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Corporate Governance

Cutting-edge research with the goal of developing high-performing boards.

Established in 2010, the INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre (ICGC) has been actively engaged in making a distinctive contribution to the knowledge and practice of corporate governance. Its vision is to be the driving force in a vibrant intellectual community that contributes to academic and real-world impact in corporate governance globally. 

The ICGC harnesses faculty expertise across multiple disciplines to teach and research on the challenges of boards of directors in an international context. The centre also fosters global dialogue on governance issues, with the ultimate goal of developing high-performing boards. Through its educational portfolio and advocacy, the ICGC seeks to build greater trust among the public and stakeholder communities, so that the businesses of today become a strong force for good for the economy, society and the environment.

Cutting-edge research with the goal of developing high-performing boards.

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Leadership & Organisations

Winning the Game of Boardroom Chess

M. Jarrett, A. J. Yap, C. LeBaron

How subtle, seemingly innocuous actions can shift the balance of power in your favour.

Leadership & Organisations

OpenAI's Crisis Is Yet Another Wake-Up Call

T. Evgeniou, Y. Lechell, L. Van der Heyden

Effective governance can save AI doomers, accelerationists, altruists and techno-capitalists from themselves.

Leadership & Organisations

Ten Ways Boards Need to Transform

Annet Aris

How governance must pivot in the face of accelerating change.

Strategy

Shareholder Activism at What Price?

Philipp Meyer-Doyle

Financially driven campaigns waged by institutional investors against companies can lead to more workplace illness and injury.

Leadership & Organisations

How Leadership Shapes Sustainability Governance

Ron Soonieus

Amid regulatory and societal pressures to meet sustainability standards, strong personal leadership in the boardroom is needed to ensure competitive advantage and corporate longevity.

Strategy

The Importance of Strategic Minds

Y. Doz, K. Wilson

Directors and CEOs need to develop specific traits to effectively navigate strategic issues and help shape the future of companies.
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Leadership & Organisations

Governance in the Age of Technological Innovation

Geraldine Ee

With new technologies redefining the global business ecosystem, how can boards navigate these changes and reinvent their business models?

Entrepreneurship

What All Tech Start-Ups Need to Succeed

T. Evgeniou, L. Van der Heyden, Y. Lechelle

Governance exists to help tech entrepreneurs prevent value destruction from day one.

Entrepreneurship

The Power of Governance for Tech Start-Up Success

T. Evgeniou, L. Van der Heyden, Y. Lechelle

Lessons from a serial entrepreneur on why good governance is crucial for tech start-ups to succeed.

Responsibility

In Times of Chaos, Know Yourself

Marc Le Menestrel

Self-aware leaders see the beauty in chaos and look within to find meaningful solutions.

Strategy

Managing in an Unimaginable World

José Santos

Business leaders can leverage serendipity to help their companies deal with far-reaching market shocks.

Responsibility

Rising to the ESG Challenge: Towards Effective Governance

Geraldine Ee

Boards can drive the ESG agenda effectively by identifying what is material to their organisation and being willing to adapt along the way.

Leadership & Organisations

The X Factor in Crafting New CXO Roles Successfully

J. L. Alvarez, S. Svejenova

CXO roles have proliferated in recent decades, making it difficult for some title holders to find their footing in an ever-changing C-suite landscape.

Leadership & Organisations

What the World Can Learn From Nordic Boards

S. Shekshnia, S. B. Jensen, L. Engstam

Proactive, engaged and democratic, corporate boards in Nordic countries are well-placed to deal with today’s increasingly complex operating environments.

Responsibility

Climate Change Gets Up Close and Personal for Board Members

Ron Soonieus

Shell’s directors are the first to face legal action for mismanaging climate risk. Two new INSEAD reports offer advice to board members seeking to avoid the same fate.

Operations

‘Tech for Good’ Needs a ‘Good Tech’ Approach

T. Evgeniou, L. Van der Heyden

Responsible practices using tested processes must be the focus when creating new technology.

