Time to Innovate
Future winners are those companies able to mobilise talent, technology, capital and innovation from across the globe. In January, Mannaz launched its 2013 white paper series – Leadership in Fostering Innovation – with its executive summary. The white paper series for 2013 is based on research conducted in 2012 with over 80 senior executives from… Read more
Leadership Innovation 2.0
By Kenneth Mikkelsen, Journalist, Founding Director and Knowledge Broker at Controverse16 May 2013 Economic unrest, changing market conditions and tough competition mean companies have to change their approach to leadership and equip leaders to get by in a new business environment. Over the past few years many well-known businesses have gone under. The… Read more
Belgacom – Development centre
The Belgacom Group is the largest telecommunications company in Belgium, headquartered in Brussels. The Belgacom Group is primarily state owned, with offerings which include fixed line communication, mobile communications and ICT services. Belgacom and Mannaz have partnered for over 10 years on “The House of Development” (HOD), which is an example of co-design and co-delivery.… Read more
Make the right choices to create a winning strategy
By Kenneth Mikkelsen, Journalist, Founding Director and Knowledge Broker at Controverse8 April 2013 What makes good corporate strategy? In this M Knowledge article, Kenneth Mikkelsen interviews Roger Martin, Dean of Rotman School of Management about his new book Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works. What makes good corporate strategy? It’s a question that haunts… Read more
”Everyone lives by selling something”
Business ColumnBy Paul Blackhurst, Client Director, MannazApril 2013 Great ideas do not sell themselves. Leaders need to be aware of how they are selling their ideas and realise that selling is part of being an effective leader. Client Director, Paul Blackhurst, gives his latests thoughts on why leaders need to start sellling. The title of… Read more
Reach your business goals – taking your initial ideas to sustainable projects
By Leif Godsk, Chief Consultant, Mannaz Focus on developing organisational project competences ‘Work smarter, not harder’ Not only does it pay to increase your focus and efforts on what you are already doing well – or, to use a well-known saying, on ‘more of the same’ – but it’s also important to innovate. It’s… Read more
New year – same you?
Business ColumnBy Paul Blackhurst, Client Director, MannazFebruary 2013 Christmas and NewYear seem a long time ago, and we are all back to business as usual. Or are we? Did you make any New Year’s resolutions, promises to yourself to behave differently? If you did, how are you doing at keeping those resolutions? Research by car… Read more
Alfa Laval: Collaborative design of Leadership Development
Mannaz has been a key Leadership Development partner with Alfa Laval since 2004, involved in co-design and co-delivery in programmatic and learning interventions as well as an advisory capacity. A key initiative which utilised Mannaz’s ability to both co-design and co-deliver solutions is called ‘Pure Leadership’. The programme is co-delivered by a team comprising both… Read more
Rebalancing Leaders in Times of Turbulence
By Inger Buus, Executive Vice President8 February 2013 ‘The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.’ This quote by the celebrated management guru, Peter F. Drucker, is highly relevant today in the aftermath of the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. The business logic… Read more
Preparing Chinese leaders for the global business world
By Jorgen Thorsell, Justin Bridge and Fiona Gardner, Mannaz Dr. Jørgen Thorsell, Justin Bridge and Fiona Gardner are respectively CEO, Managing Director and Senior Consultant at Mannaz Ltd, Hong Kong Over 200 years ago, Napoleon Bonaparte stated, “Let China sleep, because when she wakes the world will shake.” Now, the prophecy becomes the reality as… Read more