The Five Key Capabilities of Effective Leadership
Nov 14, 2018 · Building credibility. In the figure above, building credibility appears at the centre, surrounded by arrows. This is because this key capability is both the condition and the result of the other four. It is about gaining respect from others by keeping commitments and operating with a strong sense of purpose.
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The Biggest Barriers Women Face on the Path to Senior Leadership
Dec 6, 2023 · Despite women comprising nearly half of the global workforce, only around 32 percent occupy senior leadership roles (director, vice-president or C-suite), according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2023 from the World Economic Forum. Leveraging LinkedIn data from 163 countries, the report reveals that in C-suite positions, …
Aligning Individual and Organisational Values - INSEAD Knowledge
Oct 26, 2021 · These tensions between individual and organisational values have been clearly identified in management research. For example, close alignment between individuals’ values and those of their organisations leads to a number of positive organisational outcomes including a reduction in staff turnover. The literature also indicates that reflecting ...
Leadership Is a Journey, Not a Destination | INSEAD Knowledge
Nov 2, 2017 · Some pathways are easy, some are hard, and some are blocked. This metaphor of forest pathways represents one of the most fundamental insights about leadership: Leadership is a journey, not a destination. We never actually arrive at the destination of being the very best leader that we can be. We should aspire to this, but this vision is ahead ...
Business Strategy: Are You Inside-Out or Outside-In?
Aug 15, 2014 · In business the overarching goal is to create [long-term] shareholder value. These two approaches use very different means to achieve that end. The Inside-Out approach is guided by the belief that the inner strengths and capabilities of the organisation will make the organisation prevail. The Outside-In approach is instead guided by the belief ...
How to Break Free From Herd Mentality | INSEAD Knowledge
20 Dec 2022 1. Nurturing independent thought can help us overcome dangerous sheeple behaviour and groupthink. We have all been in situations where it is easier to follow the crowd than to go against it. We change our mind and succumb to group pressure just by being told that most people think about an issue in a certain way.
What Could Have Saved Nokia, and What Can Other Companies …
13 Mar 2014 21. Nokia lost the smartphone battle despite having half of the global market share in 2007. Some argue that it was down to software, others that it was complacency. We argue that collective emotions within the company were a big part of the story. Leaders who are able to identify and manage patterns of emotions in a collective are ...
The Fine Line Between Stubbornness and Stupidity
Oct 1, 2018 · The Fine Line Between Stubbornness and Stupidity. Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries , INSEAD. 01 Oct 2018 2. One pathway to greatness is the ability to change one’s mind when proven wrong. Stubbornness isn’t necessarily bad and can in fact be a virtue. Sometimes, as history has shown, people do the right thing by remaining steadfast to their beliefs.
Blue Ocean Strategy: The primer | INSEAD Knowledge
Sep 12, 2007 · The book ‘Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant’ has had a huge impact worldwide. Written by two INSEAD professors, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, it sold more than a million copies within its first year of publication and has been translated into 39 languages, breaking Harvard Publishing records as the fastest selling book in print.