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Business Inspiration from Space
MIT’s Paul McDonagh-Smith and NASA Chief Scientist Jim Garvin show how space exploration technologies can be leveraged for competitive advantage
RESEARCH
Performance Measurement Revisited
Despite its detractors, Performance Measurement and Management can be made fit for the future
WEBINAR
Human-Centered Leadership in Times of Transformation
Video Recording: Four experts from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) discuss the important benefits of empathetic leadership in times of change
RESEARCH
Leaders Must Offer More Than Purpose
Interpersonal collaboration trumps purpose as a motivator of performance finds Harvard Business School/Babson College study
RESEARCH
Generative AI and Jobs
Recent research suggests the post-AI job scene will be less dire than many have envisaged but training and preparation are key
BOOK REVIEW
A Leadership Model Fit for Our Times
Former Harvard Business School dean and colleagues define a new people-first model for effective distributed leadership
WEBINAR
AI and the Changing World of Work
Video recording: Cranfield experts examine the transformative impact of AI on workplace skills, and talent management
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
RESEARCH
Boardroom Diversity Revisited
A recent study questions received opinion on the business case for executive racial/ethnic diversity
VIEWPOINT
Stepping Up to Senior Leadership
CCL’s approach to preparing executives for impactful leadership at the organizational level
BOOK REVIEW
Realistic Responsible Business
NYU Stern’s Alison Taylor shows how business leaders can take a stance for social and environmental good while maintaining commercial focus
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
VIEWPOINT
10 Leadership Trends for 2024
Thom Dennis highlights ten characteristics leaders should aim to foster for the year ahead
BOOK REVIEW
Decisions, Decisions, in the AI Era
A timely guide to balancing AI with human intuition to make better leadership decisions
VIEWPOINT
Delivering Strategic Change
MIT Sloan’s Dr Elsbeth Johnson has developed a powerful new step-by-step framework for one of the toughest endeavors in management: leading strategic organizational change
BOOK REVIEW
Leadership Shaped by Moments in History
Martin Gutmann reveals the unseen qualities that great leaders deploy to master their moment in history
WEBINAR
3 Tensions Global Leaders Must Resolve
Video recording: Two experts from CCL to consider the challenges faced by today’s senior leaders
VIEWPOINT
Transformational Impact with emlyon
What sets customized programs at emlyon apart from the competition?
BOOK REVIEW
Benefit from a Good Jobs Strategy
MIT’s Zeynep Ton’s new book shows how giving people ‘good jobs’ is better for business and how businesses should go about creating them
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
VIEWPOINT
Integrated Thinking and Reporting
The ‘Integrated Reporting’ movement, spearheaded by the IFRS Foundation, demonstrates ‘Integrated Thinking’ in action
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
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Leading Strategy Execution
John O’Dwyer and Kelly Murumets discuss project and strategy execution, the focus of Rotman’s timely GettingItDone® workshop
VIEWPOINT
Alleviating Burnout at Work
Dr Amy Bradley and Dr Katherine Semler explain what organizations can do to help tackle burnout
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.
WEBINAR
An Executive’s Guide to Social Media: 7 Strategic Purposes of Social
Watch digital marketing and social media guru Annmarie Hanlon in this webinar that will update and upgrade the way you view and use social media in your organization
RESEARCH
Stop Workplace Objectification
A study by Darden and Hass’ professors reveals the damage caused to employee performance by objectification and suggests some cures
VIEWPOINT
People Analytics: Applied AI
Five examples of effective use of people analytics at work, from St. Gallen University
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
RESEARCH
Lifelong Learning and University-based Business Schools
New analysis for executive education leaders - joint research report from AACSB, IEDP, and UNICON
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
RESEARCH
Keeping AI Ethical in Business
Oxford Saïd study offers a guide to maintaining ethical boundaries in the use of artificial intelligence
WHITE PAPER
Ambidextrous Strategic Thinking
Bayes Business School paper considers the power of Mental Ambidexterity in Strategic Thinking (MAST)
BOOK REVIEW
Accountability for the Good and Bad
New book shows how ‘accountability’ in its true sense can unlock personal and team performance
BOOK REVIEW
Executive Education Post-Pandemic
A positive assessment of the changing face of corporate and executive learning provision post-pandemic and beyond
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?
