About CBS Leadership Centre

CBS Leadership Centre equips present and future leaders to set direction and create results through others and in collaboration. Our aim is to put a light on the type of leadership that has developed in the Nordic countries and encourage leadership principles that build on involvement and participation.

Photo: Emma E. Fanøe (2023)

Responsible leadership is key to value creation and resilience in businesses and in the public sector. It is essential for the ability of organizations to successfully assume their growing responsibility for responding to challenges and opportunities at every level of society and business.

CBS Leadership Centre wants to facilitate these advancements in leadership practice. We are a meeting place for leadership researchers and leadership professionals in Denmark and abroad. We assemble, strengthen and communicate leadership research at CBS, and we facilitate interaction with practitioners in the private and the public sector – to inspire the transformation that is needed to address important agendas of geopolitical risk, sustainability, digitalization, diversity and much more.

Combining business economics and an understanding of societal dynamics is at the core of CBS, and every day, CBS educates future and current leaders to set direction and deliver results in cooperation with others. The CBS Leadership Centre draws from this pool of knowledge and interaction. We work cross-disciplinary and bring together capabilities from all levels of our organization.

With the CBS Leadership Centre, CBS wants to make CBS the Nordic Centre for leadership knowledge and inspiration by strengthening and mobilizing CBS leadership research, education and outreach. This is all part of our narrative below:

PURPOSE

We develop insights on new leadership frontiers to inspire leadership for a positive future.

RAISON D'ETRE

We support CBS’ ambition to inspire and support responsible leadership through knowledge, education, and engagement with practice and society.

VISION

To become a nexus for novel leadership insights in Denmark and the Nordic countries, and globally acknowledged.

OUR WORK

We convene a vibrant community of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to encourage research, strengthen education, and create opportunities for development and sharing of insights on new leadership frontiers.

WHERE YOU’LL MEET US

CBS Leadership Centre is a portal for accessing leadership research and knowledge produced in different areas of our university.

We post articles, podcasts and events that promote leadership learning and inspiration, and inspire partnering and cross-disciplinary collaboration across knowledge centres at CBS.

The Team


Thomas Ritter Academic Co-Director Professor, Department of Strategy and Innovation Thomas is professor of strategy and business development and Academic Co-Director at the CBS Leadership Centre. Thomas is a well-published and frequently cited expert in strategy, business model development and customer insight. Most recently, he has developed the CBS Leadership Dilemma Index that helps organizations and leadership teams to discuss strategic dilemmas and strategic alignment. Thomas is teaching at CBS on MBD and EMBA programs and he is associated with the CBS Board Education Programs and other leadership programs at the CBS Executive Fonden.	Silviya Svejenova Velikova Academic Co-Director Professor, Department of Organization Silviya is professor of Leadership and Innovation and Academic Co-Director at the CBS Leadership Centre. Silviya has more than twenty years’ experience with research in the area of organization, innovation, and leadership. Her latest research focuses on C-suite transformation and creative leadership for sustainable futures. At CBS she teaches courses in, amongst others, Strategy and Identity.

Eva Fog Bruun Center Director Eva Fog Bruun is heading the CBS Leadership Initiative. With +20 years of experience working with business development, marketing and branding primarily in the private sector and a solid background as a leadership practitioner, Eva is bridging the academic approach with the perspectives of the business professional. Eva is also an external lecturer at the Department of Marketing at CBS. She is a board member at Fischer Lighting and part of the advisory board at Realdania's intiative 'Innovation til Marked' (Innovation to Marked)	Casper Nicolas Friis Bruun Student Assistant Casper holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and organizational communication from CBS and is currently pursuing a master's degree in the same field. At CBS Leadership Centre, he contributes to website development, organizing and executing events, as well as various communication tasks. His passion for communication and organizational processes drives him to create effective and engaging solutions.