Talent
How to build judgment when AI does the work
If entry-level roles no longer train graduates through routine tasks, companies will need new ways to develop the next generation of leaders
May 5, 2026
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Progression and Talent
Building the talent pipeline for future success.
To thrive in a fast-changing world, organizations need a resilient, agile leadership pipeline with the skills and mindset to innovate, execute, and compete. Drawing on IMD experts, industry practitioners, and global thought leaders, we explore how to accelerate learning and development to meet current and emerging needs, attract and retain top talent, and equip leaders with the skills to drive future success.Featured Publication:
Unlock your winning potential
The human potential issue
Potential is realized or wasted. How can we fulfil our own potential? Can organizations create winning environments for all talent? In Issue 15 of I by IMD, our diverse cast of experts offers ways to unlock potential in turbulent times.
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Talent
Tap into the talent of the ‘high potentials’ aged 50 and above
Organizations should stop using rigid assessments, embrace ‘messy’ human talent, and harness the talent of multigenerational teams, argue Robert Hooijberg and Tania Lennon. Here, they explore ways to make the most of the wisdom and experience of older workers
April 27, 2026
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Talent
Managing the four tribes for successful transformations
Most transformations fail because leaders treat employees as one group – when in fact they belong to four distinct tribes that each demand a different approach.
April 24, 2026
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Leadership
HubSpot CPO outlines the three essential skills for future leaders
HubSpot CPO Helen Russell says future-ready leaders must upskill for AI, stay close to operations, think like founders, and build trusted hybrid teams.
April 24, 2026
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Leadership
Think your feedback is effective? Ipsen’s new AI tool will let you know
Global biopharmaceutical group Ipsen is using AI to help leaders sharpen how they give feedback – transforming a learnable skill into a consistently practiced, organization-wide capability.
April 23, 2026
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Talent
Taking people to the next level: CHRO priorities
HR leaders identify four priorities to get businesses through further digital disruption and geopolitical turmoil.
April 13, 2026
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Brain Circuits:
Brain Circuits
How to be a good mentor
Learn how great mentors listen, ask better questions, and guide growth—helping mentees gain clarity, confidence, and take meaningful next steps
April 28, 2026
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Brain Circuits
Is your workforce strategy skills-powered?
A skills-first approach is emerging as the future of workforce strategy. Jeff Schwartz and Mike Worthington identify the key questions to consider and explain how it’s done.
April 2, 2026
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Brain Circuits
Competitive identity: Your hidden lever in a transition
Considering a career transition? Begin by identifying your unique values and strengths. Sophi Hazi and Arturo Pasquel guide you through the process.
March 26, 2026
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Brain Circuits
Checklist: Are you responding to changing workplace demographics?
As workforces age, organizations must confront a critical question: how will extended lifespans reshape leadership, organizational strategy, and the very concept of a career? Anna Erat identifies four focus areas to sustain performance, preserve brain capital, and create meaningful career pathways.
March 19, 2026
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Brain Circuits
Are your leaders ambidextrous?
Non-linear career paths that deviate from the functional norm in some way can produce leaders who deliver more impact. Consult the checklist to see whether you are promoting people with more diverse experience and greater exposure to different roles and functions, and check out the tips on developing ambidexterity.
March 10, 2026
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Brain Circuits
Do you know the ABC of Gen Z?
Assumptions about digital natives in the workplace often prevent leaders from building more meaningful connections.
March 3, 2026
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Coaching Corner:
Coaching
Balancing empathy with authority: Setting boundaries doesn’t make you an unethical leader
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
April 2, 2026
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Career path
Why you need to agree to disagree
Elizabeth faces a career crossroads and works with a coach to clarify her ambitions, negotiate her future, and harness the power of constructive disagreement
February 20, 2026
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Conflict
Embracing conflict, the catalyst for renewal
David learns to see conflict not as an end, but as a cycle of renewal – embracing tension, repair, and trust to transform his work relationships
January 30, 2026
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Burnout buster
Slow down! Why doing too much is not helping you or your team
Striving to be a superhero has backfired professionally and personally for ambitious Frances. It’s time to ease her foot off the gas, says Qi Zhang
January 30, 2026
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Executive coaching
Stuck in the safety zone? Here’s how to break free
Hard-working Francine is good at what she does, but risk-averse. By exploring what’s holding her back, she learns to drive herself and her organization to greater heights.
October 31, 2025
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feedback
How to respond positively to painful feedback
Here are four ways to emerge unscathed and even empowered from difficult performance reviews.
July 24, 2025
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Book
Rewriting Your Leadership Code
How your childhood made you the leader you are, and what you can do about it