Business Trends Archives | Blog | EU Business School EU Blog Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:45:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Empowering Teams: Management’s Top Priority, and How to Do It  https://www.euruni.edu/blog/empowering-teams-managements-top-priority-and-how-to-do-it/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:56:59 +0000 https://www.euruni.edu/blog/?p=39930 “…this type of (empowering) leadership seems to encourage employees to generate novel ideas and think of new ways of doing things, and to help others in the workplace, volunteer for extra assignments, and be willing to support their organization outside of an official capacity.  Overall, though, our results suggest that (while) empowering leadership can motivate employees and fuel their creativity, …it can also create additional burdens and stress that may hurt their routine performance.” 1  Organizations thrive when their workforce feels empowered to contribute, innovate, and take ownership of their responsibilities. Empowerment is not merely a buzzword; it’s a deliberate […]

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]]> 5 Essential Skills for a Future Leader  https://www.euruni.edu/blog/5-essential-skills-for-a-future-leader/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:34:37 +0000 https://www.euruni.edu/blog/?p=39614 In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the qualities that make a successful leader have shifted. It’s no longer just about holding a title—it’s about embodying specific traits that allow leaders to guide their teams, adapt to challenges, and inspire innovation. But what are the essential skills needed for leadership in the future? In this blog, we’ll explore five critical leadership skills and discuss how continuous learning and development can help you master them. As a future leader, equipping yourself with these skills will set you on the path to success. EU Business School offers leadership programs designed to nurture and […]

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]]> Leadership and Motivation in Tough Times https://www.euruni.edu/blog/leadership-and-motivation-in-tough-times/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:30:37 +0000 https://www.euruni.edu/blog/?p=39272 In today’s volatile global environment, companies face challenges like economic downturns, technological disruptions, supply chain issues, and changes in consumer behavior. How leaders respond can determine their organizations’ survival or success. Motivational leadership is key to guiding businesses through adversity.  Current Business Challenges  The global economy has been impacted by geopolitical tensions, inflation, and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Supply chain disruptions hinder operations, causing delays, increased costs, and frustrated customers. Technological advancements offer innovation opportunities but require businesses to evolve or risk obsolescence.  The shift to remote and hybrid work has introduced new challenges in maintaining team cohesion, […]

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]]> Cultivating an Innovator’s Mindset  https://www.euruni.edu/blog/cultivating-an-innovators-mindset/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 08:18:10 +0000 https://www.euruni.edu/blog/?p=39101 The word “innovation” comes from the Latin word to renew. So, innovation is essentially a disruptive activity. However, fostering an innovator’s mindset is essential for individuals and organizations to stay competitive and relevant.  This mindset encompasses a set of attitudes, beliefs, skills, and behaviors that enable people to generate new ideas, solve complex problems, and implement creative solutions – in other words, to build new things that have an impact on the market and that can add value for potential customers.  This article explores the key components of an innovator’s mindset, strategies for nurturing it, and its benefits to personal […]

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]]> The Latest On Leadership Styles https://www.euruni.edu/blog/the-latest-on-leadership-styles/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 08:42:13 +0000 https://www.euruni.edu/blog/?p=39049 Research on leadership styles in 2024 highlights several key trends and evolving practices shaping effective leadership in today’s volatile business environment.  In 1939, Kurt Lewin proposed that three main leadership styles were evident: autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. These styles were sometimes erroneously linked to personality type (who of us was never subjected to a Myers-Briggs personality test?), and subjectively classified as “good” or “bad” (Hint: democratic = good; autocratic = bad; laissez-faire = leadership avoidance). It took Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership model (1969) to convince us that no single leadership style is better than another. The most appropriate style […]

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]]> Global Business Perspectives: Study Abroad Programs https://www.euruni.edu/blog/global-business-perspectives-study-abroad-programs/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:45:27 +0000 https://www.euruni.edu/blog/?p=38956 Would you be surprised to learn that the WHO officially declared an end to the COVID Public Health Emergency only a year ago, on 5 May 2023? Fortunately, global travel restrictions were lifted in most countries long before then (in the UK a year earlier, in mid-March 2022). But those pesky masks and PCR tests lingered for a while longer to remind us of what we had lived through. Why remind you of this? It surprised most of us to how accustomed we had become to come and go as freely as we wished. And it shocked us how devastating […]

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]]> Is A Business Degree The Key To Success? https://www.euruni.edu/blog/is-a-business-degree-the-key-to-success/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:39:00 +0000 https://www.euruni.edu/blog/?p=38905 At the risk of being philosophical, the answer to this question may depend on how you define success. Most would agree that success is a subjective concept that is deeply personal. The majority would also agree that success is usually measured by a combination of: individual fulfillment, professional achievement, goal attainment, impact and contribution, and growth and learning.  Achieving a balanced life that includes physical, mental, and emotional well-being may be the ultimate measure of success. This means managing stress, maintaining good health, and finding time for relaxation and enjoyment. So, is a business degree the key to all this? […]

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]]> 10 Common Job Interview Questions – And How To Deal With Them https://www.euruni.edu/blog/10-common-job-interview-questions-and-how-to-deal-with-them/ Thu, 16 May 2024 08:08:00 +0000 https://www.euruni.edu/blog/?p=38836 Seasoned interviewers frequently start with the question, “So, tell me about yourself?” The question seems to hold a particular challenge for many job seekers because it is so open-ended – and you should be prepared to answer it by talking about your skillset while avoiding your life history.  Many other questions will come up which help to showcase your suitability for a specific job. After all, this is what good interviewers want to uncover: What value do you bring to the table? What’s in it for them? And that’s what you should be talking about. 10 Interview Questions  Some job […]

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]]> How do you build business agility? https://www.euruni.edu/blog/how-do-you-build-business-agility/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:40:45 +0000 https://www.euruni.edu/blog/?p=38482 The term “agile” has been adapted to a variety of settings, including software development, construction, learning, manufacturing and management. It refers to a set of principles outlined in The Manifesto for Agile Software Development (2001), whose authors declared that they valued1:  Agile Organizations  An agile business refers to an organization that operates in a flexible and adaptive manner to quickly respond to changing market conditions, customer needs, and emerging opportunities.   Key characteristics of an agile business include:  Agile principles and methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, and Lean, provide frameworks and tools that organizations can adopt to become more agile. Originally […]

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]]> The Challenges of ChatGPT in Higher Education https://www.euruni.edu/blog/the-challenges-of-chat-gpt-in-higher-education/ Fri, 21 Jul 2023 08:05:00 +0000 https://www.euruni.edu/blog/?p=37949 The buzz surrounding ChatGPT has not died down since its launch in November 2022. Every day, there are more headlines about the uses and dangers of AI-generated content. Writers, artists and software developers have all expressed concern about the negative effect that tools like ChatGPT are likely to have on their industries. Education professionals have also added their voices to the mix, saying it has the potential to change on a permanent basis how people teach and learn.   One of the biggest challenges of ChatGPT is how to be sure that students are turning in their own work. This isn’t […]

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