Tag Archives: Leadership

More women in the boardroom can lead to safer companies(FC)

Including women in corporate boardrooms does more than diversify leadership—recent research shows it can also lead to safer job sites, potentially saving companies from costly safety incidents. Companies with more women on their boards tend to have fewer workplace safety incidents—especially when these women hold positions of power within the board, according to an analysis of workplace safety […]
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20 Effective Negotiation Strategies From Top Business Experts (Forbes)

Whether you’re closing a major deal or navigating internal agreements, successful business negotiation calls for strategy, empathy and preparation. From listening more than you speak to framing deals around mutual gains, the most effective negotiators rely on proven techniques to build trust and drive win-win outcomes. Click here to read the full article?

The best leaders are spacious leaders. Here’s what that means (FC)

It can be tough out there for leaders. It’s challenging to drive results, ensure you’re supporting employees’ well-being, and maintain your own motivation as well.   So how can you be a good leader, and what are the strategies that really work? A helpful concept is spacious leadership—a management approach in which you create space for […]
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The Human Factor: What Great Leadership Looks Like In The Age Of AI(Forbes)

Everyone agrees that AI is changing the game for management and leadership. But no one agrees on how. The breathless predictions vary: AI will flatten hierarchies. It will demand faster decision-making. It will replace middle managers. It will make middle managers more essential than ever. It will automate human jobs. It will augment human teams. It […]
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Why your leadership team needs creatives, not just strategists(FC)

For decades, corporate leadership has been dominated by analytical prowess. Ascending the corporate ladder often meant demonstrating value through meticulous spreadsheets, precise forecasts, and detailed execution plans. Vision was acknowledged, but only when accompanied by a comprehensive road map. This paradigm, however, is shifting. In today’s era of rapid change, emotional complexity, and cultural fragmentation, linear strategies […]
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20 business leaders share their best advice for the next generation(FC)

The modern marketplace is fast-moving, tech-driven, and constantly evolving. The business landscape looks a lot different than when today’s top leaders first got their start, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way can help inform the leadership approaches of future executives and entrepreneurs. Below, 20 Fast Company Executive Board members share their best advice for the […]
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To realize AI’s potential in the workplace, do one thing (FC)

In just a few short years, generative artificial intelligence has begun demonstrating its tremendous business potential. Stanford University’s latest AI Index report reveals that global corporate investment in AI grew nearly 45% in 2024 to reach $252.3 billion. With private investment in generative AI up 8.5 times over 2022 levels, forecasts suggest that AI could soon contribute trillions of dollars […]
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Managers Must Be Authentic When It Comes To Gen Z (Forbes)

If you are a manager with a team of Gen Z employees, you better be authentic every step of the way. In an age of highly curated social media, Generation Z is highly attuned to identifying fakery, especially when it comes to authority figures. The most reliable way to be authentic? It pays for leaders […]
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Top 5 Leadership Challenges Keeping Leaders Up At Night (Forbes)

Great leaders stay aware, look ahead and determine how to lead for the future of work. And new evidence points to the leadership challenges that keep CEOs and leaders at all levels awake at night. The issues demand thoughtful responses, proactive choices and smart strategies. You can use the list of concerns as a check-up and […]
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New GIBS Article: Explore Our Latest Publications: Developing the board leader: Beyond compliance, to stewardship and leadership development. By Du Plessis, W., Fairhurst, K., & Wilken, J.

Despite having one of the best codes for governance in KingIV, South Africa has still experienced numerous corporatefailures. What is missing in our holistic understanding of boardleadership? What competencies do leaders need to developto ensure that corporate governance in practice lives up tothe promise of our highly regarded codes of governance andlegislation?It could be said […]
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