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Securitas’s group management team worked with IMD on a strategy journey that resulted in the articulation of the company’s new purpose and a fundamental business transformation supported by significant organizational development efforts across the company.

To amplify the program’s reach, Bayer approached IMD about one of its existing online programs, hoping to deploy at scale the new, expected behaviors to its line managers across the globe as quickly as possible in an impactful way. IMD boldly recommended an innovative approach that explored alternative pedagogical methods beyond traditional e-le…

Since its original release, The First 90 Days has become the bestselling globally acknowledged bible of leadership and career transitions. In this updated and expanded 10th anniversary edition, internationally known leadership transition expert Michael D. Watkins gives you the keys to successfully negotiating your next move-whether you’re onboar…

Dolf van den Brink, CEO of HEINEKEN, left the company’s global headquarters in Amsterdam for a company retreat. Over the next three days, the entire executive team would gather to discuss the company’s future. The preliminary results for 2022, presented during the recent two-day Capital Markets Event, were positive, and the company’s progress on…

GENEVA (SWITZERLAND), OCTOBER 2023. Vanessa Monestel was ecstatic. a day earlier, she had just signed the letter of intent (LOI) to acquire an Amsterdam-based fashion company. This was the culmination of her 18-month search for a company to acquire, conducted with the support of Novastone Capital Advisors’ (NCA) Entrepreneurship through Acquisit…

GENEVA (SWITZERLAND), AUGUST 2021. There was a lot at stake for Sébastien. This was the culmination of his 18-month NCA supported search journey to find a company to acquire. Instead of a single target, he was now faced with the prospect of acquiring 4 separate companies at once, consolidating them into a group. One, SAS, was bigger than the oth…

The case focuses on Rede Mulher Empreendedora (RME), Brazil’s largest support platform for female entrepreneurship, and its founder, Ana Fontes. Founded in 2010, RME had grown into a significant network by 2023, impacting the livelihoods of over 12 million women in Brazil, a country with substantial gender disparities. The platform offers initia…

Foxconn, a Fortune Global 500 giant and the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, made headlines in 2023 by announcing a shift to a five-day, eight-hour workweek in its Chinese factories – a significant departure from its long history of extended work hours and grueling conditions. While this decision was celebrated by labor advocates as a c…

Picking up where Case A ends, Case B reveals that Grupo Inca decided to innovate internally and develop a new fabric from the rare black alpaca fiber. After nearly three years of effort, the Inoue brothers’ dream of creating a luxury collection from undyed black alpaca fiber became a reality. The collaboration between the Inoue brothers, Incalpa…

Grupo Inca, a conglomerate that owned Peru’s leading textile business with a long history of working with alpaca fleece, was at a crossroads regarding the conservation and commercialization of black alpaca fiber. Historically, black alpacas were as common as their lighter-colored counterparts, but market preferences drove them to near extinction…

David Michels, CFO at Kinder Morgan, a US energy infrastructure company, explores how rapid AI and data center growth have quickly reshaped energy demand

Corporate DE&I is not simply a question of fairness. Implemented successfully, it pays off for both the company and society in general. Here’s how it’s done. Corporate DE&I is not simply a question of fairness. Implemented successfully, it pays off for both the company and society in general. Here’s how it’s done.

At Davos’ SDG Tent, panelists urged a shift from financial metrics to valuing natural, social, and human capital for sustainable prosperity. Julia Binder

Explore how perceptions of leadership evolved. Anand Narasimhan delves into archetypes, offering insights to shape your responsible leadership approach.

Unlock the full potential of talent and innovation by ensuring equal opportunity and representation across race, gender, and background. Explore the Theory of Equality.

It is critically important that leaders manage their emotions. How, for example, do you respond to negative feedback from a client? The following should help you respond more effectively to the ups and downs of business. It is critically important that leaders manage their emotions. How, for example, do you respond to negative feedback from a cl…