Leadership & Organisations

Senior Leaders As Chief Reframing Officers

Ben M. Bensaou

The important role of leaders in giving their employees the space and permission to get creative.
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Leadership & Organisations

AI: A World of New Opportunity and Risk

T. Evgeniou, K. Firth-Butterfield, A. Sarkar, C. Zimmerman

A new toolkit for C-suite execs on how to responsibly adopt artificial intelligence.
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Leadership & Organisations

How Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule Creates Potential for Real Change

F. Henderson, Z. Kinias, C. Zeisberger

The new rules requiring qualitative and quantitative disclosure about board diversity will better inform investors and (hopefully) spur further progress.
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Responsibility

Leading Climate Strategy From the Board

R. Soonieus, L. Besland, A. Breeden

Many boards fail to walk the talk when it comes to fighting climate change. Here are some straightforward solutions for directors.
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Responsibility

Using Corporate Social Initiatives to Build a Purpose-Driven Organisation

C. Bode, M. Rogan, J. Singh

An impact-driven intrapreneurial venture can be a useful stepping stone for changing a company’s DNA, but its unintended consequences need to be managed carefully.

Responsibility

The Sustainability Imperative for the Legal Profession

N. C. Smith, R. Soonieus

Lawyers should step up to help the world seize its “last best chance”.

Leadership & Organisations

Aligning Individual and Organisational Values

M. Guadalupe, Z. Kinias, F. Schloderer

How employees’ personal values fit within their organisation.
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Strategy

CEOs Who Play to Type Win the Market

Guoli Chen

An important CEO attribute that shapes firm strategies such as mergers and acquisitions is uncovered.

Responsibility

Encouraging Sustainability: Why the Business Case Isn’t Enough

M. Le Menestrel, J. Rode, N. Heinz, G. Cornelissen

The business case for pro-environment investments makes sense intuitively, but appealing to executives’ sense of responsibility might work better.

Strategy

The Relationships That Create Successful Acquisitions

Laurence Capron

A study of start-up acquisitions shows important patterns on both sides lead to a successful integration.

Responsibility

Three Ways Digitalisation Changes Corporate Responsibility

N. C. Smith, L. Lankoski

The Fourth Industrial Revolution changes the 'who', 'whom' and 'what' of corporate responsibility.
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Family Business

When Nepotism Pads CEO Pay: Evidence From Indian Family Firms

Balagopal Vissa

Poor corporate governance in emerging economies allows some publicly listed family firms to use CEO pay to exploit corporate resources at the expense of minority shareholders.

Strategy

Do CEOs Matter?

S. H. Lee, G. Chen

Conditions that underpin the power and impact of chief executives vary widely, with remarkable results.

Leadership & Organisations

The Next Decade Will Be a Leadership Game Changer

Stanislav Shekshnia

Success begins with a clear-eyed understanding of the trends that will define the years to come.
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Leadership & Organisations

The Group Dynamics That Define Well-Functioning Boards

Vincent H. Dominé

There is an intangible aspect to successful boards that cannot be captured by curating the right CVs.

Leadership & Organisations

What Ails Corporate Executive Committees?

Jose-Luis Alvarez

Fragmentation among top leadership teams is widespread. CEOs should pay heed – and sharpen their most important strategy execution tool.

Responsibility

How Boards Can Steer Companies to “Build Back Better”

N. Craig Smith & Ron Soonieus

The momentum for sustainability is strong despite misgivings over current financial strains. Few businesses can afford to ignore it.

Strategy

How Hedge Fund Activists Influence Target Firms

Understanding settlement agreements is important to see the complete picture of the corporate governance landscape.

Leadership & Organisations

A Checklist for Boards in the New Normal

S. Shekshnia, V. Zagieva, M. Nazarova

Covid-19 has spurred corporate boards to improvise new practices while keeping those that have served them well. Here’s a run-down.

Leadership & Organisations

Pandemic or No, It’s Business as Usual for Boards

S. Shekshnia, V. Zagieva, M. Nazarova

For now, corporate boards prefer to keep the status quo – and the long view – in the face of Covid-19 upheaval.

Leadership & Organisations

Power, Politics and Crisis Response on the Board

It’s not the individual directors – it’s the competing coalitions they form that determine what boards will do.
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Leadership & Organisations

Three CEO Strategies to Guide Companies Through Crises

S. Shekshnia, M. Nazarova

We distil top executives’ experience for the ideas that work.

Leadership & Organisations

Covid-Era CEOs Are ‘Keen, Tough or Edgy’

S. Shekshnia, M. Nazarova

Not all CEOs are created equal, but everyone can come out of this crisis stronger.

