The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute is a virtual institute bridging university and industry.

Turning Readers into Leaders

1. Read!

2. Study!

3. Network!

4. Lead!

5. Start!

6. Invest!

7. Sport!

8. Travel!

9. Learn!

10. Investigate!

11. Decide!

12. Act!

13. Fail!

14. Persevere!

15. Teach!

News

WHU Otto Beisheim

The Future Leadership Institute News

A New Partner!

The Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute welcomes the WHU Otto - Beisheim School of Management (Germany) as a new partner in the Future Leadership Program. As of 1 May 2009 students and professors will receive The Wall Street Journal Europe for free.

University Partnership Program

overview
The Future Leadership Program is The Wall Street Journal Europe’s On Campus Presence Program Read More
The Wall Street Journal Europe is read every day by 45,500 students at 165 top business schools and university campuses across Europe. Read More
The Future Leadership Program is the strongest university newspaper program in Europe(Oliver Gajda, Europe Unlimited) Read More
List of participating business schools and universities. Read More
Read more about The Future Leadership Program Read More
How to apply for The Wall Street Journal Europe at your university. Read More

Agenda

Check out our ON LINE public Google Calendar

*** 2009 highlights ***

8/9-6-2009: European Regional Economic Forum Nova Gorica, Slovenia

7/10-5-2009: 19th Annual HEC MBA Sports Tournament, France

Leadership Observatory Video's

The Future Leadership Institute captures seminars and speeches of high level speakers on video.
Our observatory has a unique collection of leadership lessons.

Store

All purchases of education products support the circulation of The Wall Street Journal Europe in universities and business schools across Europe.

8 Millenium Goals

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Achieve universal primary education

Promote gender equality and empower women

Reduce child mortality

Improve maternal health

Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases

Ensure environ-mental sustainability

Develop a global partnership for development

If you are participating in a student project to help realize the 8 Millenium Development Goals, click the "contact Us" button

Student Sponsor Policy

The Future Leadership Institute of The Wall Street Journal Europe has dramatically changed views on student sponsorships. Instead of just giving money to student clubs in return for a banner on a student club-website or a logo on a t-shirt, The WSJE Future Leadership Institute has chosen only to give money to those student clubs who agree on co-organizing a quality seminar.

Blogs by Leaders...

...CEO Blogs - Executive Blogs - C-Suite Blogs

Blogs
Richard Branson CEO Virgin Link
Allen Paul Co-Founder Microsoft Link
Calcanis Jason Co-founder Weblogs, GM Netscape, CEO Mahalo.com Link
Cuban Mark Owner of the Dallas Mavericks Link
Dragoon John CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) and Senior VP Novell Link
Glocer Tom CEO Thomson Reuters Link
Kawasaki Guy Managing Director Garage.com Link
Langert Bob VO Corporate Social Responsibility McDonald's Link
Lynch Kevin CSA (Chief Software Architect) Adobe Link
Marriott William J. Jr CEO Marriott International Link
Minoli Federico President and GEM Ducati Link
Narisetti Raju Editor Mint Link
Newmark Craig CEO Craig's List Link
Parsons Bob Founder and CEO GoDaddy.com Link
Schwartz Jonathan Chief Executive Officer and President Sun Microsystems Link
Sutor Bob VP Standards and Open Source IBM Link
Tinseth Randy VP of Marketing Boeing Commercial Airlines Link

Student Life Gallery

Looking for the CEO's when they are young?

There is more than just studying at university. Theres is also 'living'.
The Future Leadership Institute Gallery portrays studentlife as it is. Are you a student photographer and are you able to catch the essence of student life on film ? Are you studying with the future CEO of Coca Cola, or the future President of the Europen Union?

The Future Leadership Institute

The WSJE Future Leadership Institute is a Wall Street Journal Europe platform designed to bridge the gap between universities and industry.
Building on the Wall Street Journal Europe’s long established Future Leadership Program with its daily distribution of 15,000 copies of WSJE to 180 university campuses in 19 countries across Europe, the WSJE Future Leadership Institute organizes an on-going series of seminars and networking opportunities structured…

Our latest partnership:
We are proud to announce a new partnership with Executive Learning Partnership (ELP). For more information on ELP:
Please visit http://www.elpnetwork.com

Read our latest university article:
25-5-2009: First European Research Conference on Microfinance, organized by the Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi), in partnership with the Research Working Group of the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), will take place in Brussels (Belgium).
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Seminars

29-3-2009: Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race: WSJE Seminar "The Business of Rowing", live at the race from London Rowing Club.

