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Global Business
Change Management
The new rules of safety: Ask the RIGHT questions!
In that article I explained that modern safety leaders need more than just technical skills to survive in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex & Ambiguous) world. Adaptability to change, the ability to tolerate adversity, make decisions quickly (and well!), and have an entrepreneurial spirit – essentially by finding opportunities to add value – …
The new rules of safety: Ask the RIGHT questions!
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In that article I explained that modern safety leaders need more than just technical skills to survive in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex & Ambiguous) world. Adaptability to change, the ability to tolerate adversity, make decisions quickly (and well!), and have an entrepreneurial spirit – essentially by finding opportunities to add value – …
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Leadership
Family Business
In business as in life, relationships matter – especially when family is involved
IMD’s Peter Vogel outlines three lessons that non-family leaders can learn from the Sika takeover battle.
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Strategy
Innovation
Europe and Africa need an open dialogue to tackle global issues together
Africa’s entrepreneurial attitude towards innovation and citizen-centric solutions could help provide new answers to global issues that Europe also faces. What needs to happen is a meaningful eye-to-eye dialogue between the two continents.
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Leadership
Diversity and Equity and Inclusion
How to protect yourself as a female CEO
Female CEOs facing the ‘glass cliff’ must navigate challenges strategically – assess, negotiate, and persist for lasting leadership success.
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Finance
Digital
Bitcoin’s comeback: Does the crypto bull market have further to run?
As the bellwether digital coin reaches a record high of $69,000, why a spring event known as “the halving” is expected to propel prices higher still in the broader crypto universe.
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Coaching
Leadership
Leading through a personal crisis
Faced with a breast cancer diagnosis, Cameron looks to executive coaching to help her reflect on the career and leadership impact
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Finance
Artificial Intelligence
How AI can undermine financial stability
As AI is increasingly used in the financial system, it exacerbates existing sources of instability and creates new ones. What we should be worried about, say Jon Danielsson and Andreas Uthemann, is the interaction between the technology and the sources of instability.
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Leadership
Diversity and Equity and Inclusion
Breaking barriers: Women leading the charge in traditionally male industries [Video]
Through the lenses of global corporations, small businesses, and academia, we delve into the progress made by integrating more women into these sectors – and identify areas needing further improvement.
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Finance
Digital
Riding the waves: Navigating the digital landscape in financial services
How ready is the financial services industry to benefit from digital disruption? Findings from the Global Center for Digital Business Transformation’s Digital Vortex survey.
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Technology Management
Innovation
If it ain’t broke, fix it: How a unicorn transformed itself to stay at the top
German data processing company Celonis might have reached unicorn status in 2018, but its founders knew they could not afford to stop innovating. What made them overhaul an already-successful business strategy?
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Leadership
Building a generation of “servant leaders” in Africa
A new generation of African leaders must challenge the traditional paradigms of leadership to drive positive social change, says Judy Sikuza, CEO of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation and recipient of the Jebsen Family Scholars Program for Non-Profit Executives scholarship.
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Leadership
Diversity and Equity and Inclusion
The rules of executive presence are shifting in a way that benefits women
A decade of change has led to a marked shift in the perception of what it takes to be a leader. Inclusiveness, authenticity, and the ability to ‘listen and learn’ are now among the most desirable attributes. This is good news for women, argues Ginka Toegel.
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Leadership
Geopolitics
Where business and policy meet: Managing geopolitical tensions
Business leaders need to respond more proactively to geopolitical tensions, while policymakers need to rethink their approach, argues IMD’s Simon Evenett.
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Family Business
Leadership
Change Management
La scelta del Ceo, dilemma per le imprese familiari
Recent years have been marked by the passing of great Italian family entrepreneurs, such as Silvio Berlusconi, Leonardo Del Vecchio and Roberto Colaninno to name a few. These events have given additional prominence to the topic of generational succession, generating debates on issues such as inheritance, its taxation, and best practices for a su…
La scelta del Ceo, dilemma per le imprese familiari
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Recent years have been marked by the passing of great Italian family entrepreneurs, such as Silvio Berlusconi, Leonardo Del Vecchio and Roberto Colaninno to name a few. These events have given additional prominence to the topic of generational succession, generating debates on issues such as inheritance, its taxation, and best practices for a su…
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Finance
Diversity and Equity and Inclusion
Gender lens investing cuts risk and boosts returns
340 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty by 2030 unless investors shift more capital to the gender lens market. It’s time for asset managers to wake up to the opportunities presented by gender equality