To cope with an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world, requires effective leadership. It requires a clear vision, an ability to lead strategically and wisely in a rapidly changing environment. These skills are becoming much sought after and our world-class researchers in the field are providing the answers.
With research in top tier journals like Leadership Quarterly, the Journal of Management and the Strategic Management Journal, WBS academics are building the leaders of tomorrow and influencing companies and organisations across the public and private sectors.
Marianna Fotaki has delved into green activist Extinction Rebellion to look at the structure and organisation of the controversial group.
Executive MBA graduate Jessica Whytehorn uses Need Theory to help her find high calibre recruits for spacecraft engineering firm Redwire Space.
We asked Mairead Brady, Course Director of our Executive Diploma in Marketing Leadership, to tell us what she thinks the course can do for anyone looking to be a great marketing leader, and turbo-charge their marketing strategy.
John Colley and Dimitrios Spyridonidis warn that leadership is crucial in uncertain times, but few bosses have experience of coping in a crisis.
Blurred boundaries between our professional and personal lives during the pandemic means off-the-job embeddedness is increasingly important to retain staff, argues Professor David Allen
The idea that a firm's sole responsibility is to increase its profits no longer holds water. Dimitrios Spyridonidis explores what makes a responsible leader.
'Strong' leaders are back in vogue, but can create weak businesses. Christian Stadler warns dissenting voices must be encouraged to tell them the truth.
Meet the Change Maker who has risen from the slums of Lagos to become one of the few senior managers in engineering in Africa and is now trying to show others how to follow her path.
Change management is a big issue for leaders. Fahmi Jabri (pictured) has found the Kübler-Ross Change Curve a useful tool in guiding his team through the sudden changes brought about by the pandemic.
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