Networking Tables

26-3-2009: The Wall Street Journal Europe invites 10 readers to the European Business Summit, "Dare and Care: Sustaining Europe's Ambitions; Financing, Staffing and Greening", Brussels.

Joint Seminars

1/2-07-2009: ESMT Annual Forum "Navigating in Turbulent Times" European School of Management and Technology, Berlin. Join corporate, academic and public policy leaders in an in-depth discussion.

MBA-DNA

MBA-DNA will feature viewpoints of MBA experts on the ins and outs of MBA programs in Europe. The MBA programs of the top Business Schools will be highlighted in detail.

INSEAD

NYENRODE

EBS GERMANY

International Student Senate

The International Student Senate
To Study and Reform
Inquirere et Immutare

«Inquirere et Immutare»

Goal of the WSJE Student Senate is to create a high quality platform to study and analyse the universe of professional leaders in world economics and politics. Every year the WSJE Student Senate will assemble in a European country to identify and promote roads to stimulate and develop the entrepreneurial spirit, the creativity and the innovation in our society leading to sustained economic growth and social protection.

Are you an elected student leader?

The International Business Traveler Lab

Research Projects
Research on Demand

The Future Leadership Institute is implementing an "out of the box" methodology in setting up research in fields that are of importance to the readers of The Wall Street Journal Europe. The first Lab of The Future Leadership Institute is a research lab on the concept of the international business traveler. Through the Lab creative resources from all over the world are mobilized to understand, rethink and remodel the life of the international business traveler. Are you an International Business Traveler? Are you more than 2 months per year from home? If yes, our Business Traveler Lab welcomes your participation.

University News

The latest news from Universities and Business Schools in the Journal Europe Future Leadership Program.

News items
Publication Date: 05 June 2009 Prof. Dr Bert E. A. de Groot to resign as Rector Magnificus and Dean of Nyenrode Business Universiteit More
Publication Date: 25 May 2009 First European Research Conference on Microfinance 2nd – 4th June 2009 More
Publication Date: 30 April 2009 The First Annual EDHEC Robeco Journal of Portfolio Management Award More
Publication Date: 07 April 2009 EDHEC’s Advanced Fixed-Income Investing Seminar More
Publication Date: 07 April 2009 INSEAD Redesigns the Rule Book at Leadership Summit Europe More

The Future of Education

The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute invites education experts, ministers of education, and members of state to portray the Future of Education. How will the education field in Europe look like in 2050 and what do we have to do to reach the goals of that Future ?

Individual Sponsors

These individual sponsors help us deliver The Wall Street Journal Europe for free to students and professors in 165 top universities and business schools across Europe.

How to become an Individual Sponsor of The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute?
Click here

Books for Brains

Every Thursday The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute gives away 15 management and leadership books in the newspaper. To win a book, check the “Books for Brains’ section.

15 Management books to win!

Books Courtesy of Palgrave Macmillan

Are you a publisher of quality management and leadership books with an interest to reach future leaders?

Sponsors and Partners

Institute

Knowledge Center of The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute.

Library

Management and Leadership Library. Only for members!

Only members of The Future Leadership Institute have access to the Management and Leadership Library. The Library consists of a collection of articles on Management and Leadership issues published in The Wall Street Journal Europe. Library will open in Spring 2009.

Rankings

Niki de Saint Phalle Sculpture in front of the office of Belgium's only billionaire Albert Frere.

Much contested, highly profiled, the University and Business School Rankings. The Future Leadership Institute offers views and analysis from experts worldwide.

EDHEC-WSJE Leadership Gallery

EDHEC is one of the top five business schools in France. Every year, the EDHEC Leadership Gallery produces portraits of top European managers on the theme of leadership in cooperation with The Wall Street Journal Europe.

Job Essentials for Future Leaders

Every job needs a minimum amount of knowledge. That is why you go to university. The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute asked experts of all sorts of industries to pin down 5 job essentials you really ought to know if you ever wanted to take his/her place. The experts provided good as well as bad answers. It is up to you to take the challenge and see where you stand.

Expert of the Month: Mike Elsas - Director Production & Distribution Management The Wall Street Journal Europe Dow Jones Consumer Media Group, EMEA

A few of his questions include: What is key for understanding your supply chain performance? - What defines the supply chain material flow, by and large? - What defines a good Service Level Agreement? How can you effectively use an SLA agreement to improve distributor performance?