Female focus
Women students and alumna of the Executive MBA (EMBA) programme at Cambridge Judge Business School have forged careers in sectors ranging from finance to the public sector to the arts. Here are brief profiles of some of them. The Executive…

Harvard Business Review: Humor, a catalyst for creativity
Dr Vanessa Marcié, CEO of Leading With Humour and an alumna of Cambridge Judge Business School (EMBA 2016), writes about humour in the French edition of Harvard Business Review. “Today, in companies, we are increasingly required to promote innovation and…
East Anglia in Business: Improving your leadership through humour
Dr Vanessa Marcié, CEO of Leading With Humour and an alumna of Cambridge Judge Business School (EMBA 2016), talks about the impact of humour as a powerful leadership tool. By using humour Vanessa aims to improve people’s performance, relationships and…
Balancing act
Fifth annual Wo+Men's Leadership Conference at Cambridge Judge Business School focussed on 'Building Balance' through gender diversity and better workplace policies. The annual Wo+Men's Leadership Conference at Cambridge Judge Business School focussed on gender diversity and how men and women…

Using humour as a leadership tool
Humour is as valid a leadership tool as any other, according to research co-authored by communications professional Vanessa Marcié (EMBA 2016). "I want humour to be seen as a critical component of leadership," says Vanessa Marcié, communications professional and stand-up…

The European Business Review: Smile, smile and be a leader? Differences in male and female leaders’ use of humour
Being funny at work is good for business, but male and female leaders use humour differently, according to a paper co-authored by Sucheta Nadkarni, Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at Cambridge Judge Bhsiness School and Vanessa Marcié, alumna of Executive…
Channel News Asia: Being funny at work can be good for your career
Humour can be beneficial at work, according to research co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School, but there are significant differences on how men and women use it. Professor Sucheta Nadkarni, director of the Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre, and Vanessa Marcié, alumna…
Financial Times: Being funny at work is good for business
Research co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School, says humour is good for leaders as well as for staff but there are significant differences on how men and women use it. Professor Sucheta Nadkarni, director of the Cambridge Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre,…