Navigating the data-driven landscape: the role of ambidextrous leadership
Leveraging real-world data can be transformative, and leaders need to both transform their core activities and pursue new opportunities....
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Taking responsibility, not shortcuts, is the bedrock of success
14 hours ago • by Shelley Zalis in Leadership • 3 min read • 
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We often discuss leadership in terms of culture, inclusion, empathy, and purpose. These all matter, of course, but beneath every effective leader and every meaningful career is a simpler truth: there are...
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The Japanese art of flower arrangement can change the way we do business
October 13, 2023 • by Mayuka Yamazaki in Leadership • 12 min read
Working on ikebana as a team means relinquishing our desire to control, letting go of our ego, and existing in the present. Out of this process something beautiful can emerge....
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate: ‘I urge Western business to be on the right side of history’
October 12, 2023 • by Niccolò Pisani in Leadership • 9 min read • 
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For too long, citizens of countries blessed with stable institutions have taken democracy and freedom for granted, the Head of the Center for Civil Liberties tells Professor Niccolò Pisani....
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We need executive diversity, says BLM co-founder
October 9, 2023 • by Martina Fuchs in Leadership • 5 min read
Executives must do more to change the balance of power in the workplace, says BLM co-founder...
How Coca-Cola refreshed itself in the face of changing tastes
October 6, 2023 • by Howard H. Yu in Leadership • 7 min read
Unpredictability in the marketplace can quickly burst the bubble of any company not agile enough to adapt to change.Here are lessons from the soda pop giant’s successful mission to update and diversify...
Agree to disagree to create synergy from diversity
September 27, 2023 • by Daan van Knippenberg in Leadership • 8 min read
Reaping the performance benefits of diversity requires leaders to shift the focus from helping individuals feel ‘included’ to empowering teams to put their diversity to work....
Leaders must prepare for the axe – and wield it with compassion
Anita Sundby flew high in a male-dominated, workaholic corporate world before her company let her go without any explanation. Now, having interviewed dozens of former CEOs, she offers advice on how to...
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