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Mastering AI: strategies for business innovation and success

Explore the transformative power of GenAI in business. Learn how to navigate challenges, foster an innovation culture, and confidently lead in the AI era.

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Leadership

The leadership playbook: executive summary

Get hands on with our interactive leadership playbook, shaped by 45+ years' experience working with some of the world's biggest organisations.

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Leadership
Management Development
Wellbeing & Personal Development

Building trust through dialogue

Scott Rose is general manager of Impact UK The trust landscape Trust has always been a key ingredient to business success, but in a global landscape of increasing volatility, tension, and challenge...

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Change
Leadership

Only human-centred organisations will survive

Trevor Johnson is a Senior Consultant at Impact Americas What is a human-centred organisation? A human-centred organisation is one that puts people at the heart of everything it does. It understands...

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Adventure
Change
Leadership
Wellbeing & Personal Development

The advice leaders would give their younger selves (part 2)

At the end of each leadership podcast we recorded this year, we asked our guests one question: 'If you were starting over, what's the best piece of advice you'd give yourself?' Keep reading to...

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Leadership
Talent

Podcast: Has HR lost its soul?

An In Good Company podcast with Christoph Williams , Head of Talent and Leadership Development , Sony Europe Does Human Resources need to be more people centric? Has HR lost its soul? Is it now the...

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Leadership
Talent
Teams

Podcast: How to build and inspire teams

An In Good Company podcast with Beat Calabretti , Global VP Talent at Barry Callebaut Group How to build and inspire teams Teams. We're all part of them. But what does it take to build a successful...

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Innovation & Creativity
Leadership
Sustainable Innovation

To disrupt or to be disrupted?

Reflecting on leadership in service to humanity, Andy Dickson shares insights from Anthropy 2023. The Regeneration Game challenged leaders to consider personal actions and broader impact. Anthropy...

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Change
Leadership

Podcast: Making business more human

An In Good Company podcast with Katherine Wässer , Head of Purpose & Culture Transformation, Jaguar Land Rover How to make human centred organisations What do we mean by making a business more human...

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Sustainable Innovation

Demystifying sustainability jargon

Navigating the complex world of sustainability jargon and decoding the business value of positive impact. Explore key terms like CSR, ESG, and conscious capitalism in a sustainability glossary...

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Digital & Technology
Leadership

AI vs. leadership coach: Who can help you develop your leadership skills?

Comparing leadership advice from ChatGPT and consultant Cassie Cuppek. While ChatGPT provides useful information, Cassie emphasizes active development through reflection and intentional action...

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Sustainable Innovation

The Regeneration Game

The Regeneration Game was formally launched in a sellout session at Anthropy 2023 and has now been played by many Impact client organisations who are aiming to make a positive impact. Read more about...

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Innovation & Creativity
Leadership

How to solve complex problems

Scott Rose is general manager of Impact UK Where to start? Sometimes, you just know it’s not working. The problem is you don't know why. The clues on the surface can be very clear: disengagement, poor...

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Leadership

Podcast: Leadership lessons from a CEO

An In Good Company podcast with Emanuela Trentin , CEO at Siram Veolia What questions would you ask a CEO? It’s not often you get to ask a CEO for their leadership lessons. And as the Fortune Global...

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Leadership
Wellbeing & Personal Development

Podcast: From personal to workplace wellbeing

An In Good Company podcast with Tuuli Tervaskanto , Country Manager Finland & Baltics at VMware Wellbeing – what does this mean for individuals and organisations? I think we can all agree that...

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Wellbeing & Personal Development

Making space for wellness

In APAC, many organisations are still adjusting to a new reality, as well as dealing with the long-term consequences of two-plus years of isolated working.

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Teams

Unified purpose: The bedrock of team performance

What causes behavioural and performance gaps in teams? In our experience, the lack of a coherent, collective purpose is the biggest culprit. We have a simple exercise you can use in your next team...

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Leadership
Sustainable Innovation

Podcast: Transforming business sustainably

An In Good Company podcast with Michael Price , global commercial director, consultant and mentor How to balance profit, innovation and sustainability Is it possible for businesses to drive innovation...

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Leadership
Teams

Podcast: What it takes to lead a high-performing team

An In Good Company podcast with David Cooper , Senior Consultant, Impact What does it take to develop a high-performing team? At the heart of all organisational performance is the ability for...

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Leadership
Talent

Podcast: The role of HR in leadership

An In Good Company podcast with Iwan de Leeuw , Executive Vice President People Operations at Toll Group Putting the human into human resources The pandemic highlighted a need for a dynamic, agile and...

