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Section Summary The CPG CEO of The Future Spencer Stuart interviewed 16 global leaders to understand the challenges they face, the changes they’ve made and their projections for what it will take to be a world-class CPG leader by the year 2025.
Section Summary CMOs on Boards The number of CMOs serving on F1000 boards is surprisingly low. Only 26 seats of these board seats are occupied by marketers.
Section Summary A Q&A with Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison Firsthand perspectives on the future of the industry and what it takes to be a successful leader in retail.
Section Summary Keeping Pace: The Future of Travel Leadership Digital transformation has revolutionized the travel distribution industry, so what skills will future leaders need in order to adapt to this new world?
Section Summary A Conversation with Mats Granryd, Director General of the GSMA Mats Granryd, director general of the GSMA, discusses how mobile technology can be a powerful force for equality, financial mobility and sustainability.
Section Summary Making a Successful Transition from Technology Leader to Board Director Experienced technology leaders share their experience transitioning to large public company board directorships.
Section Summary The Digital Dilemma How should boards keep pace with technology trends? Hiring a ‘digital director’ is not the only answer.
Section Summary Women Leaders: How We Got Here From sponsorship to P&L opportunities, C-level women share the factors that contributed to their success.
Section Summary Six Ways for Leaders and Organizations to Foster Inclusion and Diversity Insights on how leaders and organizations can embed inclusion and diversity in the workplace and make them part of the culture.
Section Summary Helping Place 2,000 Women on Corporate Boards Around the World Ensuring the advancement of women in the boardroom for more than four decades.
Section Summary How Companies Can Include More Women As we celebrate the launch of this year’s Women Ahead, we also reflect on the positive effect of overcoming unconscious bias and culture fitness in nurturing women leaders.
Section Summary Finding the right fit: Assessing First-Time Candidates for Non-Executive Directors A framework to help boards determine the readiness of a new director.
Section Summary The Road to Strategic Board Succession Approaches to board succession planning fall along a spectrum from highly reactive to strategic. How can boards move up the continuum to be more strategic?
Section Summary Why More Organizations Are Assessing for Culture Adaptability Why culture adaptability may be more important than culture fit.
Section Summary Getting Leadership Succession Right We studied 236 cases of CEO transitions in portfolio companies owned by private equity firms across Europe from January 2009 to March 2018.