Thurs 25 July: Join Cranfield experts to examine the transformative impact of AI on workplace skills, and talent management
Keri Pearlson, Executive Director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan, calls on executives to look beyond IT driven cybersecurity and create holistic resilience to cyber risk
Two renowned authorities on strategy and innovation explain how the fusion of physical products and services with real-time data and AI will shape the industrial future
Rotman’s Maja Djikic reveals how to discover your purpose and fulfil your whole-life potential through lasting change
Video recording: Cranfield’s Joe Nellis, Professor of Global Economy, prepares managers to adapt, innovate, and thrive in an uncertain future
A practical guide to sustainable corporate sourcing and running a scandal-free supply chain
RSM's Professor Murat Tarakci examines the changing but still vital role of the middle manager in a new study
A unique call-to-action for safeguarding career prospects in a time of AI disruption
Preparing Senior Executives to Meet the Multiple Challenges of Global Leadership
emlyon pioneers in inspiring and equipping intrapreneurs for business success
In a recent webinar Rotman’s Walid Hejazi and two senior ESG executives showed the true path to ESG—deflecting scepticism and debunking myths
A new study stresses the need to foster organizational belonging and offers ways to measure it
WEBINAR RECORDING: Cranfield experts show how to better articulate your organization’s purpose and sustainability strategy and explain its relevance
Developing Leaders Quarterly magazine is available on subscription in print and online formats
A recent study argues for a holistic view of diversity and inclusion in the area of entrepreneurship
In-person, live online, self-paced online, coaching—the options for developing leadership skills are many. CCL experts use research-based evidence to help you find the right fit for your organization
Webinar recording: Lively virtual panel with two of the UK’s leading authorities on flexible work
Webinar recording: CCL experts compare research-based leadership development methods—to help you choose the right fit for your leaders and organization
Webinar recording explores the wide-ranging business applications and implications of AR, VR, Metaverse, and other XR technologies
Georgetown’s Ella Washington maps the corporate journey from good intentions to truly establishing a diverse and inclusive workplace
Vlerick’s Karlien Vanderheyden highlights the benefits and challenges presented by individuals with sensory processing sensitivity
Mauro Porcini’s impassioned plea for people-centred, world-changing innovation
MIT Sloan and Berkeley Haas study reveals the barriers to achieving meritocracy in the workplace
Dr Redzo Mujcic, explores the link between organizational performance and workplace wellbeing—and describes the thinking behind Warwick Business School’s ‘Creating Value Through Workplace Wellbeing’ course
Professor Maja Djikic describes the thinking behind Rotman School of Management’s ‘Psychology of Leadership’ program
Video recording: A virtual roundtable and open Q&A, focused on four crucial elements of today’s global supply chain debate: talent, leadership, strategy, and resilience
Former Rotman Dean, Roger Martin, offers a better way to think about fourteen essential aspects of management
LSE study reveals that effective communication, essential to all group success, is usually best face-to-face—but not always
Leadership guru Kets de Vries lauds reflection and self-knowledge as the royal road to wisdom—the quality leaders need above all others
Dr Wendy Shepherd discusses the unique research behind Cranfield Executive Development’s Annual Impact Report
With 71% of senior managers reporting their meetings to be unproductive new research offers a better way
Rotman School of Management’s Anne Bowers discusses how to develop a strategy for competitive advantage
Orange Business Services places its trust in HEC Paris to train its high-potential employees
Research from Vodafone and LSE reveals a close correlation between being ‘fit for the future’, commercial performance, and social impact
Vlerick Business School report describes the strategic flexibility needed to set a trajectory for growth in turbulent times and the skills required to develop it
In a brutally competitive market sometimes a great product just isn’t enough. MIT Sloan’s David Robertson uses the corporate journey of LEGO® to provide a fascinating look beyond ‘incremental’ and ‘disruptive’ innovation, and offers a ‘third way’ to innovate, when a great product isn't enough
UVA Darden professors consider seven key issues businesses must address to be ready to help solve global environmental and societal issues
A WIBF and LSE’s framework for promoting gender equality in the finance sector offers lessons for all
HEC Paris’ Laurence Lehmann-Ortega explains how to capitalize on innovation to respond to social and environmental challenges
New research shows how ‘craft’ as a way of work organization can offer solutions to today’s workplace challenges
An essential guide to how power works and how everyone can harness it to make change happen
Impressions, insights and takeaways from UNICON’s Annual Workshop 2021, hosted by the University of St. Gallen’s Executive School of Management, Technology and Law (ES-HSG)
