Future Leadership
Our current economic climate presents many organizations with enormous challenges. They need strong leaders to turn these challenges into sustainable successes. After all, middle managers play a key role as a catalyst for strategy and change.
This is not a simple role, however. The pressure on middle managers in their ever-changing environment continues to grow. It’s up to them to reconcile conflicting expectations and the interests of various stakeholders. And while they often have no influence or control over the end result or what happens next, they are expected to write the next chapter of the story. Usually with very little room for maneuver, as a result of which they are often literally stuck in the middle.
Main activities:
- Put authentic and shared leadership, and leadership development on the agenda of organizations and society.
- Perform practical and relevant academic research on leadership development.
- Be a thought leader and trendsetter in leadership development in Belgium.
- Be the active center in an international network for academic research on leadership.
- Inspire a network of alumni, leaders and people from the industry for state-of-the-art leadership development.
October 13, 2025
The war for talent calls for a different kind of effort
The war for highly educated talent remains fierce, even in times of economic uncertainty. While HR professionals pull out all the stops, many vacancies stay unfilled. Maybe it is time for a different approach: broaden your horizon to include international talent and start building relationships with future professionals while they ...
August 25, 2025
Work shouldn’t just pay, it must remain worthwhile
The Belgian government reached a compromise on the much-discussed summer agreement. It introduces several major ...
July 08, 2025
Learning and feedback: how do you create a working culture?
Learning and feedback are inseparably connected—not just in theory, but above all in practice. What ...
July 02, 2025
Why isn't there a heat plan for work, the labor ...
Heatwaves in Flanders not only cause physical discomfort but also expose how vulnerable our infrastructure ...
Events
December 05, 2025
Webinar: Driving change at the top: How to create real momentum in ...
Designing a new strategy is often the easy part—whether it’s entering a new market, reorganizing teams, or experimenting with fresh technologies. Execution is where things usually go wrong. At the top, change is especially hard: reshuffling structures is simpler than letting go of ingrained habits. Many organizations settle for minor ...
December 11, 2025
HR Challenge: What does AI do to people ...
The world of work is evolving at lightning speed. From ChatGPT to algorithms that screen ...
More info & registrationDecember 12, 2025
Webinar: From isolated actions to policy: building structural ...
Companies are investing more than ever in employee well-being to boost resilience and job satisfaction ...
Read moreNovember 21, 2025
Board Insights: Leadership dynamics in the boardroom
In partnership with De Bestuurder - How do boards of directors really function behind closed ...
More info & registration
News
September 03, 2025
Antwerp Management School and Pidpa enter into partnership for workplace wellbeing
Antwerp Management School (AMS) and water company Pidpa are joining forces to take workplace wellbeing to the next level. Through this strategic partnership, both organizations aim to focus on happiness at work and a healthy workplace culture. ...
April 28, 2025
VIL and Antwerp Management School join forces to prepare companies ...
VIL and Antwerp Management School (AMS) are combining their expertise to better equip employees from ...
February 04, 2025
Antwerp Management School welcomes Mensura as a partner
Antwerp Management School (AMS) and Mensura, Belgium’s largest external service for workplace prevention and protection ...
September 26, 2024
More than 6 in 10 employees do not dare to ...
Taboos in the Flemish workplace remain persistent, both in private and professional areas. For instance ...