WEBINAR
Healthcare Leadership Development for a pandemic world – and beyond!
Oxford Saïd’s Dr Mark O’Brien and vastly experienced healthcare leader Dato Dr Jacob Thomas discuss the critical role of healthcare leadership development, in this recoded webinar
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
WEBINAR
Retaining Key Talent
Cranfield experts discuss how to use the UK Apprenticeship Levy to counter the current retention crisis and optimise corporate talent strategies in this recorded webinar
VIEWPOINT
Think You’re Not Creative? Think Again….
HEC Paris’ Anne-Laure Sellier debunks the myth that creativity can’t be taught
VIEWPOINT
Impact Drivers vs. Impact Destroyers
In revisiting HBR’s challenging 2016 article ‘The Great Training Robbery’, Cranfield University experts Wendy Shepherd and Mark Threlfall reveal seven bad practices in executive development that stifle impact—and five key drivers for improving it
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
Progress in Gender Equality
Gender parity may be some way off but the Swiss example shows that progress is being made
BOOK REVIEW
Workability
A highly original guide to thriving at work and navigating a corporate career
VIEWPOINT
Why Lifelong Learning is Essential
HEC Paris Executive Education responds to a report, by Dell and the Institute for the Future, that "85% of the jobs that will exist in 2030 have not yet been created"
VIEWPOINT
Conflict Resolution Between Associates
HEC Paris’ Etienne Krieger reveals how a simple equation can resolve conflicts between associates
BOOK REVIEW
Playing a Longer Game
Dorie Clark’s new book shows how to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world and why it matters
VIEWPOINT
Ecological Transformation at HEC Paris
HEC Paris is already on the road to ecological transition says François Collin
VIEWPOINT
No, Robots Aren’t Destroying Half of All Jobs
LSE’s Professor Leslie Willcocks with eight important qualifiers to the widespread idea that ‘47% of jobs will disappear to automation’ by 2030
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
VIDEO
People Strategy 2030: Understanding Your Future Workforce
In this recorded panel event Cranfield School of Management experts discuss the future of work and workforce management
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
REPORT
FT CLO Survey Sees Growth for Exec Ed
Training budgets set to maintain and increase to meet new requirements in the workforce, while Chief Learning Officers focus on return on investment, change management, and diversity - reveals new FT report
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)
BOOK REVIEW
How to Compete with the Digital Giants
A new guide shows how customer focused strategies can enable businesses to compete successfully in the era of diverse markets and digital giants
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
RESEARCH
Leadership Genesis
IMD study reveals four ‘origin stories’ about how leaders came to leadership and shows how these define the way they enact the role
RESEARCH
Pay Transparency, Inequity and Inequality in Organizations
HEC Paris study shows how pay transparency influences inequality, inequity and the gender pay gap
BOOK REVIEW
Better, Simpler Strategy
Harvard's Felix Oberholzer-Gee presents a strategic framework for a post-pandemic trajectory to growth and financial success
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
VIEWPOINT
Embedding UN SDGs Into Business Practice
With many of the ‘Why?’ arguments behind alignment with the UN’s SDGs hard-won, Rotterdam School of Management’s Eva Rood moves on to consider the more complex ‘How?’
