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How good story telling can transform your business
August 19, 2025 • by Jyoti Guptara, Günter Müller-Stewens in Leadership • 11 min read • 
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Inspirational tales remove the fear of change and pave the way for a successful corporate transformation. Here are ways to add sparkle to your narrative....
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The CEO’s post-pandemic survival guide: ESG targets take center stage
CEO turnover is rising after a COVID lull as boards place corporate culture and social responsibility at the heart of performance criteria, equal to shareholder value creation....
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Protecting us against the financial fallout of COVID’s sequel: the reinsurance industry has its work cut out
The CEO of reinsurance firm Hannover Re is encouraging his staff to draw on the right side of the brain to model various unthinkable future scenarios, potentially as disruptive as COVID-19....
Employees behaving badly: how high CEO pay can encourage wider wrongdoing
November 1, 2021 • by Stephen Smulowitz, Juan Almandoz in Leadership • 6 min read
Research suggests that CEO stock option schemes combined with a large pay gap can encourage and motivate lower-ranking employees to commit illegal behavior....
How better leadership in hospitals can improve patient outcomes
October 28, 2021 • by Gavin Schwarz in Leadership • 5 min read
New research has found an improved approach to leadership coordination and communication in hospitals can improve patient outcomes....
Adopt an entrepreneurial mindset to take responsibility and capture the opportunities presented by the climate emergency
Professors from IMD and Oxford Saïd Business School explore the opportunities and risks presented to executives as they transform their businesses on the road to decarbonization....
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In the lonely century, office time gives staff the ‘social glue’ to perform better
An alarming rise in loneliness is damaging our health, our communities and the bottom line. Having convinced themselves of the benefits of remote working, companies must not lose sight of the importance...
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