Enabling female executives to lead purposeful lives, equipping them with the tools to anticipate, challenge and manage moments of ambiguity and transition in their careers. The benefits of greater female representation at manager and leader levels are proven. More diverse thinking, increased organisational collaboration, boosted employee engagement and significant evidence of improved financial performance. Yet [...]
Findings from Miles Advisory’s leadership insights study from the first stage of the crisis. The Coronavirus has had, and is still having, an unprecedented impact on business operations. It has changed the way we think, and the way work is done, from how we meet to how we manage. As the lockdown took effect it [...]
The CEO’s job is as difficult as it is important. Here is a guide to how the best CEOs think and act. A company has only one peerless role: Chief Executive Officer. It’s the most powerful and sought-after title in business, more exciting, rewarding, and influential than any other. What the CEO controls—the company’s biggest [...]
Three commitments to help companies promote diversity, equity, and inclusion — and resist the status quo. In 1977, Rev. Leon Sullivan, an American Baptist minister, civil rights leader, and corporate board director, created a set of guidelines to engage U.S. corporations in resisting and eliminating legalized systemic racism under apartheid in South Africa. Known as [...]
To say that chief HR officers (CHROs) are busy in the COVID-19 era would be an understatement. Now, more than ever, they are central to how companies are reimagining their personnel practices to build organizational resilience and drive value. In the earliest days of the crisis, CHROs kept people safe while fostering connectivity and caring [...]
Challenged by the global pandemic, CEOs have made four shifts in the way they lead that hold great promise for both companies and society. Will they build on this unique moment, or return to the ways of the past? COVID-19 has created a massive humanitarian challenge: millions ill and hundreds of thousands of lives lost; [...]
Six practices can help leaders build their self-awareness and guide their organizations through the challenges ahead. This article is part of a series Leadership in a crisis: Responding to the coronavirus outbreak and future challenges. It draws together collective thinking and expertise on five behaviors to help leaders navigate the pandemic and recovery. The coronavirus [...]
What is your company’s core reason for being, and where can you have a unique, positive impact on society? Now more than ever, you need good answers to these questions. Only 7 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs believe their companies should “mainly focus on making profits and not be distracted by social goals.” 1 And [...]
Are you a great CEO, or just a good one? New research shows that the leaders who truly excel have a set of distinctive mindsets and practices. Six dimensions separate exceptional CEOs from the rest of the pack. This article provides guidance on how current and future leaders can join that elite group This is [...]
Two board experts explain how in times of crisis or transformation, the CFO can serve as a rock in the boardroom, a critical arbiter of difficult decisions, and a scout for the future. Critical business decisions cannot be made unless management teams and boards of directors are on the same page. Transparency, fair and balanced [...]
