Leadership

2018 Excellence in Practice Gold Award Winners

EFMD is delighted to announce the 2018 EFMD Excellence in Practice Gold Award Winners. Since 2007, the EFMD Excellence in Practice Awards (EiP) have recognised outstanding and impactful Learning & Development partnerships in the domains of Leadership, Professional, Talent, Organisational and Ecosystem Development. The 2018 Gold Award Winners in the following five categories are: Organisational Development Valmet &…
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Retaining public trust in universities in a post truth world

HUMANE Annual Conference Hosted by Malmö University June 15-16, 2018 The American political scientist, Francis Fukuyama famously wrote that public trust is the “currency of governance”. Without it, institutions bleed legitimacy and their credibility falters. We live in a world where those who promote alternative facts, fake news and advocate suspicion towards experts are eroding…
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The Business of Impact: Does Anyone Use Management Research?

Business schools have been criticised for decades for lacking relevance in their teaching and research. And for good reason in some cases. However new research shows that the disconnect is hardly their fault alone, and Simon Linacre argues that now is the time for business schools to lead the way for all social science research…
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2018 GMAC & EFMD Admissions Institute for New Professionals Europe

Partnering with EFMD for a third consecutive year, GMAC is delighted to be hosting the 2018 Admissions Institute for New Professionals programme at Warwick Business School’s London campus in the Shard from May 14-17, 2018. Would you like to become more effective in your Admissions practice? Gain perspective and understand the current graduate management education (GME) landscape? Answer ranking related…
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PSA Corporate University Re-accredited by CLIP

The Corporate Learning Improvement Process (CLIP) is a unique accreditation run by EFMD that focuses on identifying the key factors that determine quality in the design and functioning of corporate universities and learning organisations. We are delighted to announce that PSA Group has been successfully re-accredited by CLIP. “This reaccreditation represents the reward of Corporate University Team’s action and…
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Honorary President of EFMD and Former Heineken CEO Offers Lessons in Managing a Family Business

February 7, 2018. Shanghai – Outside talent tapped to manage family-owned businesses should never forget that the company belongs to the family, which they are there to serve. The trick is to find the balance between keeping owners happy and taking a stand, when needed, to protect the company’s long-term future. That was among the nuggets…
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