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From Passive Learning to Real Change: Inside Ilona Boniwell’s Approach to Executive Education

Executive training faces a well-documented challenge: retention. Research suggests that passive learning formats can lead to retention rates as low as 10%. In high-stakes environments, this gap matters. Time is invested, energy is mobilized, yet what is learned does not always translate into action. 

So how do you make executive education actually stick?
 

  

  • A Leadership Signature, You Don’t Copy It, You Refine It

    When Indra Nooyi, then CEO of PepsiCo, was told to walk into a job interview in a sari — “and if they don’t hire you for who you are, that’s their loss” — she didn’t know it yet, but she was getting one of the most important leadership lessons of her life.
     

  • What Executive Coaches Must Know About Mental Health Boundaries

    Dr. Tayyab Rashid explains how to spot red flags, assess risk, and refer responsibly when coaching conversations shift into clinical territory.

     

  • Fahima Di Federico: From the Lab to Business Development — the Masterful Leap of a Passionate Scientist

    To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we meet Fahima Di Federico—a molecular biologist whose passion for science took root in childhood and flourished into nearly two decades of research excellence. In 2023, despite an exemplary career, Fahima sensed the initial spark beginning to fade. She made a decisive pivot toward Business Development, a transition she navigated successfully... but not without sacrifice.