Artnet and Artsy Come Together Under Shared Leadership
Artnet and Artsy have merged under shared leadership, with CEO Jeffrey Yin and chairman Andrew Wolff guiding the combined entity while keeping both brands separate. Wolff, who acquired majority control of Artsy and took Artnet private, will serve as chairman. The partnership blends Artnet’s market data and journalism with Artsy’s discovery and sales platform, leveraging AI and data tools to modernize the online art market.
Why Leaders Need “Power Skills”
Leaders are facing a widening gap as technical expertise alone no longer drives performance. The article argues that "power skills"—empathy, active listening, trust‑building—are essential to reverse declining engagement, talent loss, and stifled innovation. Practices such as empathy shadowing, listening tours,...
Conagra Brands Incoming CEO on Knife Edge
Conagra Brands named former JM Smucker COO John Brase as its president and CEO, effective June 1, after Sean Connolly’s departure. The announcement triggered a 4.4% drop in the stock, adding to an 18% decline year‑to‑date and a 62% slide over five...
Should You Develop Your Leadership Strengths—Or Fix Your Weaknesses?
The article tackles the long‑standing debate of whether leaders should double‑down on their strengths or remediate their weaknesses. It proposes a four‑question diagnostic to map role requirements, manager expectations, personal capabilities, and development options. Based on that analysis, leaders should...
Startup Essentials: A Starter Guide to Employee Share Plans: Common Founder Concerns
Employee share plans are a potent tool for startup talent attraction, yet founders often fear loss of control, dilution, and tax inefficiencies. The article outlines practical solutions such as exit‑only options, growth shares, and government‑approved EMI or CSOP schemes that...
Beatrice Monguidi Appointed CEO of Rimowa
Beatrice Monguidi, former EMEA president of Louis Vuitton, has been appointed CEO of Rimowa, effective June 1, 2026. Her career has been entirely within LVMH, with senior roles at Fendi, Valentino and Christian Dior Couture. She succeeds Hugues Bonnet‑Masimbert, who moved to a commercial director role at...
Why Are Workers so Worried About AI? Listen to How Business Leaders Talk About It
Workers are increasingly anxious that AI will displace them, a sentiment amplified by recent high‑profile layoffs at companies like Block and Oracle. Business leaders, however, can curb this fear by reframing AI as a tool for capacity‑building rather than cost‑cutting...
Colt Appoints President and CEO
Prague‑based Colt CZ Group has promoted Jillair Kubish from interim chief executive to President and CEO of the Colt Manufacturing Group. Kubish, who has served as EVP of Military and Law Enforcement, brings more than two decades of firearms industry experience,...
Radiology Business Management Association Elects New Board Members
The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) announced its new 2026‑2027 board at the annual PaRADigm meeting in Championsgate, Florida. Stacy Sanso, director of patient access at ARA Diagnostic Imaging, will serve as president, succeeding Jamie Dyer, who moves to immediate...
Europe Ranks Last in Employee Engagement. How Can HR Help?
Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace survey of 141,000 employees shows Europe lagging far behind on engagement, with only 13% of workers feeling engaged. Meanwhile, 73% are not engaged and 15% are actively disengaged, despite low job‑seeking intent (30%). The...
AA Beefs up Top Team in Drive for Responsible Growth
The Advertising Association (AA) has strengthened its leadership by appointing Charlie Rudd as its inaugural vice‑president and Natalie Bell as chair of Front Foot, the industry network of over 100 advertisers, agencies and tech firms. Rudd, who runs Publicis Groupe UK’s...
Danish MinervaX Bolsters Executive Team Amid Transition to Pivotal Vaccine Trial Phase
Denmark‑based biotech MinervaX has hired Jamila Louahed, a former GSK vaccine R&D executive, as Chief Development Officer and veteran life‑science CFO Hans Henrik Chrois Christensen. The leadership changes come as the company prepares to launch a pivotal Phase III trial...