VIEWPOINT
Post-Pandemic Corporate Finance
Rotman School of Management’s David Goldreich discusses business finance, valuation, and planning for a post-pandemic recovery
VIEWPOINT
Time to Embrace the Internet of Things
Ruby Grey explains how the Internet of Things (IoT) will drastically transform how we do business
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
Intelligence: Shaping Executive Education in the 4IR - Part Two
Impressions, insights and takeaways from Day Two 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
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine - Issue 36
How to build leadership capacity and resilience for the enormous challenges of the post-pandemic world
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
EVENT
Intersectionality and Inclusion
How do you build inclusivity into your organization’s agenda? A new series from Oxford Saïd Business School explores
RESEARCH
The Value of Staff Customer Contact
St Gallen study shows how employee customer contact, supported by transformational leadership, drives organizational performance
BOOK REVIEW
A Crisis Leadership Playbook
Gary Burnison, Kornferry CEO, offers a timely guide to accelerating through the ‘crisis curve’
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
Without Team Buy-In Diversity Fails
RSM study shows how diversity initiatives must be managed to deliver performance improvements
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine - Issue 35
How the pandemic is impacting business leadership and the exec ed sector
BOOK REVIEW
Living a Values-Based Life
A timely book from Kellogg School of Management’s Harry Kraemer shows how to find purpose and satisfaction in your 168-hour week
VIEWPOINT
A Leadership Stimulus Package
Rotman School of Management’s Nouman Ashraf offers a prescription for better post-pandemic leadership
VIEWPOINT
Leadership for a Nimble Response
MIT Sloan’s Deborah Ancona explains why ‘distributive leadership’ is need for organizations to offer nimble responses to today’s unprecedented challenges
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
RESEARCH
Welcoming Neurodiversity at Work
Hult Ashridge’s Emma Day-Duro considers the benefits ‘neurodiverse’ employees can bring to an organization, and how they can best be supported
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
NEWS
Virtual Sessions for Your Organization with Columbia Business School Faculty
Let Columbia Business School’s world-renowned faculty help your organization address the challenges brought by the COVID-19 lockdown
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
RESEARCH
How Engaged Is Your Team?
Dr. Amy Bradley introduces a research-based diagnostic for assessing employee engagement at team level—created by Hult Ashridge Executive Education
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
NEWS
Resources for Lockdown and Beyond: US & Canada
Highlighting four particularly useful online responses to the COVID-19 crisis from leading business schools in the US and Canada
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
RESEARCH
Organisational Learning After the Crisis
Download Warwick Business School’s ‘Organisational Learning Report 2020’
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
WEBINAR
Strategy Visualization [Webinar]
Watch this Webinar with Vanderbilt professor David Nour on learn how to deliver information visually in a clear and concise manner
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
The Changing Role of the University Executive Education Function
A new co-ordination across Aston University is bringing faculty and expertise together from different schools and departments to create and deliver new value and services for clients in a way which other universities can learn from
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
RESOURCE
An Open Strategy Toolkit
A complimentary ‘Toolkit’ from Warwick Business School to help you develop a winning open strategy for your enterprise
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
Strategy for a Messy Tomorrow
John Kim on strategy development and implementation for an unpredictable business world
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
NEWS
The Data-Driven Mine
Schulich SEEC program encourages the successful use of data analytics in the mining industry
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
Inclusion by Design
Rotman’s Geoff Leonardelli explains the thinking behind an innovative program promoting diversity and inclusion
VIEWPOINT
Finessing the Family Enterprise
Moonshot opportunities and insights from multigenerational family enterprises
VIEWPOINT
Mastering Supply Chains
Sustainability and ethics are central Schulich SEEC’s signature Masters program – as supply chains face new legislation on sustainability
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
VIEWPOINT
Mindsets for Change
IMD’S Robert Hooijberg discusses how to develop mindsets for enabling organizational change
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
RESOURCE
Five Ways to Be a Better Coach
Download Vanderbilt University’s essential 'Learning Tool' to hone your coaching skills
EVENT
Top Flight Leadership Events
Are you interested in attending thought provoking leadership events in London and elsewhere?
