Antje Kanngiesser
November 11, 2021 in CEO Dialogue podcast series • 1 min read • 
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In a rapidly decarbonizing world, the energy sector is facing immense challenges, challenges that Antje Kanngiesser is tackling head-on...
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Balancing empathy with authority: Setting boundaries doesn’t make you an unethical leader
8 hours ago • by Chloé Christopoulos in Coaching Corner • 6 min read • 
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Joanna's fear that setting boundaries would make her unkind cast her team adrift. Chloé Christopoulos says clarity and accountability are not departures from care, but expressions of it ...
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ESG investment must be built on measurement of real impact
November 11, 2021 • by Mikkel Larsen in Sustainability • 7 min read
Measuring the true impact of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investments is crucial to assessing the claims made by their promoters and comparing different opportunities. This is a difficult task but not...
Impact of parental leave on companies
November 10, 2021 • by Anne Ardila Brenøe in Audio articles • 7 min read
Output, labor costs, profitability, and company survival are largely unchanged, according to research focused on Denmark, a rich nation with a generous benefits system....
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Has your family business changed to reflect the times?
Many families are making the sometimes difficult decision to pivot from their core business models and transform them into purpose-driven ones. Leveraging your assets for the greater good isn’t just good business,...
The CEO’s post-pandemic survival guide: ESG targets take center stage
CEO turnover is rising after a COVID lull as boards place corporate culture and social responsibility at the heart of performance criteria, equal to shareholder value creation....
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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...
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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....
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...
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