Four lessons from women’s football for advancing gender equality
As the FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off, we examine how the sports world can teach us to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in business...

January 15, 2026 • by Michael D. Watkins in Leadership • 9 min read
CEO successions rarely fail because of poor selection – they fail in execution. As Sergio Ermotti prepares to step down, UBS has the opportunity to turn leadership transition from a risk-management exercise...
Continue readingJuly 19, 2023 • by Heather Cairns-Lee, Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, Corinne Post in Leadership • 7 min read
As the FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off, we examine how the sports world can teach us to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in business...
July 17, 2023 • by Ginka Toegel in Leadership • 7 min read
As more women take up leadership positions, the generalization that we lack confidence is cracking. And yet, as old stereotypes are challenged by new realities, some crucial misperceptions remain concerning the appearance...
July 14, 2023 • by David Bach in Leadership • 6 min read
Most businesses are affected by geopolitics, but few can claim the reverse – that they can shape geopolitical dynamics. TSMC, Taiwan’s leading semiconductor manufacturer, is one of them....
July 12, 2023 in Leadership • 7 min read
Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk, in an interview with I by IMD at the St Gallen Symposium, implored business leaders to stop taking their democratic freedoms for granted and to look...
July 11, 2023 • by Michael Skapinker in Leadership • 6 min read
The lines between our public, professional, and private lives – and opinions – have blurred in the age of social media. How can organizations manage the tension between freedom of expression and...
July 1, 2023 • by Marion Chaygneaud Dupuy in Leadership • 6 min read
To build resilience in the face of uncertainty, we need to start paying more attention to our bodies and our emotions, says entrepreneur Marion Chaygneaud-Dupuy, who has lived in the Himalayas for...
June 30, 2023 • by Arturo Bris in Leadership • 6 min read
The sooner we accept the realities of our fragmented world and start tackling the real issues, the better we can work towards a sustainable future, says Arturo Bris, Professor of Finance and...
June 28, 2023 • by Dominic Alldis in Leadership • 6 min read
How can you give individual players in your team greater autonomy to achieve your company’s goals? Dominic Alldis shares how both classical and jazz quartets work together to deliver excellence....
June 27, 2023 • by Mate Rimac in Leadership • 8 min read
Mate Rimac founded an electric supercar company in Croatia – a country with no automotive industry or start-up culture – when he was still a teenager, and against all odds, grew it...
June 27, 2023 • by Anand Narasimhan in Leadership • 13 min read
Business leaders of Indian origin are starting to make a real mark globally. Anand Narasimhan examines the reasons behind the change....
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