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Powerful, authoritative, tenacious - all traits our society has come to associate with leaders. But what about kindness?

If there was ever a time for adaptive leadership, it certainly is now. To help us understand this, our own Lindsay Trout reached out to one of the world’s leading voices on adaptability, Zander Grashow, who co-authored The Practice of Adaptive Leadership in 2009.

As modern leadership challenges grow more complex, the remixing of the C-suite isn’t just inevitable — it’s essential. We must look beyond legacy titles and focus instead on the capabilities, mindsets, and collaboration required to lead today’s organizations.

Top of the House leaders reflect on insights from “The Energy Advantage: How to Go from Managing Your Time to Mastering Your Energy” during various Middle East gatherings.

In this episode of Leadership: The Secret Sauce, executive coach Steve Goodman shares his unique approach to leadership transformation.

Scale-up founders wear many hats, balancing rapid growth with team dynamics, organizational clarity, and leadership demands. It’s a phase filled with questions that can shape the trajectory of their business and personal growth.

The business argument for gender equality is "an absolute no-brainer," said Michael Ensser during a Davos panel.

In an era of seismic shifts, from climate to technological upheavals, boards must do more than keep pace – they must lead the charge. However, future readiness doesn’t come from compliance or ticking boxes; it requires boards to step back regularly, scrutinise their decisions, and question how they arrived at them.

Prepare for the World Economic Forum 2025 with a focus on listening. Understand how this intentional act can drive performance, unlock potential, and enable transformative change.

It starts with a mindset, writes Egon Zehnder's Olli Laurén in an article for Fast Company.

In a global study, Egon Zehnder found that 80% of CEOs now feel the need to embark on a "dual journey" of personal and organizational transformation, highlighting a growing trend in leadership development towards deeper, more "human" capacities.

Ricardo Sunderland, a partner at Egon Zehnder, discusses how mastering your energy is more crucial than managing your time in his book, The Energy Advantage: How to Go from Managing Your Time to Mastering Your Energy.