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Leadership through a global pandemic

Our insights on the changing environment and effective leadership strategies in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Leadership challenges in times of profound uncertainty

Randall S. Peterson, Professor of Organisational Behaviour

Business leaders face completely new challenges as they seek to provide clear direction while adapting to the unknown. In this webinar, Professor Randall S. Peterson focuses on a specific risk facing many executive teams and boards: falling victim to the threat-rigidity effect, where we focus on what has worked in the past rather than coming up with new approaches. He explores the psychology and suggests ways you can avoid three main traps. Randall will be joined by Chris Hopson, CEO of NHS Providers (the membership organisation for all of England’s health trusts) Chris shares insights into how they have successfully addressed these challenges.

Making difficult judgments in coronavirus times

Sir Andrew Likierman, Professor of Management Practice

The scale and disruption of this crisis make crucial judgments essential but also particularly problematic. Personal, as well as professional decisions, are involved. Sir Andrew used his current research on judgment to advise on how to tackle these big issues.

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The business of succession

Family Offices have grown over the last decades and today represent an important priority of many business families – we take a closer look.

By Jonathan Braude

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Four things men can do to support gender equity

For International Women’s Day and beyond, Randall S Peterson explores what men can do today for a more just and inclusive tomorrow

By Randall S Peterson

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Leadership spotlight: Leading for good when times are bad

The panel from our first 2024 think ahead event says to drive your business forward in turbulent times, prioritise these five behaviours.

By Alison Benson

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The Leadership Institute supported the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors in producing their March 2022 report 'Cultivating a healthy culture'. Over one hundred senior internal audit executives participated in the research survey that underpins this report, which provides in-depth insights on best practice in corporate culture and behavioural auditing. In addition to the survey, two roundtable discussions with senior internal audit executives representing a range of sectors were held, attended by Vyla Rollins, Executive Director of the Leadership Institute.

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A new report, “Paying for net zero”, is the latest collaboration between Executive Fellow Tom Gosling and PwC. It focuses on climate targets in large European companies, to establish the extent to which they are aligned with evolving investor expectations. This is the third in a series of reports. “Paying for good for all’ (June 2022) deals with the topic of linking pay to ESG targets, looking at practice and attitudes globally and extending the analysis to consider alignment of broader company-wide reward strategy with ESG. The original report “Paying well by paying for good’, published in 2021, looks at whether executive pay should be linked to ESG targets, and if so how.

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The Leadership Survey

In 2017, the Institute launched the Leadership Survey to identify and showcase the toughest challenges for leaders today by engaging with, revealing, and analysing the views and experiences of more than 1,200 business leaders around the gloabe. The survey plays a vital role in illustrating how academic research can inform evidence-based strategies for tackling key issues within business.

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