The New Gold Rush: Southeast Asia’s E-Commerce Growth Story
By Roger Lu, Senior Vice President, Head of Southeast Asia Research Southeast Asia is in the midst of an e-commerce revolution. This is supported by Alibaba’s recent acquisition of Lazada, the Chinese internet giant’s biggest overseas acquisition to date. But despite the rapid growth and gaining traction of the online market in the last […]
How Open Innovation Provides a Turbo Boost at GE
By John Donoghue, Head of Corporate Markets at GLG How does one of the largest and most accomplished industrial companies in the United States operate like the world’s biggest startup? For GE (General Electric), it’s always been a lot about evolving to solve challenges. Today, GE is moving from a traditional, accomplished global industrial company […]
Developing Video Campaigns: Best Practices to Boost ROI by Khalid El Khatib, VP of Marketing at GLG
By Khalid El Khatib, Vice President, Marketing at GLG Even 15 years ago, combining video and marketing meant commercials. Doing them can be expensive, elaborate, and remarkably inefficient. As video moved far beyond the TV screen, it gave marketers new options to engage clients, employees, and others. This is especially important for B2B marketing, where […]
Virtual Reality: Technology’s Next Disruptor
By Kristine Andersen, Vice President, GLG Automotive Imagine test-driving your next car on your mobile phone from the comfort of your living room. When people think about virtual reality (VR), they tend to think about video games. But for a number of industries, including the automotive space, VR will be the most disruptive technology we’ve […]
In 2016, manage your time like a CEO
Whatever your professional goals are for the New Year, now is the time to reset priorities and plan how to maximize efficiency and effectiveness. And for guidance on what smart time management looks like, turn to those with a proven track record: the C-Suite. The GLG Institute sought expert advice on time management from 63 […]
Four Things I Learned about Mentorship from Former CEO of AstraZeneca David Brennan, by Anshul Thakral, GM of GLG Life Sciences
By Anshul Thakral “Good mentorship is not one-size-fits-all.” That’s what David Brennan, former CEO of AstraZeneca, told my team during a GLG Institute event at our New York office last month. The GLG Institute is a membership-based community for leading executives that pairs its members with prominent chief executives, subject-matter experts, and policy leaders for […]
Executives should learn like they’re running for president by Alexander Saint-Amand, CEO of GLG
By Alexander Saint-Amand, Chief Executive Officer of GLG At the Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Library in California on Wednesday, the candidates will be tested on their knowledge of immigration reform, ISIS, healthcare policy, and countless other complex issues. To prepare for those questions – and to one day run the country – they […]
GLG’s Head of North American Financial Services James Sharpe on Giving a Better Speech
When I was 24, I gave a speech at my grandfather’s wake. As the oldest grandchild, I took my responsibility seriously, writing my speech beforehand, carefully choosing every word and punctuation mark. But when it came time to deliver the speech, I was stiff and sped through my words. I got so caught up in reciting […]
Four Learning Principles for the Social Sector by GLG CEO Alexander Saint-Amand for The Stanford Social Innovation Review
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Learning About Learning at TED2015 by Alexander Saint-Amand
GLG’s CEO Alexander Saint-Amand published his first piece on LinkedIn Pulse this past week, from TED2015 in Vancouver. In the article, he focuses on the importance of learning as an ongoing professional objective, along with differentiating between training and learning, and the value of diversity in the workplace. Read the full article, here.
Asking Job Candidates the $50m Question by Alexander Saint-Amand
Writing again for the Huffington Post, GLG CEO Alexander Saint-Amand discusses the importance of garnering an understanding of potential employee’s values both in and out of the workplace. Last week, Reid Hoffman, the chairman and co-founder of LinkedIn, told attendees at The WorldPost’s Future of Work Conference that he asks every candidate pursuing a position […]
How We Built an Office That Works for Employees and Guests by Alexander Saint-Amand
In a piece for The Huffington Post, GLG CEO Alexander Saint-Amand shares how our office was built to serve GLG employees as well as clients and guests who are always welcome to work out of our office. When visitors come into our new office in Midtown Manhattan, one of the first questions we often get […]