Europe’s Strategic Compass: Time to act, not react
Europe must act as one to stay competitive and secure. Unity, ambition, and strategic alignment are no longer optional—they're the path to leadership....
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The rules of global business are being rewritten. Leadership must evolve to keep pace
The forces reshaping global business demand more than strategy. They require leaders who can interpret uncertainty, adapt at speed, and bring coherence to an increasingly unstable environment...
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How Mars CEO Poul Weihrauch is future- proofing the legacy of one of the world’s largest family-owned companies
Mars CEO Poul Weihrauch shares how family ownership enables long-term thinking, purpose-driven leadership, and sustainable growth across generations....
Not fast, but lasting: a healthcare leader’s approach to sustainable transformation
Driving change in a system where progress can be slow and regulation is tight isn’t easy. But for Núria Ibáñez-García, sustainable transformation starts with steady influence, applied from within. ...
Circular leadership: Ilaria Resta’s vision for Audemars Piguet
Audemars Piguet CEO Ilaria Resta is placing circular leadership at the heart of her transformation strategy – bringing a bold, human-centered approach to one of Switzerland’s most storied watch brands, blending tradition...
Rethinking the default: how ‘Lifepreneurs’ are reshaping business and society
Women’s financial security, career progression, and personal safety have long been shaped by systems that overlook their realities. 'Lifepreneurs' – entrepreneurs who innovate from lived experience – are challenging these defaults....
Beyond grants: how financial innovation is reshaping humanitarian aid
As governments and foundations struggle to bridge a $42 billion aid gap, could new funding models provide answers to global humanitarian crises? A new report, Humanitarian Impact Finance: Instruments & Approaches, sheds...
Henkel’s Carsten Knobel: A CEO who sticks to his strategy
February 27, 2024 in Purpose • 9 min read • 
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Henkel CEO Carsten Knobel tells IMD President Jean-François Manzoni why he has remained laser focused on implementing its purposeful growth agenda and why the company decided to exit Russia....
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