INSEAD
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How to Lead Strategic Change Without Inciting a Mutiny
Strategic change is in the works, pressure to meet targets is mounting and there are rumblings in the ranks. As CEO how do you maintain your leadership role and avoid a mutiny?
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The Importance of Doing Nothing
By giving the brain 'downtime' we can improve mental health and allow ideas to incubate.
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The Danger of Siloed Social Media
Many companies treat social media as a separate entity to their branding and marketing channels. Those able to integrate it with their brand and marketing strategy are the standouts
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Forgiveness as a Business Tool
Forgiveness can make us a better person but does it make a better leader? An eye for an eye for an eye for an eye…ends in making everyone blind. (Mahatma Gandhi)
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Overcoming Challenges of Personal Change
Leaders have to learn and practice new leadership behaviours to overcome some of the habits that are limiting their current or future effectiveness
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Breaking Bad Leadership Habits
Leaders have to learn and practice new management techniques to overcome the habits that could be holding them back. In two articles, I examine the obstacles, and later, the factors that can help senior executives overcome them
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The 'People' Part of Successful Strategy Implementation
Most strategies fail to be implemented correctly. The companies that succeed are those which concentrate on creating strategy which has people and implementation at its heart rather than having annual planning exercises masquerading as strategy
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What Could Have Saved Nokia, and What Can Other Companies Learn?
Nokia lost the smartphone battle despite having half of the global market share in 2007. Some argue that it was down to software, others that it was complacency. We argue that collective emotions within the company were a big part of the story
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The Dark Side of Online Discounts
Companies can profit handsomely from online daily discounts but intermediaries often have conflicting objectives that need to be managed
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INSEAD's Global Thought Leaders: Morten Hansen
Achieving leadership greatness means leveraging luck and navigating between extremes, says INSEAD Professor of Entrepreneurship Morten Hansen in an interview with INSEAD Knowledge. The transcript is below
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Inclusive Leadership: Unlocking Diverse Talent
Gender diversity can be a polarising topic in big companies. Swiss Re holds some important lessons on how to foster a diverse environment with flexibility and inclusiveness for everyone