Learn to ‘read the air’: how to build emotional capability into your organization

Three tips to start using AI as a communications sounding board

September 1, 2026 • by Katharina Lange, José Parra Moyano in Leadership • 2 min read

Learn how AI-powered feedback can boost executive coaching: three concrete tips to improve tone, word choice, and cultural insight....

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From space to the workplace, collaboration is making us more liberal

August 31, 2026 • by Thomas Fewer, Murat Tarakci, David Dwertmann in Leadership • 4 min read

Can collaboration in the workplace reshape ideology? This IMD study shows diverse teams foster inclusivity and better strategic decisions....

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Believe: What Ted Lasso gets right about leadership

August 28, 2026 • by Heather Cairns-Lee in Leadership • 7 min read

As Ted Lasso returns to Apple TV, we examine what leadership research says about the show’s optimism, teamwork, motivation, and genuine human concern – and why they beat command-and-control leadership. ...

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Why workforce well-being is your leadership imperative

August 27, 2026 • by Alyson Meister, Nele Dael in Leadership • 9 min read

Employee well-being is not a perk or a program, but an outcome shaped by individual capacity, organizational systems, and the intentional leadership that creates the conditions where people can thrive. ...

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A healthy debate: CHROs can use geopolitical opinion to unite, rather than divide the workforce

August 26, 2026 • by Katharina Lange in Leadership • 4 min read

IMD’s Katharina Lange explains how CHROs can strike a balance between respecting employee opinions and preserving organizational performance and integrity....

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Become a conscious disruptor to avoid exhausting your people

August 21, 2026 • by Shelley Zalis in Leadership • 4 min read

Employees are suffering from change fatigue. Leaders need to balance stability with reinvention to combat resistance, says Shelley Zalis....

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IEA chief Fatih Birol on how to navigate the age of electricity

August 20, 2026 • by David Bach in Leadership • 2 min read • Podcast available

IEA chief Fatih Birol on the age of electricity, Europe’s strategic energy mistakes, the Hormuz shock – and why trust is now an energy asset....

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Should your kids leave the family business before they lead?

August 20, 2026 • by Alfredo De Massis, Philipp Sieger, Jasper Brinkerink, Massimo Baù, Johan Karlsson in Leadership • 8 min read

Should kids leave the family business to lead later? Learn how outside-entrepreneurship strengthens leadership, ownership, and long-term renewal....

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Does your board meet these seven sustainability tests?

August 20, 2026 • by Matthias Altendorf in Leadership • 2 min read

Explore seven sustainability tests that help boards align initiatives with value creation, resilience, and long-term corporate longevity...

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Why uncertainty can increase job satisfaction

August 19, 2026 • by Emily Bianchi in Leadership • 7 min read

Conventional wisdom suggests uncertainty undermines morale. Research shows it can have the opposite effect. Here are five actions leaders can take to build engagement and resilience when times are tough....

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