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Strategy lives in the tensions that leadership teams must learn to steward
Strategy Lives in the Tensions that Leadership Teams must Learn to Steward
Seco Tools partnered with Hult Ashridge Executive Education to build the organisational capacity needed for sustained transformation. Rather than treating...
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Rioinspire: building a global pipeline of first nations talent
RioInspire: Building a Global Pipeline of First Nations Talent
RioInspire is Rio Tinto’s global First Nations talent development programme, co-designed with AGSM @ UNSW Business School to accelerate Indigenous...
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From project to enterprise leader: how novo nordisk rebuilt its development organisation’s leadership model
From Project to Enterprise Leader: How Novo Nordisk Rebuilt its Development Organisation’s Leadership Model
Novo Nordisk’s success with its blockbuster molecules Ozempic and Wegovy transformed the organisation’s operating model. Whereas before it was tightly...
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How sanofi moved ai from strategy to everyday leadership
How Sanofi Moved AI from Strategy to Everyday Leadership
Sanofi turned an ambitious vision, to become the first biopharma company powered by AI at scale, into a leadership-driven transformation....
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Re-imagine tiger: creating a pipeline of strategic leadership and cultural change
Re-Imagine Tiger: Creating a pipeline of strategic leadership and cultural change
Tiger Brands understood that to succeed in a highly regulated and cost-sensitive fast-moving consumer goods sector, it needed more than...
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Supercharging prosperity through connectivity
Supercharging Prosperity Through Connectivity
Helios Towers partnered with Cranfield to make leadership development a core enabler of its pan-African growth strategy. As rapid expansion...
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Standard bank retail executive programme: a journey of discovery, innovation & growth
Standard Bank Retail Executive Programme: A Journey of Discovery, Innovation & Growth
Standard Bank’s Retail Executive Programme, developed with GIBS, prepares junior to mid-level retail banking executives to lead in a rapidly...
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When learning becomes a growth engine
When Learning Becomes a Growth Engine
Tech Mahindra partnered with INSEAD Executive Education to create Velocity, a customised leadership and commercial acceleration programme designed to strengthen...
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The demographic reality business schools are ignoring
The Demographic Reality Business Schools are Ignoring
Society’s demographic shape is quietly shifting from bell-shaped to a light bulb, yet business schools have barely noticed. Dan Pontefract...
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The self-knowledge course: a pedagogical model for student leadership development
The Self-Knowledge Course: A Pedagogical Model for Student Leadership Development
How should leadership be taught in a context where artificial intelligence can generate, organise, and analyse information instantly? This article...
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Educating for hope, resilience and agency in a time of uncertainty
Educating for Hope, Resilience and Agency in a Time of Uncertainty
Today’s students are stuck between fake social media success stories and tough realities like high living costs and climate change....
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Why leadership remains a social process as ai reshapes work
Why Leadership Remains a Social Process as AI Reshapes Work
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the conditions in which leadership is practised, yet it cannot replicate the fundamentally human dimensions...
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Why business schools must teach lucidity in an age of acceleration
Why Business Schools Must Teach Lucidity in an Age of Acceleration
As AI accelerates decisions, the new risk for organisations is not simply moving too fast, but seeing too little. Dashboards...
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2026 annual research issue introduction: an editorial overview
2026 Annual Research Issue Introduction: An Editorial Overview
Download PDF Editorial Overview to the Special Issue on Addressing Health and Wellbeing Issues in the Contemporary Business School The...
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Sustaining collegial relations and staff wellbeing: collegiality and ‘local leadership’ in contemporary business schools
Sustaining Collegial Relations and Staff Wellbeing: Collegiality and ‘Local Leadership’ in Contemporary Business Schools
This paper explores the concept of collegiality through a case study of a UK business school, offering a valuable example...
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Managerial pathologies: barriers to academic culture, collegiality and leadership
Managerial Pathologies: Barriers to Academic Culture, Collegiality and Leadership
This article explores the role of administrative bloat as a counterweight to positive culture and collegiality in business schools. The...
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Addressing wellbeing in the african context: culture and leadership in esca, morocco
Addressing Wellbeing in the African Context: Culture and Leadership in ESCA, Morocco
This article examines the importance of promoting employees’ wellbeing in African higher education institutions, where faculty and staff face particularly challenging...
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Clarity and contradiction in care: cultivating wellness in business schools
Clarity and Contradiction in Care: Cultivating Wellness in Business Schools
Business schools and their deans have been widely critiqued as embodying neoliberal logics of efficiency, performativity, and marketisation, raising questions...
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Targeting impactful cultural shifts at the university level: insights about building the people and cultural agenda at the university of exeter and its business school
Targeting Impactful Cultural Shifts at the University Level: Insights About Building the People and Cultural Agenda at the University of Exeter and its Business School
Professor Rajani Naidoo is a leading and widely cited scholar in higher education management and the social sciences, with a...
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Closing the credibility gap: leadership, governance and the realities of edi and wellbeing in uk business schools
Closing the Credibility Gap: Leadership, Governance and the Realities of EDI and Wellbeing in UK Business Schools
UK business schools present equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and staff wellbeing as strategic priorities, yet academics often face escalating...
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Postscript: success and failure of workplace wellbeing initiatives
Postscript: Success and Failure of Workplace Wellbeing Initiatives
The papers in this volume represent the continued emergence of an international learning community centred on health and wellbeing in...
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Why narrative leadership is the future of management
Why Narrative Leadership Is the Future of Management
As AI multiplies data and noise, leaders must provide meaning. Jyoti Guptara introduces ‘narrative leadership’ as the next evolution in...
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Eclectic leadership: rethinking how we prepare leaders for a pluralistic world
Eclectic Leadership: Rethinking How We Prepare Leaders for a Pluralistic World
This article argues that leadership education is at a critical inflexion point, as traditional Western frameworks no longer prepare leaders...
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The respect dividend: why business education must lead with humanity
The Respect Dividend: Why Business Education Must Lead with Humanity
In this article, Hall-of-Fame speaker Mike Domitrz explores why the future of leadership depends not only on technical expertise or...
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Business beyond boundaries: fusing art, leadership, and responsibility
Business Beyond Boundaries: Fusing Art, Leadership, and Responsibility
Mannheim Business School’s Honours Program presents an innovative approach to leadership education by integrating art, experiential learning, and social responsibility...
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The power of us: how axpo transformed leadership from the top
The Power of US: How Axpo Transformed Leadership from the Top
Axpo, Switzerland’s largest energy company, partnered with the University of St. Gallen to drive a deep transformation in leadership and...
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Inside natwest group’s ‘experimentation’ mindset
Inside NatWest Group’s ‘Experimentation’ Mindset
As NatWest shifted its strategy to focus increasingly on growth in 2022, its ExCo were in consensus that they would...
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Leadership at the frontline: how school principal development transforms schools
Leadership at the Frontline: How School Principal Development Transforms Schools
In Cape Town’s Lavender Hill, the School Principals Management Development Programme (PMDP) is transforming public schools facing poverty and gang...
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Empowering tomorrow’s leaders: a focus on early career talent development
Empowering Tomorrow’s Leaders: A Focus on Early Career Talent Development
The Tata Group’s Blue Mint Programme, delivered with London Business School, is redefining early career leadership in India’s rapidly changing...
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Building resilient leaders in a time of crisis: the case of credit agricole ukraine and krok business school
Building Resilient Leaders in a Time of Crisis: The Case of Credit Agricole Ukraine and KROK Business School
Amid the war in Ukraine, Credit Agricole and KROK Business School launched the 2024 Managerial School, a bold leadership programme...
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