VIEWPOINT
Finance for a Sustainable Future
RSM’s Dirk Schoenmaker on combining financial/economic with social/environmental thinking for businesses to operate with purpose and profit
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 Lessons from Neuroscience
MIT Sloan’s Tara Swart applies the latest learning from cognitive science to leadership development
VIEWPOINT
Improving Employee Engagement
Despite better news, CCL suggests 4 areas in which companies can take steps to increase employee engagement
BOOK REVIEW
Questions Are the Answer
Hal Gregersen on why dramatically better solutions first need better questions – and how to find them
VIEWPOINT
Virtual Learning at Aston
How Aston University’s virtual classroom creates a positive approach to learning
VIEWPOINT
Profit Plus People and Planet
St. Gallen’s Prof. Dr. Karolin Frankenberger on bringing responsible business into current business models
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
RESEARCH
Creating a Workforce for an AI Future
A study of student attitudes to a career shared with machines is a wake-up call for educators and employers
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Leadership and Culture at Santander
How corporate culture and leadership are being developed at Banco Santander
VIEWPOINT
The Entrepreneurial Corporation
CJBS’s Jeremy Hutchison-Krupat discusses how organizations can gain and maintain an entrepreneurial orientation
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
Leadership Improvisation
Goizueta’s Allison Gilmore on using improvisation, the comedian’s stock-in-trade, to create leadership resilience
VIEWPOINT
Building Brands for the Future
Kellogg School of Management’s Tim Calkins on brands and brand management in our hyperconnected age
NEWS
Headspring Executive Development
FT and IE Business School launch ‘Headspring’ to strengthen their position in the executive development sector
EVENT
New Solutions for New Leadership
IEDP’s review of Cranfield’s first '@Brand Exchange' Leadership event in the City of London
VIEWPOINT
The Dynamics of Innovation
Etienne Krieger considers the competing forces of customer-oriented and scientist-oriented innovation
BOOK REVIEW
Design Thinking in Organizations
How ‘design thinking’ theory is being successfully translated into real-world innovative practice
RESEARCH
Gender Approaches to Decision Making
Leadership decision making and the implications of male ‘thinking’ and female ‘feeling’ approaches
VIEWPOINT
Diversity Beyond Fairness
Well-managed diversity can drive business success in our connected world
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine - Issue 31
Sustainable Business and Responsible Leadership
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
Perfect Your Leadership Story
What’s Your Leadership Story? Make Sure You Tell the One You Intend
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
RESEARCH
Agenda for Executive Development
St. Gallen Executive School investigates the top management agenda for executive learning and development (L&D)
RESEARCH
Why Competent Jerks Get Hired
Companies should avoid the mistake of promoting competent but unsociable employees
VIEWPOINT
Upside to an Ageing Workforce
London Business School’s Professor Andrew Scott reveals a ‘longevity dividend’ that companies can unlock to boost productivity
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
VIDEO
2 Drivers of Gender Inequality at Work
Columbia’s Prof Mabel Abraham highlights two causes of gender inequality in the workplace
VIEWPOINT
Evaluating Executive Learning Impact
How the CISL Impact Benchmark Study helps improve leadership development with data
WHITE PAPER
Open Organizations Vs Digital Disruption
How open organizations with aspirational purpose can thrive in the era of digital disruption
VIEWPOINT
How Blockchain Benefits Business
Rotman’s Andreas Park explains why blockchain technology and machine learning are keys to future business success
REPORT
Towards Gender Parity
A new report monitors the progress of female representation in business leadership and offers recommendations
RESEARCH
Learning Trumps Stress at Work
How a focus on learning can help you and your team cope with stress
WEBINAR
EQ: The Leader’s Edge [WEBINAR]
Georgetown’s Michael McDermott to explore ways to improve your and your team’s EQ (emotional intelligence)
NEWS
Financial Rapids of Entrepreneurship
Cass’s Stefano De Cesaris helps entrepreneurs navigate the rapids and become financially savvy
EVENT
Avenues for Digital Leadership
Join Henley’s Bernd Vogel and Lebene Soga on 24 Oct to explore game-changing opportunities for high-performance digital leadership
VIEWPOINT
Managing the Risk of Disruption
Cass Professor Elena Novelli offers five strategies for survival in the face of disruptive technology business models
RESEARCH
Emerging Markets Experience is Key
Yusaf Akbar highlights the value of emerging markets experience in developing the agile leadership skills needed in our volatile business world
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Entrepreneurial Mindset at Bayer
How Bayer Pharma is walking the talk of innovative ideas and faster/better commercial decisions
VIEWPOINT
New Technologies' Impact on HR
5 ways emerging technologies are transforming the HR landscape
NEWS
Strategic Marketing for the Digital Age
Michigan Ross program to future-proof B-to-B and B-to-C marketing strategies
BOOK REVIEW
Collaborate, Compete and Innovate
Sigvald Harryson and Johan Roos offer a methodology for driving breakthrough innovation through collaborative competitions
NEWS
Leading Major Projects
Introducing the ‘Major Projects Leadership Academy’ – a collaboration between the UK Cabinet Office and Oxford Saïd Business School
NEWS
Envisioning Digital Strategy
Prof Ting Li helps better equip companies to flourish in the digital era
VIEWPOINT
Theresa May’s Glass Cliff
Is Mrs May's Brexit Glass Cliff an exemplar of modern leadership?
