Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Leadership in Times of Crisis
International Leadership Association (ILA) has created a blog series on “Leadership for the Greater Good: Reflections on the 2020 Pandemic”. ILA invited well-known and respected thought leaders from around the world to share their leadership knowledge, wisdom, and viewpoint to inform and inspire us as we continue our collective work. Read the first reflection, by Keith…
Read MoreKnowledge Into Action Forum
The Academy of Business in Society is organizing a flagship event Knowledge Into Action Forum on this year’s theme: “Towards a Circular Economy in Business Practice and Education” in an online format to bring ABIS’ business-academic network together in a virtual experience to discuss Circular Economy issues. The circular economy vision has been gaining more…
Read MoreCOVID-19, 5G and Educators
Over the past weeks, I have been reflecting on my next theme for this blog. The last one, months ago, suddenly became obsolete since it was written in the pre-COVID era, and the world is no longer the same! Like so many, I have been dedicating a great deal of time to taking in the…
Read MoreManagement Education in a Disrupted World
John North, the Executive Director of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI), observes how our current global reality calls for courageous academic leadership for dealing with immediate priorities as well as future change. Perhaps we can learn from our colleagues in the frontline of healthcare and consider what “triage” within our own context makes the…
Read MoreThe experts at Grenoble École de Management foresee major changes
Grenoble Ecole de Management publishes a weekly issue with opinions from GEM’s experts on the evolutions they foresee from the Covid-19 crisis in the areas of education, technology, health, energy, and the economy. See the original article here written by Laura Leick. In just a few days, coronavirus has affected the lives of people all…
Read MoreIntellectuals of the World, Please Unite
Johan S. Roos, Chief Academic Officer of HULT & co-inventor of LEGO Serious Play, makes a call on academia and intellectuals to engage in public debate, and help policymakers & company leaders make informed decisions rather than imposing singular quick fixes. The Covid-19 pandemic is testing every thread in the fabric of humanity – our…
Read MoreHow to effectively work from home
Are you feeling lost working from home? Read tips and tricks shared by Dan Pontefract in his Remote Leadership Toolkit and The Basics of Working from Home Toolkit. Dan is the CEO and Founder of the Pontefract Group, and he is also an author, speaker, thinker, leadership strategist, and a poet. Dan is not only an…
Read MoreEdtech in business schools and how to promote it
The business education sector is a hub for innovation, but how can schools best share their progress? Account Director Stephanie Mullins, from specialist business education PR consultancy BlueSky Education, shares her thoughts. Across the globe, business schools have been introducing technology into their programmes in order to meet the educational needs of students, destined for an…
Read MoreUpskilling and Empowering HR Professionals: the Need of the Hour
Globalisation, technical advances, and new-age employees – a lot has changed over the past few decades. And with these changes, the roles of HR professionals have also changed. HRs are now looked upon as business partners that understand the organisational goals and drive growth. But to expect HRs to drive growth and upskill other employees,…
Read MoreAuthentic political leadership: A contradiction in terms or in the eye of the beholder?
Surrendering to Brexit! Even whilst we are still in its midst, it is already a cliché to write about Brexit – particularly in connection with issues of political leadership. Nonetheless, the ubiquity of the subject on our TVs and radios, in newspapers and on social media, make it hard to avoid. In the UK, it has…
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