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  • From legacy to leadership: how family firms outperform by combining heritage with innovation

    Human Leadership & Transformation

    From legacy to leadership: how family firms outperform by combining heritage with innovation

    Family-owned companies are everywhere. From local shops passed down through generations to global leaders like BMW, Hermès, and Michelin, they…

    11 September 2025 | 5 minute read

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  • Reaching for the moon: a challenge to win over generations Y and Z

    Human Leadership & Transformation

    Reaching for the moon: a challenge to win over generations Y and Z

    Generations Y and Z are no longer satisfied with good working conditions and kind-hearted management. They crave meaning, a mission,…

    7 August 2025 | 4 minute read

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  • Three speeds, four waves: a century of history in gender equality

    Human Leadership & Transformation

    Three speeds, four waves: a century of history in gender equality

    In April 1991, I was eagerly preparing my first conference on women’s professional development. Little did I know that this…

    5 March 2025 | 4 minute read

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  • Bridging the gender gap in sports: an investment opportunity

    Human Leadership & Transformation

    Bridging the gender gap in sports: an investment opportunity

    The history of women in competitive sports has been fraught with systemic exclusion and societal barriers. The first official women’s…

    4 March 2025 | 7 minute read

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  • S.W.A.G. Studio: using urban dance to foster inclusion and fight exclusion

    Innovation & Entrepreneurship

    S.W.A.G. Studio: using urban dance to foster inclusion and fight exclusion

    In a time when division and exclusion are all too common, whether rooted in social, racial or cultural differences, Pauline…

    28 November 2024 | 5 minute read

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  • Beyond pride month: fostering year-round inclusivity in your workplace

    Sustainability & Responsible Business

    Beyond pride month: fostering year-round inclusivity in your workplace

    Ensuring the safety, well-being and inclusion of LGBTQ+ employees is not just a moral imperative but a strategic necessity today. …

    20 June 2024 | 5 minute read

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  • Pandas: As rare as women leaders?

    Innovation & Entrepreneurship

    Pandas: As rare as women leaders?

    In the long path to reaching gender equality, there’s no single tool that will help women achieve equality with men.…

    2 April 2024 | 8 minute read

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  • Three lessons in leadership from a CFO

    Human Leadership & Transformation

    Three lessons in leadership from a CFO

    By her own admission, ESCP alumna Marlene Pelage has always been an “outsider”: never feeling as though she belonged. But…

    17 May 2023 | 5 minute read

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  • Becoming a stakeholder-first leader

    Human Leadership & Transformation

    Becoming a stakeholder-first leader

    FTSE 100 CEO of Intertek and ESCP alumnus André Lacroix on why the corporate world must reinvent leadership to put…

    24 January 2023 | 6 minute read

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