Leadership & Organisations

Seven Questions for Corporate Boards Navigating COVID-19

Stanislav Shekshnia

A guide to steering companies effectively through the crisis and beyond.
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Leadership & Organisations

The Role of the Board in Times of Distress

J. Winter, E. van de Loo

If companies are to survive the coronavirus, corporate boards need to exercise collaborative, proactive leadership.

Operations

A Crisis Management Blueprint for COVID-19

L. Van der Heyden, P. Nathanial

Crisis is conquered through a positive combination of talents and competencies.
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Strategy

Maximising Outcomes in Impact Investing

Jasjit Singh

Debates on whether investing for impact should involve financial compromises are moot. Here’s the more relevant question: How can different kinds of investors optimise their societal impact?
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Leadership & Organisations

Putting More Women at the Helm of Corporate Boards

Stanislav Shekshnia, Veronika Zagieva & Victoria Zimina

Women make great board chairs. If only there were more of them.

Leadership & Organisations

A Corporate Governance Paradigm Shift

Directors need to prepare for board renewal and transformation on many levels.
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Responsibility

From Good Intentions to Maximising Your Impact

Jasjit Singh

Ad hoc projects for “giving back” might make you feel great, but are you realising your full potential?
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Operations

Preparing Your Firm for AI

Theodoros Evgeniou

Firms looking to leverage the transformational potential of AI should remember that it is still people who determine the context in which the new technology develops and thrives.

Responsibility

A New Framework for Corporate Activism

Knowing when – and how – to appropriately speak out on political issues is becoming a core skill for business leaders.

Strategy

Boards Under the Influence

H. Greve, A. Shipilov, T. Rowley

Directors need to carefully manage their reactions to what they read in the business press.

Economics & Finance

BRT: A New View of Corporations and Capitalism

Theo Vermaelen & N. Craig Smith

Our experts respond to the Business Roundtable's revised statement of the purpose of a corporation.
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Economics & Finance

BRT: The Fuzzy Purpose of the Corporation

The Business Roundtable’s statement confuses rather than clarifies.
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Economics & Finance

BRT: The New Capitalism?

US CEOs have unveiled a bigger tent that puts shareholders on a par with customers, workers, suppliers and communities.

Leadership & Organisations

The Icarus Syndrome: Execs Who Fly Too Close to the Sun

Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

Leaders always need to keep hubris in check.
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Economics & Finance

How Charities Should Manage Their Cash

Boris Liedtke & Peter Lai

For non-profits, a large cash position could signal prudence or betray a lack of investing sophistication.

Responsibility

Sustainability and the Five Archetypes of Boardroom Behaviour

N. Craig Smith & Ron Soonieus

When it comes to "walking the talk" of sustainability, the type of board directors matters.
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Leadership & Organisations

Women Chairs: The Time Is Now

With more women as board chairs, business can better serve society.
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Strategy

Responding to the New Cold War

Michael A. Witt

Multinationals have two options for dealing with rapidly rising tensions between China and the United States.
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Responsibility

What’s Stopping Boards from Taking Action on Sustainability?

N. Craig Smith & Ron Soonieus

Boards need to look past the low-hanging fruit and start making tough decisions.

Leadership & Organisations

How Shifts in Geopolitical Power Will Affect Corporate Governance

Sonia Tatar

Corporations will have to re-evaluate their values and norms to maintain their longevity and success in the new world order.

Leadership & Organisations

For the Truth About How Bosses Behave, Ask Their Assistants

Erik van de Loo & Kees Cools

The eyes and ears of corporate culture, executive assistants have a front-row seat to the integrity dilemmas faced by top management.
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Economics & Finance

Finance as a Force for Good

Industry experts discuss how investors, businesses and society all benefit from sustainable finance.

Leadership & Organisations

How the Board Can Make the Most of Blockchain

The boardroom will never be the same after the rise of blockchain, nor should it.

Leadership & Organisations

Agile Boards of Directors: A Fad or the Future?

Veronika Zagieva & Stanislav Shekshnia

Some Agile principles can be counterproductive in the boardroom, while others can help.
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Career

Lessons for Boardroom Debutantes

Claire Harbour-Lyell & Antoine Tirard

Three women non-executive directors share their tips for anyone aspiring to join the boardroom.

Leadership & Organisations

The Key to Cultivating Agility in Decision Making

Marc Le Menestrel

Decision-making excellence requires self-awareness and the ability to choose how to think in different situations.

