2 more days to go before the launch of the Reykjavík Global Forum Women Leaders  Hundreds of leaders from all over the world will join this interactive digital conference, that provides a significant occasion for women leaders to take stock of the new reality created by the pandemic, to share solutions and to shape sustainable pathways that can help societies worldwide to build back better. As one of the conversationists invited...

A few days ago I was interviewed by a communication and advertising student on the concept of manipulation in a professional context and a position of leadership. Having a Latin origin, a few centuries ago manipulation had a more simple and noble meaning. Based on the combination of the words "manus" (hand) and "plere" (to fill), it used to mean "to handle skillfully by hand". Then somehow what was defined as...

The latest report by Capgemini leaves no doubt on the crucial role that emotional intelligence skills will play in the next 3 to 5 years in the world of work. With the growing presence of artificial intelligence and automation, the capacity for current and future employees to demonstrate their social and interpersonal skills will be a key requisite for professional success. The results of the research study show that organizations that have highly...

Recently a Forbes article talking about conscious leadership distinguished two types of leaders: - Sleeping beauty leaders whom no fairytale prince would come and wake up. - Wide awake leaders setting intentions and acting responsibly. According to the author, waking up, starting the journey to conscious leadership and being more mindful of our impact is a choice. As much as I agree with the choice part, I believe that the frame of...

For this first September post after the summer break, I’d like to touch on the statement issued by the Business Roundtable* about 2 weeks ago. That “statement on the purpose of a corporation” acknowledged the fundamental responsibility of corporate America to all constituents. To serve that purpose on Aug 19, 181 CEOs committed to : ➡ Meet and exceed customers’ expectations. ➡ Invest in employees and compensate...

Sérgio Ribeiro CEO of Planetiers whom I was very privileged to meet yesterday (thank you EIB Institute and IES-Social Business School) is one of those leaders thinking that leadership is about to go through a major shift. With passion, determination, and a sense of humor Sérgio shares how every leader’s mission is to wake up the "sleepers" and show everyone that sustainability has to become a way of life! His drive...

Addressing an audience of 1,000+ leaders Jill Ader shares what the answer is for Eghon Zender : ✅ Curiosity ✅ Insight ✅ Determination We can only agree and hope the message will be heard beyond the walls of Basel Congress Center where #GSW2019 is held when she says: “Be curious of why you are who you are!” #Leadership540 #leadershipdevelopment #consciousleaders #disruptiveleadership

Yesterday was the last BBA professors’ meeting of the 2018-2019 academic year. As I was walking to INSEEC U. I felt really privileged to have a job that allows me to share my passion of leadership with the American BBA students. I also felt very fortunate to be able to do it using innovative instructional strategies such as no desk learning space, flipped classroom, and reflective learning.   We often hear and read that beyond...

The existing and yet to be uncovered wonders of artificial intelligence may have left many of us with a bitter sweet impression after reading the research paper by researchers Emma Strubell, Aranya Ganesh, and Andrew McCallum from UMass Amherst (pre print research paper). Revealing that the process of training AI models to make sense of human language (take for example Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa or Google’s translator) has a colossal...

Did you know 67% of investors believe that traditional leadership is not for the future? For those of you starting new ventures and regularly pitching, it would not come as a surprise that almost 8 out of 10 investors view the leadership as critically important when deciding which companies or projects to invest in. These are some of the results found in a study recently published by Korn Ferry and available on their website. If leadership...

On May 7, in her address to the Finance Ministers and central Bank governors gathered in Paris to discuss the sustainable financing of international development, Christine Lagarde, Head of the International Monetary Fund, was adamant on attaining the SDGs - the Sustainable Development Goals - a planetary journey objective which is both an economic and ethical imperative. With the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 and the ensuing global...

A while ago as I was browsing through Glassdoor, the online career community which identifies itself as a place helping people find a job and a company they love, I was quite surprised when reading company reviews, by the number of employees asking to be treated like adults. It seems that many companies still sustain a parent/child relationship with their employees, therefore missing out on the multiple benefits of regarding them as adult human beings....

When wake the violets, Winter dies; When sprout the elm-buds, Spring is near; When lilacs blossom, Summer cries, ‘Bud, little roses! Spring is here!   says the famous poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr who was also an anatomy and physiology professor at Harvard Medical School in the 19th century. As we all know seasons are vital to the transition and evolution of our planet and some of us observe the procession of the seasons...

I was gifted with a voice to help people, create change for themselves and women as a whole. This is the voice of Irene Natividad, Founder and President of the Global Summit of Women, which this year will celebrate its 25th anniversary in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This year’s theme is “Creative Women, Creative Economies”. It will certainly require a huge amount of creativity, solidarity, new thinking, cultural shift, societal transformation...

When sharing my ideas about circular economy being applied to human resources management*, one regular comment I often hear is related to the assumption that circular economy will exacerbate unemployment. And the following question is how it is expected to shape tomorrow’s workplace and transform the HR model we have always known if it cannot save jobs in the first place. And one cannot just brush off those concerns with a good mantra about...

As a bee-lover, an advocate of stigmergy, a professional in sustainability and circular economy this is the kind story that I could share over and over. The leading character of my story  today is a woman and her name is Marla Spivak. If you don’t know Marla Spivak, then you should as her passion for bees, her determination to save them might also save humanity! Marla Spivak works for the Department of Entomology at the University...

Teaching circular economy is certainly one of the things I love most in my portfolio career. Delivering a class on circular economy is both surprising and amazing:   Surprising because circular economy has been around for decades yet few people really know about what it is and what it is not. Amazing because it can only be an excitement to teach such a topic to the future generation of leaders and show them the enormous potential...