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“Learning gave me the confidence to own my leadership style”

By Cranfield School of Management On November 18, 2021

“Learning gave me the confidence to own my leadership style”

Pursuing further learning and professional development can have a positive effect on your career in terms of improved...

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Tags: leadership, reflections, career

By Ibrat Djabbarov On March 27, 2020

On losing and regaining sense

I like watching how my kids with a few toys in their hands, and their imagination at play, can create elaborate battles with...

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Tags: leadership, reflections

Responding to the Coronavirus Crisis: A Strategic Approach to Building and Strengthening Organizational Resilience

By Professor David Denyer On March 24, 2020

Responding to the Coronavirus Crisis: A Strategic Approach to Building and Strengthening Organizational Resilience

As I write this article, I am reflecting on the fact that just last week, I was in a meeting discussing a global conference...

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Tags: leadership, reflections

Was your supply chain prepared for Covid-19?

By Professor Richard Wilding OBE On March 18, 2020

Was your supply chain prepared for Covid-19?

Coronavirus (Covid-19) measures are seizing up the global supply chain and have become an emergency for board executives. Once...

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Tags: leadership, reflections

Why professional development should be in your 2020 New Year's resolutions

By Cranfield School of Management On December 18, 2019

Why professional development should be in your 2020 New Year's resolutions

Henry Ford is credited as once saying: “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays...

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Tags: leadership, reflections, career

Inclusive Talent Management: Learning from HSBC

By Professor Kim Turnbull James On June 18, 2019

Inclusive Talent Management: Learning from HSBC

In a recent article in Developing Leaders, my colleagues Susan Vinnicombe, Hilary Harris and I discuss how organisations can...

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Tags: talent, reflections

“How learning to delegate allowed me time to focus on the bigger issues’’.

By Cranfield School of Management On May 7, 2019

“How learning to delegate allowed me time to focus on the bigger issues’’.

Trust. Now there’s a scary word, right? Trusting other people to do what you know you could do well, but shouldn’t be focusing...

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Tags: leadership, reflections, career

By Cranfield School of Management On April 4, 2019

"It gave me the space to stop and think"

In September 2018, we ran our first ever People Strategy Workshop. This three-day residential course is aimed at HR leaders and...

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Tags: talent, reflections

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“Learning gave me the confidence to own my leadership style”

Pursuing further learning and professional development can have a positive effect on your career in terms of improved...

On losing and regaining sense

I like watching how my kids with a few toys in their hands, and their imagination at play, can create elaborate battles with...

Responding to the Coronavirus Crisis: A Strategic Approach to Building and Strengthening Organizational Resilience

As I write this article, I am reflecting on the fact that just last week, I was in a meeting discussing a global conference...

Was your supply chain prepared for Covid-19?

Why professional development should be in your 2020 New Year's resolutions

Henry Ford is credited as once saying: “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays...

Inclusive Talent Management: Learning from HSBC

In a recent article in Developing Leaders, my colleagues Susan Vinnicombe, Hilary Harris and I discuss how organisations can...

“How learning to delegate allowed me time to focus on the bigger issues’’.

Trust. Now there’s a scary word, right? Trusting other people to do what you know you could do well, but shouldn’t be focusing...

"It gave me the space to stop and think"

In September 2018, we ran our first ever People Strategy Workshop. This three-day residential course is aimed at HR leaders and...

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