Senior Lecturer in Management Communication at MIT Sloan, Miro Kazakoff, explains why—even armed with insights based on sound data—leaders are still often failing to persuade their audience
LSE’s Niamh Dunne, Associate Professor of Law, discusses the challenges facing competition law as it seeks to deal with the evolving problems posed by Big Tech
LSE’s Dr James Abdey considers five essential skills for professionals seeking to analyse data in more meaningful ways, communicate more effectively using data, and to make better, data-informed decisions
Scoping the way forward for executive education — how the pandemic has accelerated changes already afoot in the corporate learning sector and what the future holds
For HEC Paris Professor, Matteo Winkler, diversity is about headcount, whereas inclusiveness is making each head count
A new report from IEDP highlights the critical skills needed in business today―and the latest routes to acquiring them
Impressions, insights, and takeaways from Day One of UNICON’s Directors’ Conference 2021, hosted by Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC)
A new Rotman initiative aims to give HR executives enough financial savvy to contribute effectively at the highest level
A new Accelerated Management Development Program from Michigan’s Ross School of Business shows how top business schools are evolving their offering to better meet the changing requirements of executives taking the step up to leadership
How to unleash new ideas, creativity and innovation to create your company’s future
Darden’s Professor Jim Detert describes the value of courage in the workplace and how it can be developed through practice
An exemplary learning collaboration between Michigan Ross School of Business, The University of Michigan’s ERB Institute and The Dow Chemical Company
MIT Sloan’s Paul McDonagh-Smith describes the ‘twisted ladder structure’ of our physical and digital worlds, that can help organizations shape the digital economy
Aston’s Corporate Client Solutions team embraced the change of a pandemic-enforced pivot to virtual. The lessons they learned show a path to flourishing results in customised executive development delivered online
In a recent letter to the deans of its business school members, Lise Hammergren, UNICON Board Chair, offers her observations on the current state of university-based executive education and a view of the future
An authoritative guide to becoming a behaviourally informed organization
Oxford SSEE publishes a net-zero emissions pandemic recovery plan
Cambridge Judge Business School report calls for philanthropists in the Global North and Global South to collaborate better beyond the pandemic
Impressions, insights and takeaways from Day Four of UNICON’s Team Development Conference 2020 hosted by Thunderbird School of Global Management
MIT Sloan Executive Education’s Paul McDonagh-Smith explains how algorithms and the technologies behind can drive your organization forward
Schulich’s Brett Richards and Renée Bazile-Jones explain how best to develop adaptability, inclusiveness, and growth in your organization, in this webinar recording
Rotman’s Maja Djikic shows how to build trustworthiness and rapport through virtual communication [webinar recording]
Even remote workers experience bullying—now is the time to stamp it out
From ‘Doing’ Leadership Online, to ‘Being’ an Online Leader: How to Achieve Deeper Learning Levels in the Emerging Reality [Webinar recording]
Warwick Business School’s Dot Powell, Pietro Micheli, and Tim Wray discuss what the past few months have shown about remote learning—what’s effective and how organizations and individuals can benefit
INSEAD’s Manfred Kets de Vries explains how group coaching can create forces for change to refocus conflicted executives on strategy implementation
St Gallen’s Prof Winfried Ruigrok describes the three-part strategic and human capital challenge posed by COVID-19
Hult Ashridge’s Dr Mike Cooray and UCL’s Dr Rikke Duus offer a framework for re-thinking organizational competitiveness in digital spheres
Hult Ashridge’s Matthew Gitsham and Julian Thompson discuss the potential for a post-pandemic economic recovery to have a green focus
Cranfield School of Management’s success delivering online learning during the pandemic augers well—not only for the now, but for the future of executive education
Paul McDonagh-Smith sets out the principles and possibilities for digital learning in organizations—based on the creation of MIT Sloan’s own digital learning strategy
Oxford’s Educational Approach for the 2020s: A Conversation with Andrew White and Caroline Williams of Oxford Saïd Business School
Professor Bernd Vogel concludes Henley’s recent series of essential podcasts with an introduction to the concept of rotating leadership where many people spend an interim period at the helm
A review of ‘Economics in the Age of COVID-19’ - the new book from Rotman School of Management professor Joshua Gans
Oxford Saïd’s Prof Marc Ventresca, looks to strategic innovation to re-imagine the firm—and the economy—re-balancing exploration and exploitation
View a recording of this thought-provoking virtual roundtable—when leading voices from the sector discussed talent development in a New Normal
Rotman School of Management’s Dr. Angèle Beausoleil on how to navigate barriers and stimulate the innovation needed to survive and thrive