Aergo Capital Names Sheridan as Its New CEO
Aircraft leasing firm Aergo Capital announced Paul Sheridan as its new CEO, effective June 2, 2026. Sheridan brings 25 years of aviation‑finance experience, most recently leading PwC Ireland’s aviation finance advisory practice and serving as CEO of AMCK Aviation. He...
My CEO Story… Reka Lenart, ALTO
ALTO, the global association for international education agencies, schools and service providers, is led by CEO Reka Lenart, who joined the independent body 15 years ago to raise the sector’s profile. Lenart describes ALTO’s mission as elevating education through leadership,...
Hershey US President Exits Amid Profits Slide and Brand Backlash
The Hershey Company announced that U.S. President Andrew Archambault will depart effective May 1, 2026, after just over a year in the role. The exit comes as the confectioner reports sharply falling profits and consumer backlash over alleged ingredient changes in...
Book Review: ‘Muskism,’ by Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff
The New York Times review of “Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed” argues that Elon Musk’s enterprises constitute a new economic system akin to Fordism, pairing mass production with a consumer‑dependency loop. The authors, historian Quinn Slobodian and writer Ben Tarnoff, describe how...
Car Finance Firm Zuto Appoints New Chief Executive
Zuto, the UK car‑finance fintech, has named long‑time COO Aimee Gethin as its new chief executive, succeeding founder Jim Wilkinson. Gethin, who joined in 2015, takes the helm as part of a multi‑year succession plan backed by Bridgepoint’s small‑cap growth...
Bp CEO Meg O’Neill Moves to Simplify Structure, Refocus on Upstream-Downstream Model
bp Plc’s new chief executive Meg O’Neill announced a sweeping reorganization that will collapse the company into two core divisions – upstream (exploration and production) and downstream (refining). The plan folds technology, legal, gas, low‑carbon and human‑resources units into these...
Five Business Metrics Your Dashboard Probably Isn't Showing You
CEOs routinely monitor revenue, margin and cash runway, but five critical operational metrics rarely appear on executive dashboards. These include effective labour cost per deliverable, the non‑billable ratio of revenue‑generating teams, estimate accuracy over time, coordination cost, and client profitability...
Why Your RTO Mandate Is Exposing a Leadership Gap—And How to Fix It
The article argues that mandatory return‑to‑office (RTO) policies expose a leadership gap, as executives often lack a clear purpose for physical presence. It proposes a three‑part Leadership Audit—purpose, activity, and managerial mindset—to align RTO with business outcomes. A decade‑long case...
Meta | Will Zuckerberg's AI Clone Really Boost Connection with Employees?
Meta is developing an AI chatbot that emulates Mark Zuckerberg’s tone and mannerisms to answer employee questions. In a firm of roughly 80,000 staff, direct access to the CEO is limited, so the bot aims to provide near‑real‑time strategic insight....
Challenge for Workplace Is Balancing Culture with the Business’s Need for Speed and Innovation
An EU‑funded Culture Compass 2026 report surveyed more than 540 managers and employees in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland and found a “productivity paradox”: high employee engagement coexists with slow decision‑making and limited autonomy. While 42 % of organisations describe...
The 47% Advantage: Map Your Path to Peak Performance (Webinar)
A Personnel Today webinar in partnership with Culture Amp will reveal how a peak‑performance culture can boost financial results. Research covering more than 1,800 global companies shows firms with such cultures enjoy a 47 % higher stock‑price return over two years, yet...
Leaders Advise ‘Showing up’ over Silence; ‘Presence with Intent’ over Performance
Regional leaders in communications, creative and media warn that retreating during the Middle East’s geopolitical and economic turbulence erodes brand relevance. They argue that staying visible with intentional, empathetic messaging—rather than silence or noisy “business‑as‑usual”—preserves market share and builds trust....
