• March 27 2022
  InterviewLeadership

  A ‘$200mn gamble’: UAE Space Agency chair on its mission to Mars

  Sarah Al Amiri’s challenge was to build up the Gulf state’s small scientific community as fast as possible

  
• March 20 2022
  InterviewLeadership

  PureGym chief: keeping faith in the business model

  Despite pandemic closures and failed IPOs, Humphrey Cobbold remains confident in the no-frills approach

  
• March 13 2022
  InterviewLeadership

  Oxfam GB chief: ‘Doing good can’t be an excuse for tolerating harm’

  Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah took on the challenge of changing the culture at the scandal-hit organisation

  
• March 6 2022
  InterviewLeadership

  Red Bull Racing’s Christian Horner: ‘My job is to push as hard as I can’

  The Formula One team principal on his addiction to winning and how to handle the intense rivalry in the sport

  
• February 27 2022
  FT SeriesLeading in a crisis

  EMBL’s Edith Heard: making European science work post-Brexit

  The scientist has strengthened her organisation’s finances and formulated a more outward-looking strategy

  
• February 20 2022
  InterviewLeadership

  ‘Paw Patrol’ to the rescue for children’s TV creator Keith Chapman

  The 2008 crisis forced the writer to shut down his company, but he bounced back with a multibillion-dollar success

  
• February 13 2022
  FT SeriesLeading in a crisis

  How Gympass reinvented itself as Covid struck

  Cesar Carvalho feared the pandemic would close his ‘wellness’ platform — until he expanded its digital offering

  
• February 6 2022
  FT SeriesLeading in a crisis

  Pandemic teaches Go Ape’s co-founders the value of employee ownership

  Rebecca and Tristram Mayhew changed their succession plans after seeing how committed staff were in the crisis

  
• January 30 2022
  FT SeriesLeading in a crisis

  Trinny Woodall: from fashion guru to beauty empire founder

  The former TV presenter learnt crucial lessons after a business failure at the height of the dotcom boom

  
• January 23 2022
  InterviewLeadership

  Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon: ‘You have to bet the company’

  A surge in pandemic demand challenged the tech boss to secure supplies of its chips — as well as planning a future in the metaverse

  
• January 16 2022
  FT SeriesLeading in a crisis

  T Rowe Price’s Bill Stromberg on building the right culture

  Asset manager’s former CEO says the highest pay isn’t why people stay at firms, ‘people want to be a part of something special’

  
• January 9 2022
  FT SeriesLeading in a crisis

  Cirque du Soleil’s Daniel Lamarre: from $1bn to zero revenues in 48 hours

  The executive vice-chair steered the circus group through management change and commercial challenges — then Covid struck

  
• December 19 2021
  FT SeriesLeading in a crisis

  HubSpot’s Yamini Rangan on the challenges of sudden power

  The software executive was propelled into the top job after the company’s founder had a serious accident

  
• December 12 2021
  InterviewWork & Careers

  How one founder meets the challenge of staying ethical and profitable

  David Gordon, chair of bamboo clothing label BAM, focuses on superior materials and trusted suppliers

  
• December 5 2021
  InterviewLeadership

  How the GE Appliances chief turned from ‘process guy’ into an innovator

  Kevin Nolan led a shake-up of the company’s culture following a takeover — and took it down an entrepreneurial path

  
• November 28 2021
  InterviewLeadership

  Julian Metcalfe: the Itsu chief on seeking ruthless efficiency

  The founder and CEO of the Asian fast-food chain listens to staff and suppliers in a quest to keep meals at £7

  
• November 14 2021
  InterviewLeadership

  Oxford’s vice-chancellor on the subtle science of crisis management

  Louise Richardson says ‘informality’ and ‘flexibility’ are key in leading an ancient university with its disputatious devolved colleges

  
• November 7 2021
  InterviewLeadership

  Smartmatic chief on navigating a culture war crisis with ‘no playbook’

  Antonio Mugica says dealing with a ‘disinformation campaign’ against his voting tech firm was ‘overwhelming’

  
• October 31 2021
  InterviewLeadership

  Goodlord’s William Reeve: lessons from turning round an ailing start-up

  The chief of the property tech business focuses on bonuses and performance goals to motivate staff

  
• October 24 2021
  FT SeriesLeading in a crisis

  Leading through the pandemic: keeping a cruise company afloat

  Pierfrancesco Vago, MSC Cruise’s executive chair, explains how a focus on detail helped the company survive

  
• October 17 2021
  InterviewLeadership

  The leadership challenges of reinventing a traditional industry

  Milk & More’s Patrick Müller set about transforming the dairy delivery service to one fit for the digital age

  
• October 10 2021
  InterviewLeadership

  Ruby McGregor-Smith: build teams ‘with the expertise you lack’

  The former Mitie chief executive on lessons from leading organisational change — and knowing when to leave

  
• October 3 2021
  InterviewLeadership

  Global IB exam chief: how jazz provides lessons in management

  The International Baccalaureate’s Olli-Pekka Heinonen believes that leadership centres on implementation, not strategy

  
• September 26 2021
  InterviewLeadership

  Chris Sheldrick of What3words: lessons from scaling a start-up

  The UK-based global location finder was born from frustration with inexact GPS co-ordinates

  
• September 19 2021
  InterviewWomen's health

  Elvie’s Tania Boler: lessons in overcoming investors’ resistance

  The entrepreneur tackled taboos to improve lives, raising $80m for her women’s health start-up