BOOK REVIEW
Conscious People Shape the World
A new book sees consciousness as the genesis of effective change
NEWS
Benefit from Behavioural Science
The WBS Behavioural Science in Practice program focuses on real world, business and public sector, applications
MASTERS
Taking a Broader Leadership Role
The leadership journey of emlyon EMBA participant Matthew Cobham
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Developing Ambidextrous Leaders
The Fire & Rescue Service Executive Leadership Program at Warwick Business School profiled
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Modern Global Leaders
A conversation with Kelly Bean, President and CEO of University of Virginia Darden Executive Education
NEWS
Business Model Innovation
Cambridge Judge Business School Exec Ed offers help to create a business model fit for our disruptive times
MASTERS
Leverage the Levy for Leadership
Join Cranfield’s discovery day on 12th July to learn how Executive Masters funded by the Apprenticeship Levy can enhance your organization’s leadership
VIEWPOINT
Is Disruption Really the New Norm?
Don’t let fear of disruption divert you from the essential job of reviewing and renewing strategy
RESOURCE
Apprenticeship Levy: eBook Guide
Download this complimentary eBook to fully understand what the Levy can do for your organization
VIEWPOINT
A Hybrid Digital Strategy Is Key
Why your company needs a hybrid online-offline strategy to win the digital disruption battle
EVENT
Are you engaging a multigenerational workforce?
The latest Foresight event from the FT | IE Corporate Learning Alliance probes HR’s role in engaging a multigenerational workforce
MASTERS
An MBA with Social Impact
New MBA Dean Seán Meehan describes what makes the IMD MBA program unique
VIEWPOINT
Leading Effectively in Aerospace & Aviation
How HEC Paris helps aerospace executives broaden their mind-sets to face the challenges of innovation and change
EVENT
Apprenticeship Levy for Growth
Learn how to leveraging the Levy to develop the leadership skills to grow your business
RESEARCH
Gender Parity on UK Boards
The ‘soft-law’ approach Vs intervention to achieve gender balance on UK boards
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine - Issue 28
Listen, Collaborate, Innovate, and the Jazz of Leadership
MASTERS
Mastering Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Inside the online master’s degree for budding entrepreneurs at HEC Paris
MASTERS
Believe, Be Meticulous and Persevere
HEC Paris Executive MSc in Finance alumnus Danielle Hatem offers advice for would be entrepreneurs
EVENT
Inclusive Talent Development
Join Cranfield’s free workshops to foster inclusivity, leverage your Apprenticeship Levy, and enhance your workforce
WEBINAR
Strategy Execution
View the recording of Joe Ryan's recent webinar to increase your ‘execution IQ’ and deepen your strategic leadership skills
VIDEO
Leadership and Empowerment
WNBA’s Lisa Borders says leadership is about influence, not authority
NEWS
Learn to be an Entrepreneur
Last chance! Receive a 10% discount on MIT’s Entrepreneurship Development Program, with Bill Aulet – Jan 28-Feb 2
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
New Year, New You?