Ben Laker opens Henley’s new series of essential podcasts with his, mostly positive, perspective on 2030’s predicted half-human half-digital workforce
Three useful online responses to the COVID-19 crisis from some of the UK’s leading business schools
Schulich SEEC suggests now is the time to build a bridge to your future with executive education
Columbia’s Omar Besbes explains the importance of bringing human experience and domain expertise to data analytics
B2B marketing practice will follow the lead set by B2C marketers in the years ahead
Rotman School of Management’s Matthew Mitchell shows how AI and machine learning can transform complex business challenges into new opportunities
Hult Ashridge’s Nadine Page explains why growth mindsets really matter, and how we can develop them in individuals, teams and organizations
MIT Sloan’s Rob Salafia explains the importance of executive presence and offers advice on how to develop it
IMD's Frédéric Dalsace believes a new era of business engagement with CSR can mean real change
How Aston University is developing middle-management competence with the Apprenticeship Levy – and without
When no strategy is safe, learn from those who have experienced the same intensity of change as you, says Patrick Faniel, Managing Director at Management Centre Europe (MCE)
RSM’s Daniel Liebau on how to make innovation and change happen
Barbara Xiaoyu Wang’s ‘Guanxi in the Western Context: Intra-Firm Group Dynamics and Expatriate Adjustment’ reviewed
Professor Karen Sedatole explains the four core principles of how and when to use pay and bonuses to improve employee performance
St Gallen faculty Rachel Brooks and Jennifer Hehn on how design thinking combines human-centricity and rapid prototyping for complex problem-solving
How family companies quietly outperform other companies (even in today’s disruptive environment)
Henley Business School study of the QuadGen workforce shows the benefits of flexible and four-day working
Professor David Denyer and Dr Elmar Kutsch combine for an engaging presentation at the latest Leadership Series event from Cranfield School of Management @Brand Exchange, London
RSM's latest catalogue of programs highlights some of the key issues business people care about and business schools aim to address
Saïd’s Alison Nolan on creating the capacity to think well ‘In the Eye of the Storm’
RSM researcher reveals how power can exacerbate narcissistic tendencies in people with high levels of testosterone
Diverse perspectives were key to considering responsible leadership at the FRED Leadership Event in London
5 core elements and 8 survival skills needed to lead complex projects
A new study looks at the value of ‘exploding offers' and other techniques in securing top talent
How an immersive virtual environment can counter robotophobia and help organizations get the best out of AI
Professor Patrick Reinmoeller keeps us abreast of the latest strategy thinking at a recent London thought-leadership event from Cranfield School of Management
HEC’s Etienne Krieger explains the value of business forecasting, planning, and budgeting
How diverse top management teams and a focus on continuous improvement can win the present and the future
New guidebook draws on the experience of 30 high-achieving women leaders to show the way
6 factors crucial to raising design to a strategic level
MIT experts pose six questions to help build the next-generation enterprise
UBC Sauder’s Robert Helsley discusses executive education, sustainable business, and innovation for positive social change with Roddy Millar
Sarah Kaplan on embracing stakeholder trade-offs to achieve social good
Hannes Leroy, associate professor at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), describes a leadership development experience that is a force for positive change
Insights from IESE’s Kandarp Mehta on ‘The Power of Creative Comebacks’ in unlocking negotiations
Download Vanderbilt University’s compelling 'Learning Tool' for managers of multi-generational workforces
Dirk Deichmann discusses the innovative potential of human creativity in the age of algorithms and big data
Cambridge Creativity Lab – an inspiring, stimulating and disruptive seminar for leading innovation
Etienne Krieger shares two important insights for entrepreneurs: for starting up, for scaling up an enterprise
Cranfield launches four experiential programs focused on the key transition points on the journey from executive to senior leadership
Kellogg School of Management provides leaders with the working knowledge to get the best from data analytics and AI
New book laments the preponderance of incompetent men blocking the progress of women leaders and offers some solutions
UBC Sauder’s James Tansey and Justin Bull discuss sustainable business models, innovation, and the circular economy in conversation with IEDP
How bringing your whole self to work inspires ethical behaviour
A complimentary ‘Toolkit’ from London Business School to help you foster innovation in your organization
A new real-world study shows how shared leadership among managers and professionals can ensure that innovation diffuses more widely
Insights on creating a Silicon Valley in the Alpine region offer lessons to all
Professor Michael Lennox on how companies must integrate environmental sustainability as a core value in their mission
CCL's David Dinwoodie discusses the need to craft developmental architecture for ‘leadership at every level’ of your organization
