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next-generation professional stands at a forked path between a modern glass building and a historic stone building, symbolizing the choice between entrepreneurial independence and eventually returning to lead the family business

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 Strategy • 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 Strategy • 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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Are you embracing your inner founder?

August 11, 2026 • by I by IMD in Strategy • 2 min read

HubSpot CPO Helen Russell argues that leaders need to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset and master three key skills to thrive in an AI-driven world....

Swiss telecoms provider Sunrise outlines how HR can show its worth

August 5, 2026 • by I by IMD in Strategy • 4 min read

Tobias Foster, CHRO of Sunrise, explains how to measure and demonstrate the business impact of HR....

middle manager presents a document outlining strategic trade-offs to senior executives during a boardroom meeting

Are you a corporate shock absorber?

July 30, 2026 • by Robert Vilkelis in Strategy • 3 min read

Middle managers shield teams from brutal leadership. Learn to stop buffering, translate conflict, and steer strategy with clear trade-offs....

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What competitiveness requires now

July 24, 2026 • by David Bach in Strategy • 7 min read

How can leaders stay competitive amid geopolitical uncertainty? David Bach explores resilience, AI, energy security, trust and European reform...

Why “business partnering” is no longer enough for CFOs

July 23, 2026 • by I by IMD in Strategy • 5 min read

Explore the evolving role of CFOs as strategic enablers, emphasizing value-driven decisions and advanced finance strategies for modern organizations....

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The great reversal: How to survive in the China pressure cooker

July 21, 2026 • by Winter Nie, Yunfei Feng, Marco Gadola in Strategy • 16 min read

Homegrown brands are overtaking once prestigious multinationals in China. Winter Nie, Yunfei Feng, and Marco Gadola offer three pathways for global players to respond....

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Get on base: Buy runs not reputations

July 17, 2026 • by I by IMD in Strategy • 2 min read

Strategic leadership insight from Moneyball: stop paying for reputations and buy runs by valuing on-base potential and data-driven decision making....

Cartoon Case - The Rainmaker: Managing challenging high-performing employees

July 9, 2026 • by Stefan Michel in Strategy • 1 min read

Professor Stefan Michel prepared this case for class discussion, not to illustrate the effective or ineffective handling of a business situation....

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