If someone is outstanding at their job, we tend to say that he or she is a born leader: Apple’s Steve Jobs was one of them. But does being a “born” leader also automatically make you a good boss? Barbara Barkhausen has spoken to Professor Birkinshaw about what it takes to become a better boss and “win the game of business”. ...
11 leadership lessons from Alexander the Great |
How has the notion of leadership changed over the years? Not a lot, says Manfred Kets de Vries, Professor of Leadership Development and Organisational Change at international...
Train your brain! |
Scientists at the Center for Brain Health at the University of Texas in Dallas want us to dispense with two myths: Our inherent brain capacity is fixed and cognitive decline with...
The best books to advance your career |
The management consultants from Strategy& (formerly known as Booz & Company) have done the hard work and have actually read this year’s relevant business books in several...
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Young women must start to see themselves as leaders |
“More than 75 per cent of CEOs include gender equality in their top ten business priorities, but gender outcomes across the largest companies are not changing. Our research...
Insead research: How business can deal with populist pressure |
The rise of populism has changed the game for multinationals, writes Quy Huy (picture). According to the Insead Professor of Strategic Management the pendulum of power has swung...
20 questions for leaders |
What the hell is leadership? How can I work here and still be me? How do we win? What will help us to make smarter decisions? Strategy & Business collected 20 questions any leader...
More harassment because of Trump? |
Sexual harassment became a key issue in the U.S. presidential election, with allegations surfacing over President Donald Trump’s past treatment of women, including a leaked...
How to boost innovation |
Sustainable innovation doesn’t necessarily need a lot of investment. As Elisa Operti (photo), Professor of Management at ESSEC Business School, found, companies can benefit just by...
Neuroscience and leadership: How to make better decisions |
Putting the latest results of neuroscience into practice can help people develop the habit of better decision-making, even in difficult and uncertain circumstances, argues Strategy...
Do we need consensus-oriented leaders or benevolent dictators? |
What’s best: dictatorial top-down leadership or empowering from the bottom-up? That is the wrong question, says Julian Birkinshaw, professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship,...
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