Leadership & Organisations

The Best CEOs Are Ready for Crises

S. Shekshnia, K. Kravchenko, E. Williams

Leading CEOs know that a crisis could strike at any time. They’re prepared and cool in the face of adversity.

Leadership & Organisations

CEOs Should Be Chief Enablement Officers

S. Shekshnia, K. Kravchenko, E. Williams

Leadership is about energising people rather than issuing orders.

Economics & Finance

Giving Workers Equal Representation on the Board

Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Germany’s unique, consensus-based system of corporate governance demonstrates how society’s demands shape business culture.

Leadership & Organisations

How Leading CEOs Nominate Their Top People

S. Shekshnia, K. Kravchenko, E. Williams

The best CEOs have a genuine interest in human beings and commit to developing them.
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Career

Ten Networking Strategies to a Seat on the Board

How executives create second-act careers on boards.
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Leadership & Organisations

The Four Essential Roles of a CEO

S. Shekshnia, K. Kravchenko, E. Williams

Twenty global business leaders share the attributes that make them effective.
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Strategy

Governance Needed for Initial Coin Offerings

Traditional board-like governance can provide credibility for companies raising capital via ICOs.
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Leadership & Organisations

Tailored Approaches Needed for Gender Balance

Vinika D. Rao & V. Paddy Padmanabhan

Greater male involvement and tailored programmes are emerging as sources of hope in tackling gender inequality in Asia.
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Leadership & Organisations

The Slow and Steady Progress Towards Gender-Balanced Boards

Sadia Khan

In conservative societies, awareness and discussion of gender diversity issues pave the way for progress.
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Responsibility

Big Investors Call for Company Attention to Social Purpose: What Next?

Craig Smith & Markus Scholz

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s pro-CSR stance needs clarity and muscle.

Family Business

Why Family Firms Lack Analyst Coverage

Xiaowei Rose Luo

Widely-held cultural views shape securities analysts’ assessment of family firms.
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Strategy

Leapfrog Into an Innovative Future

How Brazil’s development bank aims to coordinate the nation’s digital transformation.

Leadership & Organisations

Do CEOs Deserve Their Pay?

The myths that drive the CEO pay bonanza.
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Leadership & Organisations

Five Practices of the Most Change-Ready Leaders

S. Shekshnia, V. Zagieva, A. Ulanovsky

Highly successful CEOs in volatile environments delight in turning conventional leadership wisdom on its head.
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Leadership & Organisations

Turbulent Times Call for Athletic Leaders

S. Shekshnia; V. Zagieva; A. Ulanovsky

CEOs who can turn turmoil into triumph have many personality traits in common with world-class athletes.
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Strategy

The Strategic Decisions That Caused Nokia’s Failure

Yves L. Doz

The moves that led to Nokia’s decline paint a cautionary tale for successful firms.
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Leadership & Organisations

Corporate Culture Is an Alarmingly Low Priority for Boards

Erik van de Loo & Jaap Winter

There appears to be a significant discrepancy between what board directors believe and what happens in practice.
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Leadership & Organisations

How Boards Will Look in Ten Years

Stanislav Shekshnia & Veronika Zagieva

More women and a wider array of professionals are likely to fill future boards, while technology will play a bigger role in their work.
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Leadership & Organisations

The Practices of Boards Across the World

Stanislav Shekshnia & Veronika Zagieva

How culture impacts the role of a board chair.
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Leadership & Organisations

The 3 Es of Effective Board Leadership

Stanislav Shekshnia & Veronika Zagieva

A study of successful board chairs across countries shows how they engage, enable and encourage boards.
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Operations

Cybersecurity: The Role of the Board

A three-step process for board directors to start improving cyber-oversight.
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Leadership & Organisations

12 Questions to Determine Board Effectiveness

With boards facing increased regulatory and diversity pressures, the basics matter more than ever.
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Family Business

Five Challenges That Could Derail a Succession Plan

M. Bennedsen, B. Henry

The obstacles Peugeot, Kikkoman, Tata Group and other iconic global family firms learned to overcome.

Family Business

Four Simple Rules for Succession Planning

Morten Bennedsen & Brian Henry

How to keep the business – and the family – running smoothly into the next generation and beyond.

Economics & Finance

The Economic Consequences of Shareholder Value Maximisation

Robert U. Ayres

Shareholder primacy is causing secular stagnation.