David Pendleton proposes a New Year’s refresh focused on three leadership domains: strategic, operational and interpersonal
NEWS
Preparing Women Leaders for the Top
How INSEAD is helping senior women executives fulfil their true leadership potential
MASTERS
Combining Finance with Non-Profit
Columbia EMBA Eddwina Bright is combing her finance and non-profit experience to make an impact on the world and on next generation leaders
NEWS
Preparing for a Leadership Role
Schulich Mini-MBA offers a world-class fast track for transitioning to leadership
CORPORATE PRACTICE
Encouraging Better Teamwork at Total
emlyon’s 100% online customized program for Total is a model for the future of executive education
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
NEWS
Develop an Entrepreneur's Skillset
Join MIT Sloan Prof Bill Aulet’s Entrepreneurship Development Program. And receive a special 10% discount
VIEWPOINT
Better Key-Account Relationships
Four tips for key-account salespeople ...and one for their customers!
MASTERS
Can a Masters Be 100% Online?
How HEC’s pioneering 100% online degree is breaking new ground in executive education
VIEWPOINT
Giving Voice to Values
A renowned resource for enabling values-driven leadership hosted at Darden
VIEWPOINT
The Changing Workplace
How generational change is changing the way we work – what leaders really need to know
RESEARCH
Innovation for Social Good
Organizing and innovating to tackle the problems of the world’s poor
VIEWPOINT
6 Drivers of Brand Desire
Be authentic and unexpected – being predictable can kill your brand desire
RESEARCH
Easing Faultlines at the Top
How the CEO/top management team interface can alleviate faultlines and improve performance
NEWS
Executive Learning in the Cloud
How high-quality pedagogy can bring online executive education to life
EVENT
Innovation in the Luxury Market
WBS’s Luxury and Innovation Hub explores the evolution of digital and experiential luxury for the new generation
NEWS
Empowering Frontline Healthcare
Diabetes UK and Ashridge Executive Education develop clinical champions to make change happen
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
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EVENT
Agile Leadership for Industry 4.0
The ESMT Forum on ‘Agility’ as a key approach for innovation-supporting executives
VIEWPOINT
Vermeer’s Blue Ocean Thinking
A strategy to differentiate your business in the market and create spaces for ‘blue’ growth
MASTERS
Lawyer and Journalist to Leadership
The leadership journey of HEC Paris EMBA alumnus Anne-Claire Berg, Danone’s Culture & Engagement Director
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
VIEWPOINT
Leading Corporate Sustainability
What are the leadership skills required in companies committed to sustainability?
BOOK REVIEW
Stepping Up to Leadership
A guide for new leaders to ‘Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For
VIEWPOINT
Creating Innovation Cultures
How collaboration between design and business mindsets builds innovative organizational cultures
VIEWPOINT
Strategic Planning with Foresight
When qualitative rather than quantitative forecasting can be a better guide to your organization’s future
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
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
NEWS
Personal Professional Development
Two CEOs give their take on the benefits of participating in a high-quality senior executive program at Wharton
RESEARCH
Passive Leadership and the Damage Done
How the passive boss can be just a toxic as an abusive boss
NEWS
Leading in an International Context
Unrivalled access to expertise in the multiple issues facing global businesses
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
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine Issue 23
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VIEWPOINT
Why Senior Leaders Should Go Back to School
It’s never too late, and you are never too old, to go to business school
BOOK REVIEW
Digital Transformation and the Human Touch
Steven van Belleghem’s ‘When Digital Becomes Human’
VIEWPOINT
Leadership Renewal and Organizational Transformation
Leaders must renew their thinking before they can transform their organizations
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!"
VIEWPOINT
Governance, Corporate Culture and Lessons from VW
Vlerick’s Ralf Wetzel considers the Volkswagen emissions scandal
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine Issue 22
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VIEWPOINT
Tiff Macklem on Governance Fit for the Future
A Conversation with the dean of Dean of Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto
RESEARCH
How Showing Respect Increases Creativity
A culture of respect at work and the increases creativity and the development of new ideas
RESEARCH
Scenario Planning to Help Solve Global Problems
Visualising conceivable future scenarios can help find solutions to complex global problems
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Developing Leaders eMagazine Issue 21
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RESEARCH
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
WHITE PAPER
Creating Collaborative Leadership in Saudi Arabia
“Around the world the image of the authoritarian hero-leader is being challenged, and the Middle East is no exception.”
