Automation has revolutionised the work and responsibilities of finance professionals. Relieved from repetitive and time-consuming tasks such as bookkeeping, invoicing and tax compliance, they are discovering new, more fulfilling roles within their organisations. This transformation is especially apparent at the top, where chief financial officers (CFOs) are transitioning into chief value officers (CVOs). Beyond automation, […]
Professor Vlatka Ariaana Hlupic, Professor of Leadership and Management at Hult International Business School (Ashridge), explains how businesses, their leaders, and employees must adapt to changing times. The tsunami of change is coming. The world is changing rapidly, and it is up to us to change with it. Leaders, employees and organisations need to adopt an […]
Against the backdrop of the climate crisis, unsustainable inequality, growing dividedness and divisiveness, and lack of a consensus about what is true, “business as usual” is no longer an option. We are starting to see a global awakening: we need new systems in every sector and more employees are now speaking out, taking a stance […]
And so, naturally, newspaper coverage tends to focus on headline-grabbing stories – Insulate Rebellion’s latest superglue stunt, Greta Thunberg’s football chant or the hypocrisy of private jet-hopping premiers. But the untold story is not the stunts during the 14-day fandango, but how we take the serious work that went on behind the scenes and turn […]
Marianna Zangrillo and Thomas Keil explore the pressures faced by CEOs in their first 100 days. In 2009, the Wall Street Journal published an article on the folly of the first 100 days of leadership, indicating that in politics, the term has been an unreliable indicator for US presidential success. 12 years later, President Biden […]
2020 will be remembered as a year of change. Much of the change has been forced upon us unexpectedly, but even during times of turmoil and uncertainty, there are often positives that come out of change that we can embrace and benefit from in the longer term.
You can imagine what an executives’ party looks like: heavy drinking, cigars, and music. But when it comes to McDonald’s there is more, and the new CEO is clamping down on it.
Every organisation goes through changes that impact employees. These can come in many guises from company rebrands to mergers and acquisitions and from office openings to product launches.
It wasn’t that long ago that a CEO could accurately extrapolate future scenarios drawn from past experiences. Today, experience no longer has the same value because the world is changing so rapidly.
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