Why Empathy Is the Ultimate Competitive Advantage for FMCG Leaders
Eugene Cha-Navarro, MD of CJ Foods Oceania, argues that empathy is a core competitive weapon for FMCG brands. By framing Korean dumplings as familiar to Australian shoppers, she secured shelf space at Woolworths and Coles, turning a niche product into...
Guzman Y Gomez Global Marketing Boss Resigns
Arbor Law Appoints First Managing Partner
Arbor Law, the London‑based boutique legal consultancy, has appointed Sahar Farooqi as its first managing partner. Farooqi, a former chief transformation officer and well‑known legal affairs commentator, will steer the firm’s growth strategy, client expansion, and operational scaling. The firm,...
When Teams Go Quiet: Psychological Safety in the AI Era
Startups that prioritize psychological safety capture early warning signals, preventing costly rework and technical debt. In the AI‑driven 2026 landscape, over‑reliance on algorithmic outputs can mute dissent, embedding weak solutions at scale. Founders who model uncertainty—e.g., saying “I don’t know...
Euskaltel Appoints Usamentiaga as President
Euskaltel announced that Luz Usamentiaga will replace Jon Ander de las Fuentes as president, marking a leadership refresh after the company’s integration into the MasOrange group. Usamentiaga brings more than 25 years of telecom experience and will retain her role as Director General of...
Airbus Announces Results of 2026 Annual General Meeting
Airbus shareholders approved every resolution at the 2026 Annual General Meeting in Amsterdam, confirming board mandates and a €3.20 per share dividend (about $3.50). The meeting marked the announced departure of Chair René Obermann, who will step down on 1 October 2026,...
Fresh Probe Into Handling of Former Xero Chief Executive Sir Rod Drury Misconduct Complaint
Xero has launched an independent review of misconduct allegations made by former junior employee Ally Naylor against ex‑CEO Sir Rod Drury. The complaint, first raised in 2016 and formally filed in 2017, resurfaced after Drury received a knighthood and the New Zealander of...
Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon on Adapting to Disruption
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said the U.S. economy benefits from ongoing fiscal stimulus, bipartisan support for spending and a deregulatory tilt, which together create a resilient market backdrop. He noted that large firms are pouring money into AI infrastructure,...
AKQA Australia Lures Ex BBH, BBDO Strategist Kyle Duckitt for Executive Strategy Director Role
AKQA Australia has appointed globally‑awarded strategist Kyle Duckitt as Executive Strategy Director, bolstering its senior leadership. Duckitt will report to Managing Director Justine Leong and collaborate with the agency’s creative, design, data, and technology heads. He brings more than a...
Volatility Isn’t Temporary, Account For It In Your Leadership Playbook Going Forward
Volatility has become the baseline operating environment for B2B leaders, driven by economic uncertainty, geopolitical shocks, AI disruption, and shifting buyer behavior. The latest Forrester research urges executives to adopt ruthless focus, treat change leadership as a core capability, and...
Why Leaders Should Build Community, One Connection at a Time
Jerry Lee, former CEO of MG2 and now foundation director, illustrates how leadership rooted in generosity can reshape a firm’s culture. Drawing on a childhood in a Seattle grocery store that served the neighborhood, he shifted MG2 from a profit‑centric...
Jack Dorsey Wants to Have 6,000 Direct Reports
Block, the fintech arm of Square, slashed 4,000 jobs—about half its staff—earlier this year to accelerate its AI strategy. In a recent podcast, CEO Jack Dorsey said he wants to flatten the hierarchy, cutting middle‑management layers from five down to...
Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes ispace-U.S. To Board of Directors
The Commercial Space Federation announced that ispace‑U.S., a U.S.-based lunar exploration firm, has joined its Board of Directors. ispace‑U.S. has been an associate member and will now help shape CSF’s strategic priorities and policy engagement. The move aligns with NASA’s...
From AI Experimentation to Operational Impact: What Leaders Need to Get Right
Enterprises are discovering that promising AI pilots often falter when shifted from controlled experiments to real‑world production. Leaders like HCLTech’s Piyush Saxena warn that many organizations still measure outputs—such as generated summaries—rather than business outcomes like cost savings or revenue...