NEWS
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.
VIEWPOINT
FIFA Leadership and Ethics
“It’s a Funny ‘Ol Game” – in a sport full of clichés the ongoing FIFA saga is now well beyond a joke. Kai Peters, Chief Executive at Ashridge Business School, discusses Sepp Blatter and leadership ethics
VIEWPOINT
10 Commandments for the Family Business
Family businesses are the main economic driver in many countries across the world
WHITE PAPER
How to Retain Women Leaders in the Workforce
High-achieving women are opting-out. What can companies do to retain them?
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?
VIEWPOINT
Leadership Journeys: Lego's Jørgen Vig Knudstorp
Leading by Mastering Paradoxical Thinking
VIEWPOINT
How Neuroscience is Building Better Leaders
Having a profound effect on the way we manage ourselves and others
RESEARCH
Why Don’t Employees Speak-Up?
In a new study, NYU Stern Professors Elizabeth Morrison and Kelly See, along with Caitlin Pan of SIM University, examine why employees often withhold important suggestions and concerns, and find that a sense of powerlessness plays a key role.
VIEWPOINT
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?
BOOK REVIEW
Strategy Implementation
5 key processes managers must master to make a winning strategy work
BOOK REVIEW
The Blue Line Imperative: What Managing for Value Really Means
A book from INSEAD profs Kevin Kaiser and David Young
VIEWPOINT
Developing a Global Leadership Mindset
Business leaders operate in an irrevocably global world, and while travel may broaden the mind, managers taking on a global leadership role need more. Thunderbird’s Mansour Javidan and Jennie Walker explain...
VIEWPOINT
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
Grounded Leadership: Who You Are Not What You Do
In his new book, Bob Rosen suggests that leaders must develop six facets of personal ‘health’: physical, emotional, intellectual, social, vocational, and spiritual health.
BOOK REVIEW
Steward Leadership
"A form of leadership which focuses on others, the community, and society at large rather than the self"
BOOK REVIEW
The Language of Leadership Communication
How to establish a culture of good communication in the organizations
RESEARCH
Establishing Organizational Receptivity for Change
Research from Dr Michael Butler at Aston
RESEARCH
The Six Skills of the Perfect HR Professional
Based on a global survey of 20,000 HR professionals, Ross School of Business has identified six key competencies that go to make up the perfect HR professional.
VIEWPOINT
The Sad Demise of the Chief Marketing Officer
An alarming trend in companies that claim to put the customer first
VIEWPOINT
The Importance of Legal Literacy for Executives
MIT Sloan’ John Akula explains why executives need to understand the legal implications of their decisions
VIEWPOINT
A European Perspective on Millennials
CCL's Gina Eckert and Jennifer Deal on the needs, attitudes and assets of millennials in the workplace
RESEARCH
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
RESEARCH
Lean Principles for Knowledge Workers
Applying modern manufacturing ‘lean production’ principles to ‘knowledge work’
VIEWPOINT
The Starfish and the Spider: A Metaphor for the Future
The future shape of organizations and their leadership
RESEARCH
The Feedback Gamble
The pros and cons of seeking feedback and how to use feedback to boost performance
VIEWPOINT
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.
VIEWPOINT
Good Ethics Is Good Business
Paul Danos on the ‘responsibility factors’, at play during the financial crisis, that lead executives to either ethical fame or failure
VIEWPOINT
ASDA Leadership Program
Ensuring that everyday leadership behaviours make a big difference to performance
VIEWPOINT
The 3 Strengths of a True Strategic Leader
“How do we lead in ways that position a business for the future while meeting current demands?”
EVENT
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.
NEWS
CEIBS Rolls Out Business Development Cerificate Program Across China
News from China Europe International Business School(CEIBS)
NEWS
The Dawn of Degree Apprenticeships
Aston University is to offer more degree apprenticeships to aspirant young managers
