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Explore the latest original thinking, commentary, thought leadership and insights from our academic experts, alumni and guests.

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Stay local or go global?

Thursday, May 18, 2023

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An event facilitated by The Business Desk editor, Michael Taylor and hosted by Academic Director of Executive Education, Bryan Lukas, with panellists including Booking.com’s Lisa Shaftesley, Jo Ahmed, Partner and Leader of the Global Employer Services practice, Deloitte, and Dr Courtney Owens, Lecturer in Leadership and Organisational Psychology at AMBS.

Seven Takeaways from our Leadership in a Volatile and Uncertain World event

Thursday, April 27, 2023

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How can organisations promote authentic leadership?

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Executive Director of Client Relations at Alliance Manchester Business School, Stuart Wells, considers how executive education can enable organisations to adapt to this change. >>

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Preventing Imposter Syndrome

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Professor of Marketing and Academic Director of Executive Education at Alliance Manchester Business School, Bryan Lukas explores imposter syndrome and how executive education can help fill those knowledge gaps. >>

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Nature v Nurture: How to become a leader

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Managing Director for Executive Education at Alliance Manchester Business School, Jane Cromblehome shares her top tips for becoming a leader and how to know when the time is right for training. >>

Topic

Type

Year

A woman presenting to her colleagues pointing to a screen

Why project management skills matter

Alec Waterworth | Monday, January 23, 2023
Executive Education, Work
Commentary
A flock of birds during a sunset

The future of Twitter

Alex Gunz | Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Technology
Commentary
A busy street in Bangladesh

Rethinking the boundaries of audit

Javed Siddiqui | Thursday, December 1, 2022
Investments, Work
Commentary
two people standing on top of a wind turbine

Embracing stakeholder capitalism

Simon Hayward | Monday, November 28, 2022
Investments, Sustainability
Commentary
colleagues talking in office

How to accept your personality traits and use them to your advantage

Courtney Owens | Thursday, November 24, 2022
Executive Education
Commentary
A businessman throwing papers up in the air outside on a sunny day

Can an MBA make you free?

Xavier Duran | Thursday, November 17, 2022
Work
Commentary
An image of the City of London Skyscraper scene with the Union Jack and EU Flag overlaid

The effects of political decisions on asset prices

Yoichi Otsubo | Monday, November 14, 2022
Innovation, Investments
Commentary
Hand showing laptop computer with cloud network Computer

Ensuring Artificial Intelligence is responsible

Erik Beulen | Monday, October 24, 2022
Technology
Commentary
Business team on meeting working with charts and analysing statistics report

Data and decision making

Yu-wang Chen | Thursday, October 20, 2022
Decision Sciences, Technology
Commentary

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Blog posts give the views of the author, and are not necessarily those of Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester.

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