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![The Reality Behind the Headlines: Women directors still face a glass ceiling](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/WAL.jpeg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Sue%20Vinnicombe.jpeg) By [Professor Sue Vinnicombe CBE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/author/professor-sue-vinnicombe-cbe)

## [The Reality Behind the Headlines: Women directors still face a glass ceiling](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/women-directors-still-face-a-glass-ceiling)

##### While the headlines may look good, the reality of the situation when it comes to women directors in boardrooms across the UK is...

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<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/the-art-and-science-of-next-gen-leadership-development>

![The Art and Science of Next-Gen Leadership Development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/AdobeStock_74322865.jpeg)

By [Chris Coghlan and Dr Jutta Tobias Mortlock](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/author/chris-coghlan-and-dr-jutta-tobias-mortlock)

## [The Art and Science of Next-Gen Leadership Development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/the-art-and-science-of-next-gen-leadership-development)

##### **Bridging neuroscience, storytelling, and surprise.**

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 Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership), [article](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/article), [THRIVE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/thrive)

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/leadership-and-the-global-economy>

![Leadership and the global economy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/AdobeStock_197306402.jpeg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/joe.jpeg) By [Professor Joe Nellis](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/author/professor-joe-nellis)

## [Leadership and the global economy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/leadership-and-the-global-economy)

##### **Brace for tidal waves of change.**

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By [Kevin McCullagh](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/author/kevin-mccullagh)

## [The power of an astute brief](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/the-power-of-an-astute-brief)

##### **Why mastery in framing problems and setting clear project goals will remain key skills for innovation leaders.**

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 Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership), [article](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/article)

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By [Alexander Mackenzie](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/author/alexander-mackenzie)

## [The Art of Contemplation: A storytelling perspective](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/the-art-of-contemplation)

##### Allow yourself to think differently about leadership for a moment, and imagine that the issue is not ***what*** you know but instead ***how***

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 Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership), [article](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/article)

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## [Webinar | Innovation, entrepreneurship and digital disruption](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/innovation-entrepreneurship-and-digital-disruption)

##### The final session at the 2021 edition of the CEO Summit looked at the future of entrepreneurship and leadership post-COVID by...

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![Impact drivers vs. impact destroyers](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Canva%20images/KH-blog-impact%20drivers%20vs%20destroyers.png)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/CED%20Logo%20-%20space%20-%20no%20wording.png) By [Cranfield Executive Development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/author/cranfield-executive-development)

## [Impact drivers vs. impact destroyers](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/impact-drivers-vs-impact-destroyers)

##### In revisiting HBR’s challenging 2016 article ‘The Great Training Robbery’, Cranfield University experts Wendy Shepherd and Mark...

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 Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership), [executive development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/executive-development), [article](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/article)

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/the-leader-as-poet>

![The leader as poet](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Canva%20images/KH%20-%20blog%20banner%20-%20Leader%20as%20a%20poet.png)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/andy-logan.jpeg) By [Andy Logan](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/author/andy-logan)

## [The leader as poet](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/the-leader-as-poet)

##### The leader finally reaches the summit of the hill. All their years of business experience, all that time on management and...

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 Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership), [article](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/article)

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/the-5-key-elements-of-an-apprenticeship-levy-leadership-pathway>

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![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/CED%20Logo%20-%20space%20-%20no%20wording.png) By [Cranfield Executive Development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/author/cranfield-executive-development)

## [The 5 key elements of an apprenticeship-levy leadership pathway](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/the-5-key-elements-of-an-apprenticeship-levy-leadership-pathway)

##### A collaboration between Aon and Cranfield Executive Development is setting the blueprint for how Apprenticeship Levy funding can...

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 Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership), [executive development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/executive-development), [article](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/article)

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