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Danone CEO talks about his drive to create room for budding talents within the French food giant

March 30, 2023 • by Jean-François Manzoni in Leadership • 1 min read • Podcast available

Danone CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique talks about his quest for constant learning, and his drive to create room for budding talents within the organization....

Activists are not the enemy, so let’s work together

March 28, 2023 • by Etelle Higonnet in Leadership • 7 min read

Confrontation was always seen as an essential weapon for campaigners, but a new era of cooperation is proving equally effective. With the right approach, everyone can be a winner....

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Gender parity requires active engagement

March 27, 2023 • by Hope Murera in Leadership • 5 min read

Hope Murera, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of COMESA’s ZEP-RE (PTA Reinsurance Company), explains that one of the best ways to achieve gender parity in an organization is to partner with...

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Listen, learn, and engage: the softer face of Rio Tinto

March 23, 2023 • by David Bach in Leadership • 9 min read

To improve decision making, every stakeholder – both internal and external –needs to be given a voice, says Isabelle Deschamps, the mining group’s Chief Legal Officer, Governance and Corporate Affairs...

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A problem solver finds her purpose by helping ‘one child at a time’

March 14, 2023 • by Miriam Twaalfhoven in Leadership • 5 min read

Miriam Twaalfhoven, an advocate of non-profit organizations in education, explains why she turned to secondary education after a career in business and prefers to support one child at a time....

Nationalism: the even greater risk of the COVID-19 crisis?

So, you’ve learned you need to be resilient? Good – but it will cost you

March 9, 2023 • by Katharina Lange in Leadership • 9 min read

COVID-19 heightened appreciation among executives of the value of resilience. Now they need to engage in clear thinking about what the term means and how to instill it in their employees and...

Why CMOs should be listening to the consumer on data

March 3, 2023 • by Öykü Işık in Leadership • 6 min read

Changes to data-privacy regulations require CMOs to rethink their strategies, warns Öykü Işık, Professor of Digital Strategy and Cybersecurity at IMD....

How compassionate leaders improve business performance

March 2, 2023 • by Paolo Cervini, Gabriele Rosani in Leadership • 6 min read

Many executives still struggle to see the link between kindness and corporate results. Measuring leaders' more empathetic qualities against employee motivation is one way to quantify its impact on business performance, say...

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Rakuten's CEO has repeatedly proven doubters wrong – and he's at it again

February 22, 2023 in Leadership • 9 min read • Podcast available

Mickey Mikitani tells IMD President Jean-François Manzoni how he has grown Rakuten from an e-commerce startup into an ecosystem spanning internet services, fintech, and mobile....

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To shape your future, own your history

February 20, 2023 • by Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff in Leadership • 11 min read

After the controversy surrounding rap star Ye’s anti-Semitic comments, the sportswear giant adidas found itself under the spotlight for historical links to the Nazi regime. Lindsay Krasnoff explains how a legacy company...

HR needs to start owning how work gets done. Here’s why