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Showing vulnerability as a leader… a delicate balance
For the September 5 Leadership Lab, doctoral candidate Johannes Claeys met with members of our Connect program in the Kapel van de Ontluiking in Groot-Bijgaarden. Next week, he presents his PhD on “Leadership and Vulnerability” at Tilburg University. During our meeting, he gave us a sneak preview of his research and we discussed the importance of “vulnerable leadership” in our own practice.
15 success factors for merger and acquisition processes
There are reports every day in the financial press on mergers and acquisitions in SMEs and major corporations. After all, acquisitions are a way of boosting and solidifying your company’s competitive position. But they can also create problems. Bringing a newly merged entity safely into harbor requires a favorable climate composed of critical success factors. Professor Eddy Laveren (AMS and University of Antwerp) and master student Lennert Verstreken conducted research into the factors behind successful mergers and acquisitions and came up with 15 success factors for mergers or acquisitions.
Drivers of success for SME internationalization
As a professor in Entrepreneurship & Family Business, I would like to share with you some insights on the internationalization of SMEs and family businesses. I will give you some ideas on how you can be more successful in going global with your company, based on a recent study in Germany.
Leadership at the zoo
Koen Marichal and Jesse Segers share their views and insights on leadership. They talk about the clichés and misconceptions that exist around leadership and about what kind of leadership is needed today in today's society. Starting from events we experience in our daily lives, with every new episode, you will be made even more aware of leadership in your environment, but also your own leadership. After all, leadership is everywhere!
This is episode 1 about leadership types in the zoo.
This podcast is in Dutch.
Antwerp Management School launches podcast series ‘Leadership is everywhere’
TV shows like De Collega’s and Het Eiland were among the first to bear the happy tidings: the leadership we’ve grown to know and expect for decades on end, is no longer. Those who still try to play the authoritarian leader, get benched before they know it. Instead, we’re getting an authentic and shared leadership.
Leadership on the soccer field
Is the captain of the team also the leader? Research from sports science suggests that this is not always the case. In team sports, players do not always look at the captain as the leader of the team. It seems members of the team have different leadership roles. How does this work?
This is episode 2 of the series "Leadership is everywhere".
This podcast is in Dutch.
How boards can help the CEO face digital transformation
n our increasingly digitized economy, information technology (IT) has become fundamental to support, sustain and grow organizations. Successful organizations leverage the digital innovation potential but also understand and manage the risks and constraints of technology. Previously, governing boards could delegate, ignore or avoid IT decisions, but the disruptive new technologies are increasingly being felt at board level. Emerging research calls for more board level engagement in enterprise governance of IT and identifies serious consequences for digitized organizations in case the board is not involved. In this blog we share the insights and some tips from research conducted by KPMG Belgium, Samsung Belgium, CEGEKA Belgium, the University of Antwerp and Antwerp Management School.