Purpose – Recent research released by global talent management company, DDI, shows that over the last decade, there seems to be little real improvement in leadership quality. In the most recent Global Leadership Forecast, only one in three leaders reported that their quality of leadership was...

Purpose – K2's work with AXA (UK) has developed from a single “athlete at work” workshop for one manager into a high‐performance coaching program across 40 claims teams in multiple sites. It also formed part of AXA's Fast Forward initiative for accelerating individual talent. This paper...

Outlines the aim, methods and content of the London Business School Sloan Fellowships Programme. Looks at who are the participants and the effect the programme can have on their long‐term careers.

Describes an approach to maximizing team performance which integrates traditional business methods with those of the performing arts. Defines the ACE team as aligned, creative and exploring, and explains how the ACE Team Star Profile can be used to create a visual profile of a team′s strengths...

When advances by competitors and rising price‐consciousness from consumers intensified the battle for market share, the Quaker Oats company reacted by striving to create a high performance organization. Explains the role which the Quaker University played in the process.