professional development
BGA’s vision for professional growth | A guide
If you want to continue to climb the career ladder, you’ll need to continuously seek professional growth opportunities
February 23, 2023
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Business Impact for students and graduates
Welcome to Business Impact for students and graduates, where you can find groundbreaking thought leadership resources for business students and graduates. BGA student and graduate members gain access to additional Business Impact online content, found in BGA’s member area. If you are eligible and interested in becoming a BGA student and graduate member, register here.
research
Understanding the interconnected nature of organisations
Why leaders must understand how different organisational activities are interconnected to implement change successfully. Associate professor Eli Sopow outlines recent research from University Canada West
February 13, 2023
corporate social responsibility
The mutually beneficial pursuit of ethics and profits
Drawing on Apple and Patagonia as examples, The University of Law Business School’s Stuart Ailion considers the merits of strategies that combine ethical outlooks with profit making
February 6, 2023
innovation
How space can fuel innovation on Earth
How the space economy can help business schools advocate for purpose-driven startups and sustainable business practices. Rana Sobh, dean of the College of Business and Economics at Qatar University, on the winners of the Global Space Sustainability Challenge
February 2, 2023
management skills
With great power comes great resiliency
Power skills can help you shape your career and build a more responsive and agile workforce, says Annee Bayeux, chief learning strategist at Degreed. Learn how to build, practice and measure them
January 26, 2023
recruitment
Retaining and growing talent in 2023
How can leaders retain and grow the best talent in 2023? Katya Kim, leadership consultant and founder of WhizzMind, investigates
January 19, 2023
professional development
What is the connection between personal growth and professional development?
If you want to avoid stagnation in your career, striving to enhance your personal and professional growth is extremely important. As a recent graduate, making
January 13, 2023
careers
Five top skills to ensure you are recession-proof
Whether you’re a business owner, leader or employee, there are things you can do to ensure you’re ready to withstand any economic crisis that comes your way. Find out what with these top tips
January 12, 2023
technology
How VR can help students step beyond the classroom
VR has the potential to revolutionise the business school learning model so that it is more experiential, innovative and personalised, says Henley Business School Africa’s Louise Claassen
January 3, 2023
work-life balance
The quest for student wellbeing
“Wellbeing was really negatively affected, so we took action.” Karen Spens, Rector of Hanken School of Economics, outlines how Covid-19 propelled her school to join a collaborative project to find out how students are feeling and how they can be better supported
December 28, 2022
entrepreneurship
Education must never be a dirty word
Despite the abundance of benefits it could bring to wider society, prisoner education still remains a taboo subject, says James Tweed, the founder of digital learning company, Coracle
December 22, 2022
careers
Focussing on purpose over profit
Entrepreneur and designer Lora Starling makes an impassioned case for cultivating a better way of doing business and creating a brighter future
December 14, 2022
diversity
How to spot truly LGBTQ+ inclusive organisations
If you want to find out just how committed to LGBTQ+ inclusion a prospective employer is, look for these top signs from myGwork’s co-founders Adrien and Pierre Gaubert
December 7, 2022
international
Helping provide continuity for business education students in Ukraine
POLIMI Graduate School of Management’s Tommaso Agasisti talks about the importance of offering students continuity at a time of unimaginable unsettlement and the school’s partnerships with three Business Schools in Ukraine
December 5, 2022
leadership
How to create a culture of kindness in the workplace
Using pro-social language, listening and praising are all included under behaviours for leaders to show and model in this guide from the author of Healthy Leadership, Anna Eliatamby
November 30, 2022
careers
When and how to negotiate your salary
Salary discussion need not be the preserve of the most confident or experienced few, says Talent.com’s Noura Dadzie. Find out to broach the subject and start developing a skill you can use throughout your career
November 23, 2022
careers
What does the future hold for the retail industry?
Is the retail sector a good career option for business graduates in the current climate? David Daly explains why he believes it is, drawing on the level of innovation and opportunity he sees in his role as chairman of Frasers Group
November 17, 2022
Women in business and leadership
Celebrating young leaders
A former AMBA MBA Student of the Year offers a case study in pursuing a career with impact, as described by the European Young Leaders programme on the occasion of its 10th anniversary
October 31, 2022
Discover the latest books added to the BGA Book Club:
Behind the Startup
Benjamin Shestakofsky University of California Press How venture capital shapes work, innovation and inequality To promote innovation that benefits the many rather than the few,
Winning with Data Science
Howard Steven Friedman and Akshay Swaminathan Columbia Business School Publishing A data science handbook for business leaders Whether you are a newly minted MBA or
The Successful Hybrid Team
Perrine Farque Wiley Discover how to build, nurture and retain talent in a hybrid environment with an eye-opening look into what distinguishes world-class teams from
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