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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

The Houses of Parliament in London overlooking from the other side of the River Thames

The fallout from the ‘mini’ Budget

Ismail Erturk | Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Investments
Commentary
A female teaching helping younger female students with a robot arm on a desk

The lasting impact of student loan reforms

Jill Rubery | Friday, July 15, 2022
Work
Commentary
A cover of the book titled strategic project organising

The importance of strategic project organising

Eunice Maytorena-Sanchez, Graham Winch, Natalya Sergeeva | Thursday, July 14, 2022
Executive Education, Management, Sustainability
Commentary
sports fans cheering in a sports bar

The role of regional social capital

Johannes Kleinhempel | Thursday, July 14, 2022
Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Work
Commentary
A plant growing in a metal gear cog

Building a bottom-up bioeconomy

Philip Shapira, Nick Matthews, Laurence Stamford | Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Innovation, Sustainability, Technology
Commentary
A black man and a white woman pointing at a screen with graphs on

Elon Musk’s takeover attempt of Twitter shines a light on Mergers & Acquisitions

Amedeo De Cesari | Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Work
Commentary
Two men shouting at each other in a business meeting

Bullying: why most people do nothing when they witness it – and how to take action

Kara Ng, Karen Niven | Thursday, April 28, 2022
Work
Commentary
A cityscape of Manchester in the sunset

Reimagining business

Ken McPhail | Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Sustainability, Work
Commentary
A healthcare worker in a surgical mask and scrubs

Healthcare challenge

Ann Mahon, Naomi Chambers | Monday, April 11, 2022
Covid-19, Management, Work
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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