As the international environment for business becomes increasingly uncertain, Alasdair Ross, writing for Financial Times | IE Business School Corporate Learning Alliance, provides its clients with a framework for managing risks. A favorite tactic of Shining Path guerrillas during Peru’s insurgent war was to topple electricity pylons on the outskirts...

What are you hearing? CEOs need accurate and unfiltered information to provide wise leadership and make good decisions: Is that what you get? Do your people tell you what they want you to know, what they think you want to hear or what’s really going on? A recent Harvard Business...

I was recently in a meeting as the change management expert for a global organization. I was there to gather information, as their meetings were notorious for being late and inefficient. But this meeting was different: a manager came into the room and announced before we started, ‘I have a...

Anyone who pretends that emotional intelligence is a ‘soft’ skill has never managed a bullying claim, told an employee that their position is redundant, or been involved in an industrial negotiation. Many management tasks that are essential in today’s workplace require understanding of the emotional issues that employees and teams...

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has been listed in the prestigious top 20 small universities in the world for 2018 by London-based Times Higher Education. Caltech, which ranked 6th in the CEOWorld University Rankings 2018 tops the list followed by École Polytechnique, France; Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy; and the University...

Starting a business in a foreign country implies several important decisions and things to be observed. Among these, the costs for both registering and maintaining the company, the legislation, the licensing requirements and, of course, the jurisdiction the company will operate in. From a jurisdictional point of view, a company...

Whenever you are moving out clothing is a significant thing to plan before you pack your bag for the trip. You have to keep things in mind that it should be quality material, long lasting and comfortable and also it should fit well and be presentable. Certain things are essential...

When thinking of Switzerland, you are reminded of the delicious chocolates for which it is known in the world. While saying so, you are already dreaming of their mouth-watering, silky texture. It is their unparalleled quality and outstanding innovations that make these ‘Made in Switzerland’ wonders distinctive. When cocoa bean...

Email has become a ubiquitous tool in our society, particularly in the workplace, where it is the standard method of communication. For online marketers building email campaigns, email is more crucial now than ever, and that’s why they are using an email address checker, to make sure they collect and...