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How is leadership changing and how can people practices be re-imagined to make the world of work better for the future?

The purpose of this Lecture Series is to inspire current and future leaders to push forward people innovation by applying novel insights to identify, test, and scale up solutions to ensure that people remain at the heart of the future of work. We thus invite senior leaders from across the world to take the stage at the University of Zurich and share their understanding of leadership in the future of work.

On March 1st, 2023, Jean-Christophe Deslarzes, Chair of the Board, The Adecco Group, delivered the inaugural lecture of our Lecture Series on Leadership in the Future of Work on the theme “What Leadership to take on the Future of Work.”

The second lecture took place on October 25th, 2023. Mario Greco, Group Chief Executive Officer Zurich, shared his insights on “Leading Through Uncertainty: Harnessing Resilience and Building Vision for the Future of Work.”

The third lecture took place on April 24th, 2024. Catrin Hinkel, CEO Microsoft Switzerland, spoke on the theme “Navigating the Future: AI’s Role in Human-Centric Work Environments.”

Find out more about the Lecture Series - Leadership in the Future of Work.

Participants in university courses are students developing themselves as leaders in our Bachelor, Master, and PhD programs. We aim for course participants to not only acquire knowledge, but to also build the confidence to apply it.

Numerous topics are covered, ranging from leadership styles, purpose, passion, individualized consideration and feedback, emotional intelligence, diversity and inclusion, organizational culture, foundations of human behavior, to research design, statistical and data analysis. Theoretical knowledge is complemented by insights from selected guest lecturers sharing lessons learnt at the frontline.

Innovative learning formats have included the UZH Global Summer School on Leadership in the Future of Work, the Building a Human-Centered Innovation Ecosystem course, the Building the emotionally intelligent organization course, and the UZH Future of Work Innovathon.

The CLFW runs a transformative leadership journey for the leaders and executives taking part in the two EMBA programs at the University of Zurich. In 2022, the first module of the program kicked off high up in the Swiss mountains in September. Under Prof. Dr. Jochen Menges’ careful guidance, leaders explored critical aspects of their own professional journey, actively practiced communicating your vision to inspire others, and set goals that they aim to accomplish throughout the journey. Alain Dehaze, former CEO, The Adecco Group, delivered an inspirational session on Leading with Purpose.

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We are regularly invited to share our insights.

In academic conferences, we share the results of our research and confront our findings with those of other researchers to push forward new discoveries.

We also share knowledge as partners, keynote speakers, expert panelists, moderators and session hosts in a range of multi-stakeholder events.

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