Executive education articles
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Building Future Leaders
What do you think when you hear ‘apprentice’? Roger Delves explains why apprenticeships are the smart way to prepare leaders for challenging roles.
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Coaching Begins At Hello
Director for the Ashridge Centre for Coaching, Erik de Haan explains the importance of the first few minutes when coaching.
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Wizarding wisdom: A lesson in leadership from Professor Dumbledore
In today's complex world of uncertainty and change, what lessons can business leaders take from the preeminent Professor Dumbledore about ethical decision-making and integrity? Roger Delves, Dean of Qualifications at Ashridge Executive Education, explores the theme of principled leadership, inspired by Dumbledore.
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Sticking to your values in a VUCA environment: The challenges of working with integrity
In light of conflicting demands on our time, it's our instincts, our experiences, and our values that help us decide what's really important. But when we're under pressure, sticking to our values can be a big challenge, as Ashridge Program Director Trudi West explains.
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Leadership training: Are you learning fast enough?
With experience gained through 30 years of designing and delivering leadership programs, an Ashridge-led research team looks at how best to accelerate learning through rapid prototyping and project application work.
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Leading in a VUCA world
We are operating in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world—and it’s becoming clear that our comfortable, classic models of leadership don’t work in this constantly changing climate. So how can managers ensure they develop the resilience to keep going when all around them is constantly changing?