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An exercise to help you remember the importance of slowing down

November 12, 2021 • by Sameh Abadir in Leadership • 2 min read

Managing in crisis requires you to slow down and stay calm. This is an exercise to see if you are too quick to make decisions....

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Antje Kanngiesser

November 11, 2021 in Leadership • 1 min read • Podcast available

In a rapidly decarbonizing world, the energy sector is facing immense challenges, challenges that Antje Kanngiesser is tackling head-on...

The CEO’s post-pandemic survival guide: ESG targets take center stage

November 9, 2021 • by Didier Cossin, Michael Watkins, Richard Roi in Leadership • 6 min read

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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Protecting us against the financial fallout of COVID’s sequel: the reinsurance industry has its work cut out

November 5, 2021 • by I by IMD in Leadership • 4 min read

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?

November 4, 2021 • by Jennifer Jordan, Ask Agger in Leadership • 4 min read

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...

Are you struggling despite “winning”?

November 3, 2021 • by Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg in Leadership • 3 min read

Winning leaders are reporting having mixed emotions, feeling just as exhausted as their more unfortunate peers, and on top of that being puzzled by their reactions to their own flourishing during a...

Helping entrepreneurs locate and take over businesses without succession plans

October 29, 2021 • by I by IMD in Leadership • 4 min read

How EMBA alumni are assisting a fellow alumna in achieving her aim of buying and running an existing company....

Have you fallen into one of these ESG risk traps?

October 28, 2021 • by Knut Haanaes, Paul Strebel in Leadership • 3 min read

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....