Why leaders fail and what it teaches us about leadership

why 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.…

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Discussing the positive impact of education with EHL Hospitality Business School’s Ines Blal

EHL Hospitality Business School

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…

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Opportunities for business schools to give back to local communities

Opportunities 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…

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The IMPM at 25: Celebrating the five mindsets of business leadership

Ron Duerksen

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…

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Building trust in supervisory relationships

supervisory relationship

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…

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Durham 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…

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Redefining the (im)possible at the 2022 Deans & Directors Conference

redefine the (im)possible

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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