Leadership & Organisations

11 Leadership Guidelines for the Digital Age

Liri Andersson & Ludo Van der Heyden

The old ways of running a company won’t cut it in a digital world.
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Leadership & Organisations

Intelligent Boards Know Their Limits

Alan Zeller, Anil Gaba & Ludo Van der Heyden

Understanding mental biases and the extent of their own knowledge can help board directors make effective decisions.

Responsibility

Should the Unilever Model of Capitalism Be Protected?

The Kraft Heinz bid for Unilever pits shareholder value maximisation against stakeholder value maximisation.
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Economics & Finance

Anti-Takeover Provisions Backfire

The more protected the firm, the less takeover premium it can command.

Strategy

Three Ways to Get Ahead of the Digital Competition

Leaders seeking to capture value in the digital age need to expect the unexpected.

Economics & Finance

Why You Should Give Investors Greater Say on CEO Pay

Even non-binding shareholder votes on CEO pay improve firm performance and shareholder value.
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Strategy

A Framework for Driving Digital Transformation

David Dubois

Leading an organisation’s digital transformation requires simultaneously tackling three questions.

Leadership & Organisations

Why the Whole Board Needs to be on Top of Risk Management

Delegating risk oversight to committees is not enough.

Economics & Finance

The EU Cannot Be at the Mercy of the Few

A small group of farmers blocking an important trade agreement highlights the EU’s vulnerability to the “tragedy of the commons”.
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Leadership & Organisations

The Value Lurking in Your “Leadership Unconscious”

Roger Lehman & Erik van de Loo

The crucial components to decision-making dilemmas may exist outside of your conscious awareness.
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Leadership & Organisations

Lessons in Destructive Leadership from Africa

Africa is a cautionary example of the need for checks and balances against the abuse of power.
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Strategy

Three Steps to Creating a Diverse Organisation

The path to successful diversification requires belief, courage and consistency.
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Leadership & Organisations

Board Political Leanings Determine CEO Pay

Directors with conservative proclivities are significantly more generous.
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Strategy

Leaders in Digital Merge the Physical and the Virtual

Organisations that treat “virtual” as real are moving ahead.
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Economics & Finance

Gender Diverse Boards May Have Less Inside Information

Theos Evgeniou & Theo Vermaelen

Gender diverse boards are less likely to use share buybacks to buy undervalued shares and achieve excess returns, than male-dominated ones, which may have better access to information networks.

Economics & Finance

The Mixed Results of Motivational Rankings

Andrew Shipilov & Henrich Greve

Rankings designed to shame companies into changing their behaviour often accomplish just the opposite.

Leadership & Organisations

“INVOLVE” – A Toolkit For Fair Process Communication

L. Van der Heyden, I. C. Woodward

“Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.” - Ancient Chinese proverb

Strategy

Are You Next for Digital Disruption?

No industry is safe from the tsunami of digital disruption, but some will be hit sooner than others. Three checks could reveal if you’re next.
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Leadership & Organisations

Ambiguous Leadership Undermines Compliance

Forcing companies and people to juggle conflicting demands can encourage symbolic compliance.

Leadership & Organisations

How to Stop CEO Failure

Philip Anderson

Boards often think the person in the corner office doesn’t need more development, but this couldn’t be further than the truth. To prevent CEOs from flaming out in the top job, they should build frameworks to help them learn.
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Operations

Making Digital Work For You

Liri Andersson & Ludo Van der Heyden

For over a decade companies have been urged to “digitalise” or risk getting left behind. While many accept this as a reality, we argue that the precept is at best confusing and at worst unclear for those eager to act.
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Marketing

Do Happy Customers Lead to Happy Shareholders?

Customer satisfaction has an impact on firm value if, and only if, marketing managers make the right investments.

Strategy

What Corporate Strategists Need to Know About Synergies

Understanding the distinctive “footprints” of four different types of synergy can help improve the way you value and implement corporate strategies
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Operations

Holding PE to its Word – A True Measure of Value Creation

Deal selection and leverage are no longer core differentiators for PE fund managers, as investors are increasingly looking for replicable operational expertise

Family Business

Dangers of Gun-based Succession Planning

Succession plans for family firms only work with the buy-in of all members.

Strategy

The Mindset Needed For Digital Change

The world’s going digital, but is your company ready to make the change? Sometimes having the technology is not enough.
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Leadership & Organisations

Getting Boards into Reputation Risk Management

Reputation is fast becoming one of the most important risks to manage. Build quantifiable arguments to get boards on board.

