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Over the last few decades we have learned a great deal about strategy, but much less about putting it into practice. And yet strategy execution is consistently cited as the major bugbear for senior executives. Dominic Houlder, Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, dismantles some of the myths surrounding effective strategy execution. The session draws on the School’s recently redesigned Executive Education programme, Executing Strategy for Results, which Dominic leads. Find out more about the programme: Subscribe on YouTube: Follow on Twitter: /lbs

Subscribe on YouTube: Follow on Twitter: /lbs Richard Jolly, Adjunct Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School, speaks about building personal and organisational resilience at Reunion 2016. This session explores the personal challenges of coping with the demands of a ‘hurry sick’ lifestyle to ensure that you are focused on your key priorities and building the necessary behaviours and attitudes. But this is not just about your own ability to cope – it is about what you can do to help build a more resilient organisation around you: one able to adapt to the changes in its environment effectively.

Indra Nooyi is one of the power women of our generation trailblazing into the business world as the first woman, person of colour and immigrant to run a Fortune 50 company. Indra is consistently ranked one of the most powerful businesswomen in the world. The Women in Business Club had the privilege of welcoming Indra to London Business School and hearing first-hand about how she rose to the top of business, including highlights from her upcoming book “My Life in Full”.

What does good management look like? Julian Birkinshaw, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship says that although we already know these attributes, the challenge however is that we don't do what we know we should. Your organisation needs general managers with effective management skills, who can motivate and lead others and launch inventive business strategies. General Management Training Programmes at London Business School are designed for managers at different career stages. They offer the support, challenges and inspiration that turn ambitious executives into great business leaders. Subscribe to more London Business School videos:

“Strengthen your management capabilities to lead your business into the future”- Ioannis Ioannou Find out more about our Executive Education programmes: How do your actions and relationships frame your ability to impact, influence and persuade? Gillian Ku, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, shares six interpersonal principles of how we interact with people that affect one’s ability to influence and persuade others. This lecture will cover: 00:00 Introduction to the 6 interpersonal principles 02:18 Reciprocity 15:05 Commitment and consistency 22:56 Escalation of commitment 24:44 Preventing bias 26:10 Can we ignore sunk costs? 29:05 What is social proof? 32:45 How do you prevent influence tactics? 38:49 What is Authority? 47:35 Agents vs buyers 53:56 Summary About us: London Business School's vision is to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. As well as its highly-ranked postgraduate masters degrees, the School offers Execut