Holiday reads to challenge and inspire
From dystopian novels to a guide on public speaking, IMD professors share six of the books they have enjoyed this year....
IMD professor John R Weeks helps leaders understand how they can manage themselves to lead others more effectively and to have a positive and intentional impact on the culture in their part of their organization. Before joining IMD in 2007, he spent 11 years at INSEAD, France, where he was nominated three times as Best Teacher. An American who has lived on three continents, he served on the Board of Directors of LEO Pharma, and he has worked with clients in Europe, the Americas and Asia. At IMD, he is co-Director of the High Performance Leadership program.
December 6, 2024 • by John R. Weeks, Susan Goldsworthy, José Parra Moyano, Katharina Lange, Howard H. Yu, Öykü Işık in Book Review • 6 min read
From dystopian novels to a guide on public speaking, IMD professors share six of the books they have enjoyed this year....
November 27, 2024 • by John R. Weeks, Francesca-Giulia Mereu in Leadership • 9 min read
Typically, negative experiences hit with about four times the force of positive experiences. Critical feedback hits most of us harder than reinforcing feedback. Here we consider three mysteries of negativity bias and...
June 29, 2023 • by John R. Weeks in Human Resources • 8 min read
The debate about remote working has moved on. To decide how much time employees should spend in the office requires a fundamental review of corporate strategy and purpose, argues John Weeks, Professor...
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