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Recognising outstanding learning and development partnerships: 2021 Excellence in Practice
The 2021 Excellence in Practice awards attracted an impressive set of submissions, despite the ongoing challenges due to the pandemic. More than 50 cases registered for the awards, an all-time high.
Read MoreLeading transformation: Shaping the automotive transformation amidst turbulent times
It was early 2020. The global automotive industry was in the middle of the biggest transformation in its history – exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreHow TRATON uses training to accelerate its global champion strategy
The TRATON GROUP brings together four of the world’s leading truck brands – MAN, Scania, Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus and, most recently, Navistar. These four brands are now united in the mission to become the global champion of the transportation services industry and to transform transportation together.
Read MoreMaking leaders
In 2017, a global transformation plan at Capgemini (branded “LEAD” appropriately enough) combined with a need to manage talents differently, to pave the way for an ambitious leadership development programme.
Read MoreFuture-proofing the Audi UK dealership network
Electric mobility, driverless cars, automated factories, and ridesharing—these are just a few of the major disruptions that the automotive industry is facing. Maintaining a market position in the premium car market presents an ongoing challenge.
Read MoreEntrepreneurship for Good
Bound by strong humanist values, Live for Good, a not-for-profit association committed to youth and an expert in positive impact entrepreneurship, and CEDEP, the Executive Education Club share a common vision of business.
Read MoreCreating a transformative leadership culture
Established in 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an independent, neutral organisation operating worldwide, helping people affected by conflict and armed violence and promoting the laws that protect victims of war.
Read MoreDriving customer retention and project success through professionalisation
Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with 105,000 employees and annual revenue of €11 billion. It is the European number one in Cybersecurity, Cloud and High-Performance Computing, providing tailored end-to-end solutions for all industries in 71 countries.
Read MoreCargill catalyst: “Paying it forward” with INSEAD
How do you transform an agricultural and industrial giant with 155,000 employees in 70 countries? Simply take the top 1,700 leaders, give them a new mindset… and get them to pass it on.
Read MoreRisk school experience: Tailored training to master risk
A school to restore professionals’ confidence in granting credit risk, increase quality credit investment and reduce arrears. These are the objectives of the Risk School created by CaixaBank and the UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM).
Read MoreCorporate sustainability and reporting for competitive business programme in Peru
CENTRUM PUCP and Global Reporting Initiative are honoured to receive the 2021 EFMD Excellence in Practice SILVER Award in the “Social and Environmental Impact” category.
Read MoreHow to close a factory, responsibly?
Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) had the advantage of having acquired a profound knowledge of Unilever Goiânia ́s business challenges, next to its people management priorities.
Read MorePertamina’s catalyser
The Catalyser programme is the biggest leadership accelerator currently running in Southeast Asia. It represents the growing readiness of Southeast Asian companies to develop world-class leaders.
Read MoreAuthentic African leadership requires ‘more than a programme’
The brief was as brave as it was wide: take 328 bankers of varying seniority from 20 African countries and help them unlock their untapped potential – as individuals not financiers – through a programme co-designed by two ostensibly rival business schools.
Read MoreUnlocking human potential through learning English
From 2015 to the present day, ArcelorMittal, alongside EF Education First, has sought to break down these barriers of understanding to unlock human potential and business growth.
Read MoreDeveloping entrepreneurship in Russia
The “PRACTICUM Programme” was inaugurated in 2012, the year Vitaly Polekhin came to the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO with the idea for a new educational programme for the founders and CEOs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Read MoreA journey from A to what can Be – The Future Factory Programme
An innovation leadership programme, The Future Factory Trinity Innovation Programme, was designed to embed innovation into the operations and people of the Dublin Airport and as a catalyst for people, organisational and even ecosystem transformation.
Read MoreEmerging Indigenous executive leaders programme
The Elevate RAP Working Group selected the Australian Graduate School of Management as a partner that would design and deliver a programme that would facilitate career and leadership development for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees aspiring to executive leadership roles.
Read MoreA digital learning platform for enhancing salesforce capabilities at Coromandel
Coromandel International Limited partnered with Murugappa Group’s MDC (Management Development Center) since MDC’s consistent emphasis has been to capture, compile, communicate and disseminate knowledge to all stakeholders.
Read MoreEnter the Eurozone programme
Enterprise Ireland sought partners to design and deliver a unified programme that could build on existing sales and marketing frameworks and give due consideration to the culture of the Irish SME. Via a competitive procurement process, ESMT Berlin and IMS Marketing were selected.
Read MoreRising to the challenges of rapid growth
In the initial high-level meetings between the Avolon Executive Committee and the INSEAD team, two overarching objectives for the partnership were defined: leadership & strategy and process & strategy execution.
Read MoreStrategic digital leadership in a rapidly changing world
The increasing challenge of digital disruption demands faster business innovation. This makes capabilities in strategic insight and effective project implementation more important than ever.
Read MoreMaintaining and developing company brand values through generations dialogue
JSC Russian Railways, in partnership with the Corporate University of Russian Railways, carried out a series of activities called “Generations Forums” involving mentors from the Railway Infrastructure Business Unit and encouraging the participation of railway transport universities.
Read MoreDigital mindset: transforming the way Russia is governed
Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the University 2035 were tasked with transferring the knowledge on data-driven decision-making to 30,000 leaders of government entities, subordinate organisations and government-owned companies.
Read MoreStrategic alignment at LafargeHolcim
How do you reinvigorate a multinational company facing several years of underperformance after a challenging merger? That was the dilemma facing Jan Jenisch in 2017. As incoming CEO of LafargeHolcim, he was tasked with positioning the organisation back on the path to growth.
Read MoreA transformative journey for the catalysts of change
It was necessary to equip Cognizant leaders with the domain knowledge that inspired Cognizant executive leadership and Academy, Cognizant’s L&D team, to co-design a learning programme for the Delivery Heads.
Read MoreHow can museums reinvent themselves and become drivers of urban revitalisation?
“Museum: The Power of Place” came about as a result of joint efforts between the Vladimir Potanin Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the Foundation) and Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO (hereinafter referred to as SKOLKOVO).
Read More2019 – Hacer que los recursos humanos sean a prueba del futuro
“Only by having a complete grasp of organisations’ hiring needs, campaigns and profiles with their multitude of intricacies can we successfully be exposed to a new set of triggers and then design programmes that truly match the needs of business.”
Read MoreLearning from experience – UK government and Lancaster University Management School
With local growth a key priority for the UK, a partnership led by Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) and the UK government resulted in the development of the Wave 2 Growth Hub Programme.
Read MoreVol.12 – Issue 02. International learning 4.0
“Internationalism” – what it means and how to teach it, is a subject that dominates the pages of this issue.
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