RSM Masterclass explores the widening role for communication professionals in the evolving new media landscape
Kellogg’s Prof Tim Calkins offers a comprehensive guide to the science and art of delivering great presentations
CCL’s Frédéric Funck on how performance psychology can help you build the mental resilience to release your full leadership potential
Research from UVA Darden considers which talent management practices are best fit for the future
Watch IEDP's webinar with CCL’s Frédéric Funck on how to ‘Reclaim Control, and Find your Flow’ – for you and your team
How people and their organizations must develop to get the best from all that digital has to offer
Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem show how companies are coping with disruption and offer profound insights on mitigating and managing risk
The TRATON GROUP (formerly Volkswagen Truck & Bus) is benefiting from a successful collaboration with Barcelona-based IESE and HEC Paris
A Conversation with Dr Markus Frank, Director and Head of Customized Learning at the Executive School (ES-HSG), University of St. Gallen
Cranfield’s Kim Turnbull James, Susan Vinnicombe and Hilary Harris offer a gender perspective on practical inclusive talent management for senior roles
The necessarily uncomfortable role of Non-Executive Directors: Insights from Rotman’s David Beatty
IEDP Developing Leaders is increasing its coverage of world-class EMBAs and post-experience Masters
Margaret De Lattre on how to shift your organization’s culture to be both efficient and more agile and flexible
The psychology behind smart product adoption and outsourcing tasks to focus on the meaningful
Schulich’s Masters Certificate builds project management skills and provides the foundation for a successful management career
The move away from marketing ‘products’ towards marketing ‘functions’ is a move to business sustainability
Henley’s ‘Higher Education Pathway’ program for the British Army takes top place at Chartered ABS’s Executive Education Awards
HEC Academic Director Albert Meige suggests three key characteristics entrepreneurs share with explorers
Nathalie Lugagne, Associate Dean, HEC Paris Executive Education, in conversation
Read Developing Leaders magazine in luxury hard copy and still enjoy the convenience of online
IMD offers a space for Non-Profits and For-Profits to learn to collaborate for a better world
The 'Tightrope Walkers' are fostering power with integrity in London’s business community
One woman’s mission to revolutionise public service provision
A conversation with HEC Paris Executive MBA alumnus, Anne Bougel, CEO of Labelium Canada
Advice from Wharton on how leaders can find authenticity and counter imposter syndrome
St. Gallen’s International Executive MBA develops C-level and potential CEO talent within the organization
5 ways women can advocate for themselves at critical points in their careers
CCL’s Joseph Press on how leaders can accelerate personal and organizational transformation to achieve meaningful value
A Conversation with Bruce Wiesner, Associate Dean for Executive Education, UBC Sauder School of Business.
Gustaf Nordbäck appointed as the new CEO of the FT | IE Corporate Learning Alliance
Michigan Ross offers a cure for managers lacking confidence with numbers
How bridge-building CEOs can unite diverse top management groups and boardrooms
Three emlyon alumni describe the reasons they embarked on an Executive MBA programme
The development of business strategy is as much about emotion as rational thought
A profile of London Business School EMBA alumnus - Amelie Zegmout
Ashridge Executive Education's China representative Barbara Wang explains how cultural understanding is vital for leadership in China
Gérard de Maupeou explains why strategic thinking is still a relevant managerial discipline in a volatile world
Why being alert is not enough to beat VUCA and disruption
An important report into the methods and outcomes of coaching and mentoring in organizations across Europe
How Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business helped AARP create managerial harmony across its various functions, levels and affiliates
How companies need to control the supply and demand of creativity
Access the full magazine below. ‘From Apprenticeship to Mastership’
SEEC’s foundation in risk management helps leaders develop a risk framework and roadmap for their organization
Download this new report from IIRC to help your business meet its sustainable development commitments
Georgetown’s new masters program blends business and international relations
The role of immersive ‘corporate international service learning’
Roger Martin and Jennifer Riel on creating great choices to inspire better decisions
How to approach the first 100 days in a new position ― lessons for business and politics
Competitive incivility may motivate performance but it causes rivalry and unethical behaviour
Developing morally responsible leaders and gaining competitive advantage
Suppliers as a source of innovation in a fast-changing environment
Six traits that get to the heart of what makes effective ethical leaders
Martina Mangelsdorf describes GAIA Insights' innovative ASPIRE program
Bath’s NED program seeks to produce a new diversity of highly capable, high-performing NEDs
Do Learning Management Systems have a future in management development?
