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Sep 10, 2023
Is September too early to send a wish list to Santa?
Perhaps. But if you wish for an advisory board that stimulates fresh opportunities, brings new thinking and extends connections, then...
Aug 31, 2023
It's no use going back to yesterday
With the arrival of the new academic year, like Alice, we know that many universities are looking forwards. There is a focus on new...
Jun 15, 2023
Business School Dean Challenges the Red Queen!
In his closing remarks to this week’s EFMD Annual Conference the Chair, Dean of GIBS Business School, was brave enough to challenge the...
Jun 8, 2023
EFMD Annual Conference
As I pack up to exhibit at EFMD's Annual Conference, I think back to the first time I was there as Hardcastle & Associates in 2019....
May 19, 2023
Am I being listened to? Am I valued?
Business school senior leadership teams tell us that they really appreciate the time their advisors give to serve on their advisory...
Mar 22, 2023
Continuing to share the experience
My thanks to Prof Tim Vorley OBE for an invitation to speak at the British Academy of Management’s new Development Programme for...
Mar 18, 2023
EFMD MBA Conference
Excited to be sharing the stage this morning at the EFMD MBA Conference with Jacqueline Bagnall Education Lead from University of Exeter...
Nov 4, 2022
Is your business school advisory board bored?
- Repeatedly, board members tell us they want to be asked to do more and have a deeper dive into discussions - Repeatedly board members...
Nov 4, 2022
QED and Hardcastle & Associates announce strategic alliance
QED and Hardcastle & Associates are delighted to announce a strategic alliance, marking the growing relationship between these two higher...
Mar 24, 2022
34 thought-provoking and candid interviews later…
5 INTERVIEWS IN: our discussions with those leading and running #MBA programmes across the globe were about whether advice was best...
Mar 16, 2022
Our growing team can be part of your team
Sometimes, in your career, you are privileged to work with very talented and capable people that you really gel with and who have...
Nov 9, 2021
Networking for success
‘Build networking into everything’ said Professor Patricia Flynn at our EFMD Advisory Board Deans’ Workshop - and last Thursday,...
Oct 25, 2021
Good practice in practice
Shining a spotlight on something that works really well is an easy job to do: my new EFMD Global Focus article highlights the...
Jul 5, 2021
New EFMD Online Workshops for Deans
Excited to be working with Professor Michael Page and Professor Patricia Flynn to design one of the new online EFMD Workshops for Deans....
Jun 14, 2021
What will your 2021 business school advisory board report say?
In January we asked you to predict what your board’s annual report would be like. Your feedback reinforced the findings in our business...
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