Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Aviva Investors CEO Mark Versey to chair King’s Business School Advisory Council
King’s Business School has appointed Mark Versey, the Chief Executive Officer of Aviva Investors, to chair its Advisory Council. Mark will take up the role in May, succeeding Warwick Hunt MNZN, who has served as the King’s Business School Advisory Council Chair since 2019. Mark is the current CEO of Aviva Investors and a member…
Read MoreWhy leaders fail and what it teaches us about leadership
The Economist recently offered three pieces of advice for anyone considering writing a best-selling leadership book: make good leadership sound unrealistically easy, focus on an uncontested topic and pick a short and catchy title. In my book, Why Leaders Fail and What It Teaches Us About Leadership, I decided to do none of these things.…
Read MoreEngage for the Future: NEOMA Business School unveils 2023-2027 strategic plan
NEOMA Business School has unveiled its new 2023-2027 strategic plan, “Engage for the Future”, bolstered by a 40% growth in budget and a 250% increase in the number of programme applicants over the last five years. The school’s network of international partners has grown by 400 organisations and institutions. “We are proud of several major…
Read MoreDiscussing the positive impact of education with EHL Hospitality Business School’s Ines Blal
Exploring proud moments and challenging situations, Dr Ines Blal, the Executive Dean and Managing Director of EHL Hospitality Business School, sits down to discuss further with Stephanie Mullins, Director of specialist business education PR consultancy BlueSky Education. Dr Blal’s research and consulting often focuses on the financing possibilities for small and medium hotels, and the…
Read MoreOpportunities for business schools to give back to local communities
To help disadvantaged school students continue in education, Bénédicte Dulaquais, Deputy General Manager of NEOMA Business School’s Operations Department, takes a closer look at the school’s impressive initiative. Here are her words: Established in 2008, the Cordées de la Réussite aims to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds in France, helping them pursue their studies in…
Read MoreThe IMPM at 25: Celebrating the five mindsets of business leadership
Founded by McGill University Professor and world-renowned management guru Henry Mintzberg, the International Masters Program for Managers (IMPM) goes beyond the typical MBA or EMBA. The programme offers a global business education which focuses on developing attitude as much as aptitude, with partners in Brazil, Canada, India, Japan and the UK. Celebrating its 25th anniversary…
Read MoreHow to win the war and live further: Advice from the world’s leading intellectuals
This article is by Tymofii Brik, Assistant professor at Kyiv School of Economics (KSE). During public lectures at Kyiv School of Economics, my colleagues Tymofiy Mylovanov and Ivan Gomza and I spoke with Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Paul Krugman, Daniel Kahneman and other world’s leading intellectuals about Ukraine and the war. Why did we decide to arrange…
Read MoreBuilding trust in supervisory relationships
Supervisory relationships are powerful. Research supervisors and doctoral candidates become entwined in a professional relationships based, if they are lucky, on a shared passion for a topic and a desire to push the boundaries of what is known in their field. To work well, they need to trust each other, to produce work, to receive…
Read MoreDurham University Business School announces new Interim Executive Dean and bids farewell to Professor Susan Hart
Durham University Business School has appointed Professor Kieran Fernandes to the position of Interim Executive Dean, following the retirement of Professor Susan Hart last week. Professor Susan Hart became the Executive Dean of Durham University Business School in 2016, following on from her role as Executive Dean at Strathclyde Business School – a position she…
Read MoreRedefining the (im)possible at the 2022 Deans & Directors Conference
Marion Debruyne, Dean of Vlerick Business School and 2022 EFMD Deans & Directors Conference Chair, shares her thoughts on the conference and redefining the (im)possible. The theme of this year’s EFMD Dean & Directors conference was “redefine the (im)possible”. A theme that surely resonated with a lot of deans attending the conference. Because redefining the…
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