Geopolitics
What competitiveness requires now
How can leaders stay competitive amid geopolitical uncertainty? David Bach explores resilience, AI, energy security, trust and European reform
July 24, 2026
Leadership
Coaching Corner
In this series, we share real-world, practical coaching scenarios. Read on to discover the specific challenges highlighted in the cases and the insights that could help you navigate and find solutions to your own multifaceted challenges. How might these insights and questions apply to you?Â
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
You have the data. So why is inclusion lagging?
If your metrics don’t distinguish between the “D” and the “I” in DE&I, your efforts to become more inclusive will likely fail. Here’s how to use your existing data to get inclusion right.
July 24, 2026
Brain Circuits
Why are bad habits hard to break, and what can I do about it?
Habits form in the basal ganglia and can resist effort – discover substitution strategies that replace old routines with productive ones at work.
July 23, 2026
CFO Horizons
Why “business partnering” is no longer enough for CFOs
Explore the evolving role of CFOs as strategic enablers, emphasizing value-driven decisions and advanced finance strategies for modern organizations.
July 23, 2026
Talent
Most corporate events fail. Here’s why
How to plan an event your employees won’t stop talking about and what the Wings for Life World Run teaches us about organizational culture.
July 22, 2026
Leadership
The great reversal: How to survive in the China pressure cooker
Homegrown brands are overtaking once prestigious multinationals in China. Winter Nie, Yunfei Feng, and Marco Gadola offer three pathways for global players to respond.
July 21, 2026
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The coaching journey
Leaders are human beings. As a leader of other human beings, you face complex and intricate challenges every day. At times, pinpointing and articulating these challenges can be difficult. However, until you can thoroughly address and resolve them, they have the potential to hinder your personal growth and your team’s success. This is where expert coaching can come in.
Identifying and asking the right questions and deploying the best approaches for you, together we can unlock learning—and solutions that work for you.
Coaching empowers you to:
- - Clarify your goals and objectives
- - Articulate your emotions
- - Build deep self-awareness and understanding
- - Deploy new and more effective behaviors
- - Build and enact your own concrete and long-term solutions.
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