Leadership

Leadership

December 16th, 2021

Research Points to Gender Diversity as Motor for Innovation and Growth

Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj has spent decades analyzing women for leadership roles. Shortly after joining HEC Qatar as Associate Professor in Gender Diversity and Entrepreneurial Leadership, she published her third book “Futureproof Your Career”. We caught up with the prolific academic at the 2021 Women’s Forum in Paris to discuss cognitive diversity, her research on Asian communities and leadership and teaching entrepreneurial leadership at HEC.

Associate Professor

Diversity, Leadership, Innovation

Leadership

May 06th, 2021

Can Financial and Social Missions Truly Coexist Within Companies?

A number of business leaders and researchers have promoted the idea that social and financial goals are complementary. The authors of a recent paper say that may be true, but if so, why aren’t all companies pursuing these dual goals? They propose ways to diminish tensions between the two aims.

By Tomasz Obloj

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Leadership

May 05th, 2021

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Best Buy Case Study: How does Purposeful Leadership Impact Performance?

The case study “Purposeful Leadership at Best Buy” written by Rodolphe Durand, HEC Paris Professor of Strategy and holder of the Joly Family Purposeful Leadership Chair, has just been released on the Case Centre platform. This case study aims to better understand the characteristics of “Purposeful Leadership” and to identify the conditions of success to impact positively the performance of a company.

Strategy and Business Policy

Leadership

May 13th, 2020

How to Lead Remote Teams Effectively

Leaders, managers and coordinators often find challenging to lead remote teams. Why? Patrick Delamaire, Adjunct Professor at HEC Paris, shares his learning gained from HEC Paris where he teaches leadership to hundreds of leaders, with a specific focus on remote management. Some of these takeaways might be useful for you especially during this current pandemic situation.

Adjunct Professor

Leadership

July 18th, 2019

How to Organize to Remain Professional while Being Profitable

How to remain professional but also commercially viable? HEC Professor Michel Lander explains the different organizational practices used by professional service firms (PSF) and shares key findings on which strategy works best.

By Michel Lander

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Ready for Change?

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man, Heraclitus. This dossier invites you to reflect upon change, and how individuals, firms, institutions, and the broader society deal with it.

April 30th, 2018

©francesco chiesa Management of Change - Knowledge HEC Paris

Leadership

April 30th, 2018

Using Storytelling to Support Organizational Change

Transformation is a difficult challenge for companies. How can the art of storytelling guide companies through transformative change? Researchers Giada Di Stefano and Elena Dalpiaz turn to Italian housewares and kitchen utensil company — and master storyteller — Alessi to understand the narrative practices for successful change.

By Giada Di Stefano

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Leadership

January 13th, 2017

Being a Responsive and Responsible Leader: the Best Antidote Against Populism

On Thursday 19th January, Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet Professor of Law at HEC Paris will be at the Davos World Economic Forum. He will be leading a workshop on leadership and advising members from the Young Global Leaders Community on what the best practices for being a strong leader are. In this article, he identifies the 10 personal qualities that leaders of today may all have but too often lack.

Jean Monnet Professor

Leadership

June 08th, 2016

Can citizens' skills fix democracy? HEC Professor Alberto Alemanno's TEDx talk explains how

Jean Monnet Professor

Leadership

May 26th, 2016

Power to the People: Citizens Should Soon Have More Voice to Sway Policy

HEC Paris Professor Alberto Alemanno says civic movements like ‘Nuit Debout’ are good for democracy but, in order to have their voice truly heard, need a professional leg-up in the form of citizen lobbying. An organization he is involved in and a book he is writing aim to pair up experts with NGOs to help them act as a counterweight to big business lobbying.

Jean Monnet Professor