patterson offers four revealing stories to inspire action for a zero tolerance corporate culture
Why your company needs a hybrid online-offline strategy to win the digital disruption battle
Join HR guru Dave Ulrich to learn how HR can deliver sustainable value to your organization — in a complimentary webinar on 24 May
New MBA Dean Seán Meehan describes what makes the IMD MBA program unique
Schulich Masters Certificate focuses on balancing risk and reward to protect enterprise value
Learn how to leveraging the Levy to develop the leadership skills to grow your business
ESADE professors offer 7 strategies for gaining promotion to the top job
Listen, Collaborate, Innovate, and the Jazz of Leadership
Jazz offers many of the elements needed to lead successful projects and organizations
HEC Paris Executive MSc in Finance alumnus Danielle Hatem offers advice for would be entrepreneurs
Professor Yasemin Kor investigates approaches to renewal in two disrupted industries
WNBA’s Lisa Borders says leadership is about influence, not authority
FT | IE Corporate Learning Alliance predicts there will be more than just AI to concern L&D professionals this year
Using loose network ties to seek new ideas and innovative solutions to complex problems
How INSEAD is helping senior women executives fulfil their true leadership potential
An IMD Executive MBA describes how his EMBA experience opened up new worlds
Schulich Mini-MBA offers a world-class fast track for transitioning to leadership
Rotman professors on anticipating, responding to, and surviving strategic threats to your business - and thriving
Join the emlyon/Airbus SWITCH program to strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit in your organization – open to companies of all types
10 top tips for organizations looking to create a program for its forgotten people
Four tips for key-account salespeople ...and one for their customers!
Entrepreneur and Columbia EMBA alumnus David Kim is making healthcare more accessible and convenient
A renowned resource for enabling values-driven leadership hosted at Darden
An exploration of online learning being pioneered at Vanderbilt Executive Education. Download the complimentary eBook here
Organizing and innovating to tackle the problems of the world’s poor
Vlerick’s Benjamin de Wulf discusses the new era of possibility for corporate learning with IEDP
Be authentic and unexpected – being predictable can kill your brand desire
Watch the recording of Prof Kimberly Pace’s webinar to avoid the roadblocks women leaders too often encounter
How high-quality pedagogy can bring online executive education to life
Understand the mindsets of all company stakeholders and have an ‘outside-in’ perspective to be a true leader says Prof Ray Reilly
WBS’s Luxury and Innovation Hub explores the evolution of digital and experiential luxury for the new generation
A new report from FT │ IE Corporate Learning Alliance offers a series of global perspectives on corporate learning and leadership development
FT | IE assemble a stellar panel to discuss an important new juncture for business and the societies in which business operates
How Smith College Executive Education is upping the ante in leadership development for women
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Understanding the holistic way humans lead in sports, business and the military
The ESMT Forum on ‘Agility’ as a key approach for innovation-supporting executives
Introducing the ‘Stewardship Climate Scale’ as a tool for measuring corporate culture
The importance of strategic framing when selecting routines for change
6 keys to leadership when the workplace is less a hierarchy and more an ‘ecosystem’ of interconnected teams and individuals
The leadership journey of HEC Paris EMBA alumnus Phil Waknell, Chief Inspiration Officer, Ideas on Stage
A guide for new leaders to ‘Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For
4 capabilities companies need to harness big data to create value
How collaboration between design and business mindsets builds innovative organizational cultures
Access the full magazine below. ‘Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age’
Using the Past to Make Sense of the Future through Experiential Learning
Join MIT Sloan Professor John Van Maanen’s insightful complimentary webinar
How virtual-world-savvy millennials benefit from face-to face communication and off-site meetings and events
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
Advances in technology will bring structural unemployment unless we fill the skills gap
How the passive boss can be just a toxic as an abusive boss
Sustainability engages employees/Engaged employees create sustainable companies
How Innovation Gets Stuck in the Middle: a Long Read with David Magellan Horth and Jonathan R. Vehar from the Center for Creative Leadership
The confidence to fully embrace the innovation process comes from experience
Steven van Belleghem’s ‘When Digital Becomes Human’
The "Shadow of the Leader" can be used to open people’s minds - a short video with Prof Jim Stengel of UCLA Anderson
"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!"
MIT's unique Advanced Management Program - What makes it so different?
Access the full magazine below. Corporate Governance, Managing Risk and Bridging the Values Gap
A culture of respect at work and the increases creativity and the development of new ideas
Gender inclusivity in the workplace implies proactive engagement from both sexes
Access the full magazine below. Values, Spirituality & Organizational Culture.
The Challenges of Leadership in Tomorrowland - A long read by Simon L. Dolan of ESADE Business School
The tragic de Menezes shooting shows how commitment to certain frames can escalate and lead to bad decisions
The critical importance of innovation as well as 'quality' to corporate sustainability
IMD has announced a $10 million partnership with Cisco, to launch and fund for five years a new research centre into digital transformation.
Designing an optimal and strategic incentives system is key, says Singapore Management University Professor Thomas Menkhoff
Hal Gregersen introduces ‘catalytic questioning’
High-achieving women are opting-out. What can companies do to retain them?
Vice Dean, Aresty Institute of Executive Education, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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?
Having a profound effect on the way we manage ourselves and others
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
Imagine being a lawyer and pondering, for your next fee account, the question: If a monkey has taken a selfie, who owns the image?
The Power of Corporate Culture — and How to Harness It
A book from INSEAD profs Kevin Kaiser and David Young
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
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.
"A form of leadership which focuses on others, the community, and society at large rather than the self"
Releasing the full potential of people at work to drive organizational growth
Research from Dr Michael Butler at Aston
As it’s export-led economy moves to be one where domestic demand is an engine for expansion
An alarming trend in companies that claim to put the customer first
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.
CCL's Gina Eckert and Jennifer Deal on the needs, attitudes and assets of millennials in the workplace
Different parts of the brain get engaged by the different kinds of attention
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.
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
Lessons on managing communications more effectively from Apple and McDonalds
The future shape of organizations and their leadership
Incorporating environmental, health, and social value into core business activities
Some advice from the man who has taught Nike, IBM and Microsoft’s leaders how to think like Leonardo Da Vinci.
Ensuring that everyday leadership behaviours make a big difference to performance
Best in leadership development and alumnus top in the list of managent gurus
Event Review: Marcus Buckingham's core message is that it is better, far better, to develop people's strengths than fix their weaknesses.
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.
Aston University is to offer more degree apprenticeships to aspirant young managers
An important new White Paper by Sylvain Newton of Columbia Business School identifies three key areas for the future of the sector