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Leadership
Teams

Accelerated team development

Tony Ren, Head of Impact China, highlights the urgent need for accelerated team development across APAC as businesses face tighter deadlines and complex challenges post-Covid.

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Innovation & Creativity
Leadership
Talent
Wellbeing & Personal Development

Ten leaders on the advice they'd give their younger selves

At the conclusion of each leadership podcast we recorded this year, we asked our guests one question: 'If you were starting over, what's the best piece of advice you'd give yourself?' Read on to find...

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Digital & Technology
Innovation & Creativity
Leadership

Podcast: Entrepreneurial leadership

An In Good Company podcast with Leigh Gammons , CEO at Tangent Turning problems into opportunities If we define entrepreneurial leadership as bringing people together to achieve a common goal, whilst...

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Leadership

Brandon Hall Group awards land in New York and Zurich 

We are delighted to announce that two of our clients have been awarded HCM Excellence Awards® by Brandon Hall Group. Congratulations to Shutterstock and Migros Bank. The HCM Excellence Awards® hosted...

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Leadership

“Strip me bare” by Louisa Rodriguez

Louisa Rodriguez is a leadership coach, UN Women Delegate 2023, nature lover and poet. She joined our podcast season to talk about women in leadership.

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Leadership
Wellbeing & Personal Development

Podcast: Women in leadership 

Listen to the podcast with Louisa Rodriguez, a leadership coach and a UN Women Delegate in 2023.

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Leadership
Wellbeing & Personal Development

Creating cultures of belonging

Discover how leaders can bridge the gap in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) efforts by fostering cultures of belonging and prioritizing authenticity. Explore strategies to create...

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Change
Leadership

Podcast: Leading with diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

An In Good Company podcast with Liz Ward , Director of Programmes at Stonewall. DEIB starts with awareness Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) has become an increasingly important topic...

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Innovation & Creativity
Leadership

Liberating Leadership event: four key takeaways

Impact's Head of Creative Change, Dom Fitch , takes us behind the scenes at our latest learning event. In July 2023 we hosted a learning event to explore the challenges leaders face in activating...

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Leadership
Talent

Podcast: HR and inclusion

An In Good Company podcast with Mukta Arya , Chief Human Resources Officer (APAC) at Société Générale. What are the biggest challenges facing HR? There can't be many departments with a bigger remit...

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Innovation & Creativity
Leadership
Talent

Sony Europe's tips for building business acumen

Christoph Williams shares one of Sony Europe's approaches to building their talent pipeline.

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Adventure
Sustainable Innovation
Teams
Wellbeing & Personal Development

Impact’s Force4Good - an adventure journey

Adventure, purpose and a shared journey, Andy Dickson updates us on Impact's Force4Good A 160km adventure journey In 2022 Impact staff, friends and family took part in the first ever Impact Force4Good...

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Adventure
Leadership
Wellbeing & Personal Development

Podcast: Vulnerability in leadership

An In Good Company podcast with Alex Staniforth , adversity adventurer and founder of Mind Over Mountains charity. Should leaders be vulnerable? Resilience, wellbeing, agility... these are all terms...

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Innovation & Creativity
Sustainable Innovation

Impact retains EcoVadis gold rating for sustainability practices

Impact’s sustainability performance for 2023 ranks among the top 5% of companies independently assessed by EcoVadis. Impact has retained gold in EcoVadis’ sustainability ratings for the fifth year...

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Innovation & Creativity
Leadership

Podcast: Agile leadership

An In Good Company podcast with Molly Brown Pickett , Head of People Development at Asana. What is agile leadership? Agile leadership is a term we're hearing more and more these days. Generally...

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Leadership
Sustainable Innovation

Podcast: Leading sustainable business

An In Good Company podcast with John Maddy , Long Valley Holidays. Is it truly possible to lead a sustainable business? From environment to supply chain, purpose to profit, risk to regulations...

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Digital & Technology
Leadership

Can ChatGPT improve your leadership?

Thoughts from Ailie Shackleton , Impact's head of content marketing. Is it just me… or is ChatGPT the topic of chat everywhere you go? Whilst walking our dogs this week, my estate agent friend...

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Digital & Technology
Leadership
Teams

Podcast: Leading hybrid teams

An In Good Company podcast with David Berz , Head of Learning Technology, Data & Strategy, Global Operations . How can you lead teams in a hybrid world? In this episode of our leadership podcasts, we...

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