The balance between personal and professional life and the type of leadership in teams are increasingly important when looking for new job opportunities. A study by CEMS, a global alliance that brings together more than 30 universities and management schools from around the world, including Nova SBE, concluded that more and more factors, in addition to salary, are determining the attractiveness of the proposals.

Filipa Castanheira, Scientific Coordinator of the

We urgently need leaders of the future, but not necessarily new people. These new managers should focus on the development and expression of the competencies of the workers that make up the organisations. These people are already in the companies, but they are often "hidden" behind management systems that do not give space or time to prioritize the vectors and the most appropriate activities.

Pedro Neves, Professor at Nova SBE, explains how humour can be used as a management tool and who are the employees that most benefit or are harmed by this technique.

To mark International Women's Day, FIBE (Forum Brasil Europa) promoted a conversation about female representation, on March 8, with the participation of researcher Mariana Bugelli and Marta Pimentel, Executive Education Director of Nova School of Business and Economics.

Gender inequalities still persist in the Portuguese labour market and in the world. To boost female leadership, Nova SBE Executive Education created the Women's Leadership Program, whose second edition will begin on March 21. We spoke to Mafalda Paiva Chaves, Team Leader of Nova SBE's Co.Innovation Lab, to understand what makes this training unique in the country.

Diversity within organisations is a fantastic asset to gain greater awareness and understanding of a world that is multivariable, multifactorial and increasingly complex. Marta Pimentel, Executive Education Director at Nova School of Business and Economics, explains how to start a journey of female empowerment in four dimensions in your company.

After the pandemic caught us unnoticed in 2020, early last year we returned to having to work from home in a new confinement. Previous experience, helped, but uncertain times posed challenges to leadership and highlighted the true power of communication within organisations. Find out what the pandemic taught Susana Ferreira, Director for Marketing and Communication at Nova SBE Executive Education, about remote leadership.