Leadership and People Management
Before Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, the most popular speech by far in the United States was George Washington’s presidential farewell speech of 1796. But in November 1863 Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address surpassed Washington’s speech in terms of popularity to become America’s most quoted and loved speech. Later on we had both John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural speech…
Strategy
Students in IESE's Global Executive MBA are optimistic but feel that Brexit and Trump's election are due to not everyone benefitting from globalization.
Leadership and People Management
I haven’t written about talent for a while here, yet this is not an indication of reduced importance of the topic in any way. Indeed, the Talent Shortage Survey by ManpowerGroup indicates that in 2016 employers globally reported the highest talent shortage since 2007. Based on the survey data it seems that employers struggle foremost…
Corporate Governance
Social responsibility (SR) does not work, or at least doesn’t work very well, in many companies, because certain things are done wrong. Those higher up, at the head of the company, do not believe in it, starting with higher management. Well, sometimes they believe in it, but not as true SR, but rather as a…
