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How to perform leadership under extreme circumstances

Date and time

Thursday 20. March 2025 at 12:00 to 16:30

Registration Deadline

Thursday 13. March 2025 at 09:00

Location

Råvarebygningen, Porcelænshaven (CBS), Porcelænshaven 22, 2000 Frederiksberg Råvarebygningen, Porcelænshaven (CBS)
Porcelænshaven 22
2000 Frederiksberg

How to perform leadership under extreme circumstances

Exclusive leadership workshop

In 2025, we anticipate even greater turbulence and unpredictability than in previous years. As we navigate this new normal, characterised by extreme uncertainty, the need to redefine and develop leadership has never been more critical.

The urgency is stressed in the Global Risk Report 2025 which served as a key resource for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting taking place in Davos just some weeks ago under the headline 'Collaboration for the Intelligent Age'. 

This is a challenge, Copenhagen Business School (CBS) feels obliged to undertake – in collaboration with you and other key stakeholders. Therefore, Copenhagen Business School and CBS Executive Fonden, in collaboration with Navigating 360, would like to invite you to an exclusive workshop to explore critical questions regarding leadership of tomorrow.

PROGRAMME

Welcome: Setting the scene 

12:20: Responsible leadership at CBS – transforming society with business 
Peter Møllgaard, CBS President, and Torben Möger Pedersen, Chairman of the CBS Board 

12:35: The risk report: Information collapse 
Erik Rasmussen, Founder of Navigating 360, Professor Rebecca Adler-Nissen, University of Copenhagen, and Professor Michael Bang Petersen, Aarhus University 
 
Organisational and leadership perspectives to scenarios of the new reality 

12:50: Leadership in the era of 'fragmented globalisation' 
Poul Fritz Kjær, Professor, CBS

13:00: Corporate sustainability in times of uncertainty and geopolitical crisis 
Andreas Rasche, Professor, Associate Dean, CBS

13:10: Leading collectively in times of uncertainty 
Laura Empson, Professor, CBS

13:25: Concluding remarks 

13:30: Break and refreshments 

Roundtable discussions 

13:50: Small group discussions
  • What does responsible leadership mean under extreme circumstances? 
  • How should a business university like CBS prepare leaders for the new reality? 
  • What is the profile of the leaders of tomorrow? 
  • How must governments, businesses and universities interact on collaborative strategies that support the change agendas – what prevents this?
 
15:00: Sharing of insights from roundtable discussions

15:40: Break and refreshments 
 
Panel discussion 

15:50: Actionable strategies for shaping the future of leadership practice and capabilities 
  • Claus M. Andersen, CEO, Bornholm Energy and Utility
  • Harrison Krampe, President, CBS Students 
  • Maria Pejter, Head of HR, A. P. Møller Holding
  • Mette Louise Kaagaard, CEO, Microsoft 
 
16:20: Concluding remarks 
Peter Møllgaard, CBS President, and Anne Marie Jess Hansen, CEO, CBS Executive Fonden 
 
Networking with a glass of wine

Workshop moderator: 
Frank Meier, PhD, Associate Professor in Leadership, Affiliate Academic with CBS Leadership Center, CBS
 
Background:
  • The workshop will build on the comprehensive work of the CBS Leadership Think Tank ´The Future of Leadership´. Read the report here.
  • In advance of the workshop, you will receive a risk report outlining the background and key discussion points. 

Seats are limited to ensure meaningful engagement. Register now to secure your participation. 

Join us as we chart a bold course for leadership in 2025 and beyond. Your perspective is essential to shaping the future of leadership. 

Peter Møllgaard, President, CBS 
Anne Marie Jess Hansen, CEO, CBS Executive Fonden
Erik Rasmussen, Founder, Navigating 360

Copenhagen Business School (CBS) is one of the largest business schools in Europe with approx. 20,000 students. CBS offers research-based degree programmes at bachelor, master, PhD and executive levels. CBS is internationally renowned for its high-quality research, which spans a broad range of disciplines within the social sciences and humanities and places a strong emphasis on integrating business within a wider social, political, and cultural context. 

CBS Executive Fonden designs and runs a diverse catalogue of executive non-degree programmes for leaders, board leaders and organisations creating sustainable leadership practices through transformative learning experiences. 

Navigating 360 is a network of leading researchers across universities and research institutions. Its mission is to ensure that society´s central key persons and leaders have an up-to-date and credible basis for navigating in a new and constantly changing reality. Navigating 360 works closely with central organisations and institutions - public and private. 

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Organizer Contact Information

Lise Balslev, CBS
Phone: +45 24400422
lba.ee@cbs.dk

Organizer Contact Information

Lise Balslev, CBS
Phone: +45 24400422
lba.ee@cbs.dk