To the Moon and back, the afterlife of a CEO
Landing the top job is hard, but coming back down to earth afterwards can be just as challenging....
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May 21, 2026 • by Pree Rao, Amanda G. Helming, Gheed El Makkaoui, Larissa Petrova, Patrick Nader in Leadership • 5 min read
Learn how CEOs can foster alignment, customer-centricity, and empowered decision-making through five strategic growth actions....
Continue readingDecember 24, 2021 • by Ben Bryant, Sally Bonneywell, Dena Michelli in Leadership • 11 min read
Landing the top job is hard, but coming back down to earth afterwards can be just as challenging....
December 23, 2021 • by Markus Schmid in Leadership • 9 min read
Research shows that the value that CEOs create for shareholders starts to decline after 14 years in the job, but letting them go early may not always be the best decision....
December 22, 2021 • by Bettina Büchel, Niccolò Pisani in Leadership • 7 min read
Even before the pandemic, cultivating a global mindset was challenging. With rising protectionism, remote working and decreased travel, the hurdles for executives have grown higher. But it is precisely these changes that...
December 21, 2021 • by Wendy Smith, Marianne W. Lewis, Josh Keller, Ella Miron-Spektor in Leadership • 10 min read
Conflicting tensions in the workplace are inevitable. Engaging with them can be challenging but also incredibly motivating, according to the latest research....
December 15, 2021 • by Kate Waters in Leadership • 7 min read
The traits that define ‘great’ leadership need to be de-gendered: empathy, humility and vulnerability are among the qualities required now...
December 1, 2021 • by Ivan Miroshnychenko, Alfredo De Massis in Leadership • 4 min read
Family businesses might not spring to mind when we imagine organizations at the vanguard of digital business model innovation. But family-owned enterprises are well-equipped for this journey and offer helpful lessons for...
November 22, 2021 • by Peter Vogel, Yunfei Feng, Lise Møller in Leadership • 6 min read
Many Chinese entrepreneurs who set up businesses during the economic liberalization of the late 1970s and 1980s are nearing retirement age without a willing or well-prepared family heir. It’s a timely reminder...
November 22, 2021 • by Sameh Abadir in Leadership • 2 min read
There is a whole industry built around the power of positive thinking, but it is also important for leaders to be realists....
November 9, 2021 • by Didier Cossin, Michael Watkins, Richard Roi in Leadership • 6 min read
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....
November 5, 2021 • by I by IMD in Leadership • 4 min read
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....
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