Posts by Jordi Diaz
Leading business schools through a global crisis: navigating the unpredictable
By Anna Jirova, Coordinator of the Executive Academy and the Online Executive Academy, EFMD Global Network and Jordi Diaz, Associate dean at EADA Business School and the Director of the EFMD Executive Academy “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt The global pandemic changed the reality of business education…
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Leadership is a concept in perpetual evolution, a mobile target. Being adaptable is, therefore, crucial to effectively navigate the ever-changing political, economic, and cultural contexts. Even though people in leading positions are often well prepared and endowed for the required level of adaptability, the last couple of months have taken the demands on our leaders…
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Addressing the professional development gap for future Business School leaders For a few years, with my colleagues in the industry, we have been discussing the gap in professional development for future leaders in business education. We came to the following conclusion: educational programmes for Deans, professors and even for researchers existed, yet there was no…
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