So, Who’s My Boss Now? Victoria’s Ministerial Reset to Drop Today
Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan will announce a sweeping ministerial reshuffle today, setting the stage for an election‑focused cabinet. The changes follow a leak of resignations and will reassign key portfolios such as finance, health and infrastructure. Deputy Premier Ben Carroll...
Antalpha Platform Holding Company Announces Resignation of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. and EMEA
Antalpha Platform Holding Company announced that Derar Islim will resign as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer for its U.S. and EMEA operations, effective April 30, 2026. The company said Islim will stay on as an advisor to facilitate...
Oklo Announces Changes to Its Board of Directors and Management Team to Support Its Continued Growth
Oklo Inc., the advanced nuclear technology firm, announced a major reshuffle of its board and senior management to accelerate its integrated power‑fuel‑isotopes strategy. Four new directors—Dr. Mark Peters, David Christian, Derek Kan and David Park—joined the board on April 10, 2026, bringing deep...
Legalweek’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement Honorees: Domino Mentors
Legalweek’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement awards spotlight four industry veterans—Florinda Baldridge, Shannon Bales, David Greetham and Mary Mack—who together embody the “Domino Mentor” model. The honorees illustrate four pillars shaping legal technology: scalability, education, innovation and interoperability. Their collective work spans...
CSAF, CMSAF Empower Next Generation Leaders to Lead with Character at WildWestCon 2026
The U.S. Space Force’s top leaders – Chief of Space Operations (CSAF) and Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force (CMSAF) – addressed the WildWestCon 2026 audience to inspire the next generation of space professionals. Their remarks centered on the...
CSAF, CMSAF Empower Next Generation Leaders to Lead with Character at WildWestCon 2026
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach delivered a keynote at the 2026 National Conclave (WildWestCon) in Dallas, urging Arnold Air Society and Silver Wings cadets to lead with judgment, toughness, grit and character. He tied the message to...
Helping Healthcare IT Teams Do More and Avoid Burnout
UVA Health’s chief technology officer, Zeb Elliott, used the HIMSS Executive Connect program to redesign how his IT department engages staff. By adopting agile sprint cycles, mental‑health check‑ins, and automation tools, the team lifted output while curbing overtime. The changes...
Executive Coaching Helps Leaders Grow Through Discomfort
UVA Health Chief Technology Officer Zeb Elliott credits executive coaching from the Healthcare Leadership Institute, delivered via HIMSS Executive Connect, for surfacing uncomfortable but honest feedback that highlighted gaps in his leadership style. The coaching program prompted Elliott to confront...
Southwest CEO Reveals the Surprising Reason Why a Top Job Candidate Didn’t Make the Cut
Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan disclosed that a senior‑level candidate was turned down after being rude to the company receptionist, despite strong credentials. He said the airline’s "low‑ego, serve‑first" culture demands consistent respect for every employee. Southwest historically hires fewer...
Dow’s CEO Pick Elevates a Seasoned Insider at a Pivotal Moment for the Chemical Giant
Dow announced that chief operating officer Karen Carter will assume the chief executive role on July 1 2026, succeeding Jim Fitterling, who will move to executive chair. Carter brings more than three decades of experience, most recently overseeing the packaging and specialty...
Why Execution Still Stalls in Your Organization Even When Everyone Is ‘Aligned’
Even when senior leaders leave meetings convinced they are aligned, many organizations still struggle to execute initiatives. The root cause is not insufficient communication but ambiguous decision ownership and broken handoffs between teams. Without a clear owner, next steps, and...
LinkedIn CEO Says AI Is Boosting the Value of These 4 Soft Skills
LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky told the Tools and Weapons podcast that as AI takes over routine work, four soft skills—curiosity, courage, communication, and compassion—are becoming more valuable. He argues that AI reshapes jobs into task buckets, freeing time for human‑centric...