Five steps to preventing conflict on teams
If you act in the early stages of team’s existence, you can help proactively keep them on track to form stronger bonds and foster a positive atmosphere. There is a five-step process...
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How the Mulliez family built a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem
Antoine Mayaud, a shareholder and member of the Association Familiale Mulliez (AFM) behind Decathlon and Auchan, explains how the family embedded entrepreneurship into its culture and processes, creating a system that repeatedly...
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Coaching Corner: the five batteries to keep charged to be at your best
November 8, 2021 • by Francesca-Giulia Mereu in Management • 6 min read
How understanding what energizes you can help you build up daily habits to sustain yourself when faced with change and rising uncertainty....
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....
Do you know the three paradoxes of leading virtual change?
The pandemic has left companies across the globe trying to navigate the issues in an entirely new framework – the virtual world. Yjod requires adjustments to leadership that require understanding the paradoxes...
Can Rockefeller, Bezos and IKEA turn the developing world green?
The welcome announcement of a multi-stakeholder philanthropic partnership to accelerate the adoption of green energy in Africa, Asia and Latin America is a bold move. But, like all philanthropy, it must overcome...
Common prosperity: China’s new course
November 3, 2021 • by Alicia García Herrero in Asian hub • 4 min read
Faced with an inevitable slowing of economic growth, Xi Jinping is driving a sea change in China, says Alicia García-Herrero, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis....
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Employees behaving badly: how high CEO pay can encourage wider wrongdoing
November 1, 2021 • by Stephen Smulowitz, Juan Almandoz in Human Resources • 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....
Questions you need to ask to develop an effective strategy office
This is never going to be a one-size-fits-all proposition, but you can use the ISC framework to guide your strategy formulation and execution. This framework comprises three different diagnostic points....
Is your company falling in to these traps when crafting strategy?
Businesses large and small pour tons of time and resources into crafting smart strategies each year. Your strategy, after all, is the ultimate roadmap for success. But many companies still fail to...
Have you fallen into one of these ESG risk traps?
Even if your company has what appears to be a strong and effective statement on the environment, sustainability and governance, it’s worth periodically reviewing whether you are actually living your stated values....
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