Archive for year: 2019

Have you heard that the Japanese have 20 ways of saying “no”? Or that in many cultures, you don’t use your left hand to pass something over, as it is seen as “unclean”? More importantly, would you know enough to put this into practice? Learn more from Marie-Therese Claes, Ph.D., Professor of Cross-Cultural Management at LSM and teaching on the CEMS MIM speaking with Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/experts/marie-therese-claes-phd

“We have plunged their muscles into inaction, we have extinguished the fire of their intelligence”. We have already turned around the words that Aleu Riera wrote more than a century ago; we have put ourselves into action and we have stoked the fire of the intelligence of women (and of men), but now we must continue to move forward. Read more from the former CEMS Chair and General Director of ESADE 2010-2018, Eugenia Bieto, on the importance of women in business education from elEconomista (in Spanish): https://www.eleconomista.es/ecoaula/noticias/9745355/03/19/La-senda-definitiva-de-la-educacion.html

The CEMS Club Conference (CCC) took place at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University from March 1-2. The CCC is an event organized each semester by the CEMS Club Support (CCS) Function of the Student Board with the aim to gather CEMS Club Presidents (CCPs) to share knowledge and best practices, network, and to learn about global issues in the CEMS Alliance.

Few companies debrief their repatriates, much less make it a priority to formally seek and use their knowledge. Repatriates return with highly-relevant global knowledge, new networks that significantly enhance their ability to get things done and connect domestic to foreign workers, a more global mindset, and new perspectives and competencies that should make the home company more competitive. Learn what steps global managers should take to get the most of this experience from HR Magazine: http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/article-details/repatriates-are-a-source-of-competitive-advantage

Managers across all sectors are familiar with the desires of those seeking to enter the workforce. Graduates rate work/life balance and flexible working alongside a good salary, opportunities for quick career progression and the chance to make an impact early on as the most important factors when seeking a job. This “want it all” approach can be a cause of frustration because traditionally there has been a trade-off between being successful and having a balanced work life.

Read more from Roger Trapp on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogertrapp/2019/01/31/real-projects-give-future-leaders-taste-of-business-challenges/