Leadership

En 2021, comment devenir indispensable et gagner en pouvoir et influence

Florian de Peyrebrune

[How you can become indispensable and gain in power and influence in 2021] Understanding others’ needs to find solutions, and thus gain in influence. 

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Purpose: Shifting from why to how

Advice on how to ensure that a company’s purpose effectively inspires its employees’ actions, despite the urgencies and priorities of daily life.

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Purpose, not platitudes: A personal challenge for top executives

Arne Gast, Nina Probst, Bruce Simpson

How can a leader bring their company’s purpose to the surface? The authors of this article suggest four areas for reflection. What do the employees think? What does the leader feel deep down? What matters for the future? What do the other actors of civil society think?

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The 3 Challenges Every New CEO Faces

Neal H. Kissel, Patrick Foley

The learnings from interviews with around twenty leaders, which aim to identify the challenges to anticipate when reaching a general manager’s position.

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Pourquoi le travail passera, dans le futur, par de nouvelles formes de gouvernance

Luc Bretones

[Why work will go through new forms of governance in the future] A presentation of two “liberated” company models: holacracy and sociocracy, with short testimonials by business executives that have adopted them.

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A Simple Way to Get Your Leadership Team Aligned on Strategy

Scott D. Anthony, Bernard C. Kümmerli

The causes of disagreements between members of leadership teams are not always expressed. Sharing them openly allows them to be dealt with more effectively and trust to be restored.

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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Yiwei Fang, Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan

A striking analysis: leaders whose networks comprise of people with varied trajectories and diverse origins create more value for their company.

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Leadership Practices That Drive Results

William Craig

Combining results orientation with relational qualities: they key to success of the highest performing leaders.

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Don’t Underestimate the Power of Women Supporting Each Other at Work

Anne Welsh McNulty

The impact of mutual help on women’s career evolutions.

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Playing Office Politics Without Selling Your Soul

Robert B. Kaiser, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Derek Lusk

Company politics suffer from bad press. Yet, it is quite possible to reconcile political sense and integrity.

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