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Having your legitimacy questioned can happen to anyone, particularly in novel, tense, or challenging circumstances. Here are three tools to deal with it....
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Why Paul Polman believes that companies whose leaders bring humanity back into business will help us all achieve net zero...
July 13, 2022 in CEO Dialogue podcast series • 1 min read • Podcast available
Ping An Co-CEO Jessica Tan tells IMD President Jean-François Manzoni how a Chinese insurance company was transformed into a tech giant...
July 13, 2022 • by Ralf Seifert, Richard Markoff in Innovation • 5 min read
French beauty company L’Oréal first embarked on its digital transformation journey more than a decade ago. Today, it provides an excellent case study of effective, successful digital transformation....
July 13, 2022 in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
Building on prior research on the topic, we have identified six traps that leaders can fall into in turbulent times. Often these traps are hidden, so leaders don’t realize when they are...
July 12, 2022 • by George Kohlrieser in Leadership • 5 min read
Leaders must strike the right balance between their own needs and the needs of others....
July 11, 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Supply chain • 6 min read
Boardrooms can no longer afford to neglect supply chain management. Companies can capture more of the value created in the supply chain by bringing top executives up to speed...
July 8, 2022 • by Frederik Anseel in Human Resources • 4 min read
If every country faces the same record tight labor market, then local policy failure may not be the cause....
July 7, 2022 in CEO Dialogue Series • 10 min read
A decade ago, Ping An was a Chinese insurer. Today it’s a technology giant. Co-CEO Jessica Tan tells IMD President Jean-François Manzoni what happened....
July 7, 2022 in Management Cast • 1 min read • Podcast available
In this episode of ManagementCast, Professor Amit Joshi discusses how firms can prepare for a future with Artificial Intelligence....
July 6, 2022 • by Howard Yu in Innovation • 7 min read
The urge to return to business-as-usual must be resisted. Commitment to change and innovation is more important than ever, explain Howard Yu and his colleagues at IMD’s Center for Future Readiness...
July 6, 2022 in Brain Circuits • 4 min read
To help frame your problem, you can steal a page from a story book. When you master your dragon, you will be in a position to find an optimal solution to your...
July 5, 2022 • by Arnaud Chevallier, Michael R. Wade, Lars Häggström in Audio articles • 6 min read
A series of global shocks has made effective decision making incredibly difficult. Our experts offer three practical steps to get the balance right....
July 4, 2022 • by Mark Chussil in Audio articles • 7 min read
An online strategy tournament sheds light on which direction to take if you want to gain a competitive edge. Mark Chussil, who created the ongoing experiment, explains his findings....
July 1, 2022 • by Anand Narasimhan, Stefan Michel, Karl Schmedders, Robert Hooijberg, Susan Goldsworthy, Alyson Meister, Katharina Lange, Shlomo Ben-Hur in I by IMD Book Club • 7 min read
From dealing with burnout and bullsh*t to the joys of friendship and climbing mountains, IMD professors offer a varied choice of summer reading material...
June 30, 2022 • by Arturo Bris in Audio articles • 7 min read
There are obstacles to be overcome, but the time is coming soon when both traditional and digital forms of currency will be trusted and accepted by all....
June 30, 2022 in Podcasts • 1 min read • Podcast available
Yale Professor Zoe Chance discusses her latest book with IMD Professor of Strategy and Political Economy David Bach...
June 29, 2022 • by Öykü Işık, Philipp Leo, Fabian Muhly in Audio articles • 9 min read
Cybercrime is booming and growing in sophistication. Business leaders need to ask themselves some searching questions before their organization is exposed to a potentially crippling assault....
June 29, 2022 • by I by IMD in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
There are a lot of sources for trauma affecting people across the globe right now. As a leader, you can help employees who are struggling....
June 28, 2022 • by Anand Narasimhan in Magazine • 10 min read
The future of the plastics industry hinges on a shift to a circular business model and the recruitment of the brightest and the best young people, Lucrèce Foufopoulos says in an I...
June 27, 2022 • by Achim Hupperts, Jan van der Kaaij in Leading in Turbulent Times • 8 min read
Making materiality the cornerstone of your sustainability strategy will help you to prioritize ESG issues to ensure they drive a business strategy that benefits both your organization and society...

Former ING and UBS CEO Ralph Hamers on leading “banking’s biggest digital transformation” – and why AI may redefine financial advice.

NATO futurist Florence Gaub on war, weak signals, Gen Z, and why leaders need not only foresight, but also science fiction to future-proof their organizations

Former U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on why the post-Cold War world is over – and who is shaping the new rules of global business

Discover how bonding and bridging capital fuel change. Insights from Raising Social Capital show why trust is your company’s hidden engine

A new book challenges the conventional belief that sustainability alone drives customer purchases. In a webinar hosted by Karl Schmedders, the book’s co-author, Goutam Challagalla, explains how companies can make sustainability scalable by making it an enabler of innovation and growth.

Niels B. Christiansen tells Jean-François Manzoni how he streamlined the leadership and targeted adult customers to re-energize the toy giant.

Having your legitimacy questioned can happen to anyone, particularly in novel, tense, or challenging circumstances. Here are three tools to deal with it.

Leaders are conditioned to leap into action to meet challenges. But what if remaining calm and simply listening is what the people around you need in such moments?

Trust is foundational in leadership, yet is more of a science than an art. Answer the questions below to assess whether an absence of trust is affecting your leadership.

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