The global impact of innovation entrepreneurship is evident at MIT
How better jobs lead to engaged employees, happier customers, stronger corporate performance and satisfied investors
4 competencies for effective leadership in an environment of digital transformation
How to deliver information in a way that inspires employees, reassures investors and engages customers
How resilience can counter stress and how leaders can instill resilience in their employees
How information structure as much a team diversity can affect creativity and innovation in organizations
A CEO’s apology - mistakes are cathartic if leaders actively acknowledge them
The digital revolution, diverse global workforces, and Gen Y aspirations challenge how leaders lead today
Overcoming the Barriers that Prevent Women Excelling in Negotiation
How to Use Positive Feedback to Motivate Staff as Well as Customers
A lean approach to data science: introducing ESADE’s ‘Big Data and Analytics Canvas’
What companies and potential NEDs need to know to establish their objectives and duties
Advice from the healthcare sector on taking proportionate action to mitigated cyber-threats
Even the most talented people, Einstein for instance, only succeed when they play to their strengths
Access the full magazine below. 'Unleashing the Full Potential of Women Leaders'
"Organizations are fertile terrains for interrelating that can either build or destroy human accomplishments including creativity."
The three distinct territorial domains of leadership that make leaders incomplete, but teams - potentially - complete
Leadership agility is the prerequisite for digital transformation says a recent report from IMD's Centre for Digital Business Transformation
Neuroscience reveals the effects of sleep deprivation on performance
Strategies for handling the mistakes that beset all organizations at some time
The damage caused when people feel excluded because of their social identity as researched by Peter Belmi of Darden Business School
Reflections on what is happening to human energy in the US Presidential elections
Can organizations do well while doing good? A recent study by Professor Kamel Mellahi of Warwick Business School investigates
Managing this ‘people impact’ is a crucial dimension of managing a successful transition to the new business strategy
“CEOs want HR to play a key business role. It is up to HRDs to recruit and train your people and yourselves so you can play it.”
The first chapter of Professor Erin Meyer's book on navigating the complexities of cultural difference - available to download
A BMI prototype that can drive business performance
Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business
Best self. Best team. Best Partner. Best investment. Best citizen.
Meeting business performance goals is directly tied to effectively managing risks
Organizations need to invest in leadership development for first-time managers
CEO Report compiled by Saïd Business School and Heidrick & Struggles
“Sorry seems to be the hardest word” sang Elton John – but new research co-authored by Cambridge Judge Business School’s David de Cremer now suggests that it really needn’t be.
A recent survey of Canadian executives reveals to what extent executive education is seen as a priority by practitioners, which skills and competencies are most highly valued, and which are seen to be most in need of development support.
"This book, rich with case studies, is a deeply thoughtful and illuminating read; a must for would-be stable leaders, executive coaches, and leadership developers everywhere."
Focus clearly to make more effective contributions
Shaping organizational culture and closing engagement and generational gaps
The optimistic CSV agenda may fail to address the real trade-offs required to achieve socially benefical sustainable development
Developing the leadership and mind-set to face transient advantages
How companies can align their talent management efforts both within their own organizations and with businesses around the world
Anti-suicide research which is widely applicable outside the military
How do we modify behaviours that are so biological in their basis?
Open-enrolment and customized programs each have their pros and cons. Leading European business school IESE now offers a new third way.
On the death of the UK's first female prime minister
Organizations need leaders who recognize when their current skill sets and knowledge are insufficient and irrelevant and who are willing to change course and learn new approaches - says Michael Campbell, Senior Research Analyst at CCL.
“When people are allowed to connect, amazing things can happen”
The Future of Capitalism, The Changing Workplace, Leadership, and Happiness
Learning to better manage knowledge workers is vital to coping with Society 3.0 says Ralph Blom, a program director at de Baak Management Centre in The Netherlands.
‘Great swathes of wealth have been destroyed because of a common tendency among business executives to confuse value and share price, and to believe that achieving KPI targets is tantamount to value creation.’ Prof. Kevin Kaiser, INSEAD
Michael Stanford, Director or Partnership Programs at IMD, disputes the value of 70-20-10 as it separates on-the-job experience from formal development.
Fons Trompenaars on the organization as a cultural context for leaders
So focus on right behaviours and actions to shift attitudes
Has any mind brooded so long and so deeply on the subject of leadership as Shakespeare? Leaders have much to learn from the Bard
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