Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Progressing on Sustainability within your Institution: Leading Transformation Part One
EFMD Professional Development offers a ten-day-long programme focusing on two aspects of business school transformation essentials: digitalisation and sustainability With all that requires our attention these days, sustainability may not seem like such an urgent matter in comparison. The topic of sustainability has been present in the management education scene for quite some time, and…
Read MoreWhy some managers treat employees fairly while others don’t
Professor Marius van Dijke of Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University, tells Stephanie Mullins, Associate Director of BlueSky Education, about leaders who value fairness and why it’s so beneficial. Here are his thoughts: In a perfect world, this article wouldn’t exist. All managers would act fairly to all employees, and that would be that. But…
Read More2021 EFMD Conference for Deans & Directors General
Martin Boehm, Dean, IE Business School and the Chair of the 2021 EFMD Deans & Directors General, highlights the key takeaways from the event. The fact that the EFMD Deans and Directors General conference took place online for the first time is indicative of how dramatically the Covid-19 pandemic has changed our lives in the…
Read MoreBrexit: strategic changes to ensure economic renewal
As the Brexit agreement becomes a reality, this major shift will impact multiple economic activities in key sectors. In response to this, organisations and governments must implement mid to long-term strategies to relocate economic activities while the Brexit agreement is being finalised. Grégory Vanel, Professor in International Economics at Grenoble Ecole de Management, shares his…
Read MoreFinding balance: 2021 EFMD Conference for Deans & Directors General
Prof. Eric Cornuel, President of EFMD Global, welcomed the attendees of the EFMD’s first online Deans Conference and developed on the theme of finding balance – in business, society and individual lives. The theme of the 2021 EFMD Conference for Deans & Directors General, hosted in partnership with the IE Business School, was finding balance…
Read MoreClosing remarks from the 2020 EFMD Global Americas Conference
Closing remarks from the 2020 EFMD Global Americas Annual Conference that took place online 7-9 December by Viviane Barreto, Associate Dean for Global Strategy, Fundação Dom Cabral, Conference Chair
Read MoreAalto – a rock in the COVID-19 storm
Is Aalto University School of Business one of the world’s most stable business schools amid crisis? Its Dean, Professor Timo Korkeamäki, discusses the school and its future with Stephanie Mullins, Associate Director at specialist business education PR consultancy, BlueSky Education. “When the pandemic hit in Finland, we pretty much closed our premises in mid-March and stayed closed…
Read MoreIs leadership rising to the occasion?
Prof. Eric Cornuel, President of EFMD Global reflects on the leadership challenges in the increasingly complex global environment. This text was adapted from Eric’s opening salvos at the 12th Global Peter Drucker Forum on 29 October 2020. Looking to the past, from ancient Egypt to China, or from Aristotle to Saint Thomas Aquinas, it is clear…
Read MoreGlobal Leaders Gather Two Days After U.S. Election to Discuss Leading at the Edge
The 22nd ILA annual virtual conference 5-9 November is a crossroads of global leadership professionals from different disciplines and sectors – all working to advance leadership knowledge and practice for a better world. Leadership experts from around the world will gather live and online 5 – 9 November for the International Leadership Association’s (ILA’s) virtual…
Read MoreBusiness schools have a responsibility to instigate change, states MIP Dean Federico Frattini
Stephanie Mullins, Associate Director at specialist business education PR consultancy, BlueSky Education, spoke with Federico Frattini, Dean of MIP Politecnico di Milano in Milan, about the business schools recent ‘B Corp Certification’ – a prestigious recognition awarded to companies for their commitment to building a more inclusive society and continued sustainable development. “Business schools must increasingly…
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