Seven leadership trends to focus on in 2024Â
Unsurprisingly, most leaders are feeling the pressure right now. How can you lead for sustained success in a world of constant change? ...
Michael D Watkins is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at IMD, and author of The First 90 Days, Master Your Next Move, Predictable Surprises, and 12 other books on leadership and negotiation. His book, The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking, explores how executives can learn to think strategically and lead their organizations into the future. A Thinkers 50-ranked management influencer and recognized expert in his field, his work features in HBR Guides and HBR’s 10 Must Reads on leadership, teams, strategic initiatives, and new managers. Over the past 20 years, he has used his First 90 Days® methodology to help leaders make successful transitions, both in his teaching at IMD, INSEAD, and Harvard Business School, where he gained his PhD in decision sciences, as well as through his private consultancy practice Genesis Advisers. At IMD, he directs the First 90 Days open program for leaders taking on challenging new roles and co-directs the Transition to Business Leadership (TBL) executive program for future enterprise leaders.
1 January 2024 • by Jean-François Manzoni, Michael D. Watkins, Susan Goldsworthy, Richard Roi, Katharina Lange, Jennifer Jordan, Alyson Meister, Winter Nie in 2024 trends • 9 min read
Unsurprisingly, most leaders are feeling the pressure right now. How can you lead for sustained success in a world of constant change? ...
28 November 2023 • by Konrad Lenniger, Michael D. Watkins in Audio articles • 5 min read
As baby-boomer CEOs retire, a new wave of leaders is taking over. These new CEOs are full of fresh ideas and perspectives. However, many inevitably will face their first time leading a...
22 November 2023 • by Michael D. Watkins in Governance • 9 min read
Traits such as overconfidence and narcissism, which may lead tech leaders to make bold decisions and take risks in the pursuit of growth, are dangerous in the context of artificial intelligence....
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