Leadership & Organisations

The Face Behind the Chair

No longer an invisible grey figure working behind the scenes on unfathomable tasks, today’s chairperson is younger than expected, experienced, agile, and most likely male.

Strategy

How to Institutionalise Innovation

Family firms provide lessons in creating continuously innovative companies.

Operations

The "Internet of Things" at Risk

Internet-enabled devices improve productivity and help us achieve greater innovation, but there are three major risks that could unravel it all.
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Operations

The End of Human Risk Management?

Automation only works well when humans are highly involved.

Leadership & Organisations

Are You Sure You Want to Join a Board?

So, you’ve been asked to join a board? You’ll surely do your own due diligence, but beware of a potentially dangerous threat: your own brain
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Leadership & Organisations

Creating Boards for the Future

Annet Aris

With the world of business changing so rapidly, boards need greater agility and members from a wider diversity of backgrounds. Less, or unconventionally, experienced executives are a good option.
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Leadership & Organisations

Managing Godfathers

If your company is expanding overseas, you’ll need to get to know the local “godfathers”, influential individuals who can help or seriously hinder your advance.
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Responsibility

VW: What Happened and What Happens Next?

For a company that identifies sustainability as a core value, VW has some explaining to do.

Responsibility

Volkswagen: Requiem for a Dream?

Crisis management is only the first step for Volkswagen. Whether or not the company bounces back depends on its ability to change its culture.

Leadership & Organisations

The Mindset of Internationally Successful Companies

Dennis Lee, Ben Kessler

Risk management for going global requires a delicate balance of detail-oriented preparation and openness to uncertainty.

Strategy

Eight Ways the Military Manages Uncertainty

From managing and structuring information to fostering internal learning and smooth communication, the military holds lessons for businesses operating in uncertain environments.

Leadership & Organisations

How to Stay in Business Through a Disaster

Disaster can strike at any time. While crisis manuals are lengthy, they should have three key pillars.
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Economics & Finance

Who’s Afraid of BlackRock?

Should large asset managers be subjected to the same scrutiny as banks and insurers? The industry says financial giants like BlackRock pose no threat to the marketplace. But our research tells a very different story.

Leadership & Organisations

What Business Leaders Can Learn from Generals

The military approaches peacetime with risk management and wartime with uncertainty management. To operate amid uncertainty, managers become leaders and more autonomy is given to troops to ensure agility and resilience.

Responsibility

How Not to Respond to a Scandal

G. Hillary, L. Soulodre

Wherever there has been a sport contest with wagers, there have been opportunities for bribery and corruption. But organisations involved in sport today can no longer afford the risks of association with scandal.

Responsibility

New Tools Needed for Managing Uncertainty

Traditional risk management frameworks have failed to prevent major environmental, social and governance disasters. New ideas are needed from outside corporations.

Leadership & Organisations

Bridging the Trust Chasm

Whoosh and it’s gone! Trust can evaporate in an instant and organisations are notoriously poor at recovering it. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
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Career

Why Firms Need “Outduction” Programmes

Keeping relationships with employees who leave is a small investment companies should be making. They should start by rethinking how they manage exits.
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Leadership & Organisations

The Support-Challenge Tightrope in Board-CEO Interactions

Boards must strike the right balance between supporting chief executives and challenging their performance if the relationship is to deliver the best results for the company.
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Leadership & Organisations

The Medical Risks of Increasing Business Travel

S. Hasija, G. Hilary, G. Jakubowski

With more employees travelling than ever before, are organisations covering all the risks facing their executives on the road?
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Leadership & Organisations

The Cause and Effect of Better Decision-Making

M. Guadalupe, L.Del Carpio

How scientific evidence beats gut feelings when it comes to making better decisions for your company.
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Leadership & Organisations

Protect Rogue Thinkers

The experience of an undercover cop teaches us that we should protect and support those willing to take risks, not leave them out in the cold when it goes wrong.

Leadership & Organisations

Sustainability: From the Back Room to the Board Room

Creating a sustainable future takes more than good intentions. Boards of directors have an obligation to help drive a strategic approach to corporate sustainability.
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Family Business

How Much Control Should You Have Over Your Firm?

Family ownership can vary from thousands of family members to just one single owner. How to choose the right number for your family business?