Stanislav Shekshnia - Faculty Profile | INSEAD

Stanislav Shekshnia

Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise

Stanislav Shekshnia

Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise

Contact

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +33 1 60 72 49 89
Campus: Fontainebleau

Research Areas

Corporate Governance, Governance of Entrepreneurial Companies, Leadership, Leadership Development, Emerging Economies, Emerging Companies

Teaching Areas

Corporate Governance, Leadership, Leadership Development, Emerging Companies, Coaching, Organisational Culture

Biography

Stanislav Shekshnia is a Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD, co-director of Leading from the Chair and Scandinavian Executive Institute Executive Board and Advanced Board development programs. His research concentrates on leadership, leadership development and effective corporate governance at emerging markets and organizations. Shekshnia is the author, co-author, and editor of 11 books, including Leading a Board (2nd edition, 2021), CEO School (2018), Athletic CEOs (2018), and more than 50 articles on corporate governance, entrepreneurship, leadership, people management and intercultural management.
Stanislav Shekshnia is a senior partner at WH advisors (Dubai). Stanislav provides advice and personal coaching to business owners, senior executives and executive teams.

Since 2001 Dr. Shekshnia has been an independent chair and director at a number of companies in the USA, France, Russia, Ukraine, Holland and Serbia.
In 1991-2002 Stanislav Shekshnia held positions of CEO, Alfa-Telecom, President and CEO, Millicom International Cellular, Russia and CIS, Chief Operating Officer of VimpelCom, Director of Human Resources, Central and Eastern Europe of Otis Elevator.
Stanislav Shekshnia has a Ph.D. and Master's Degree in Economics from Moscow State University, and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston.

Publications

Shekshnia S., Puffer S., McCarthy D. (Forthcoming). Russian Business Leaders in a Tumultuous Post-Socialist Economy.

Shekshnia S., Zagieva V. (2021). Leading a Board: Chairs’ Practices Across Europe - 2nd ed. 2021.

Shekshnia S., Zagieva V. (2019). Leading a Board: Chairs’ Practices Across Europe.

Fey C. F., Shekshnia S. (2018). How to Do Business in Russia.

Shekshnia S. (2018). How to Be a Good Board Chair: the Key to Remember You're Not the CEO. Harvard Business Review, 96(2)

Shekshnia S., Kravchenko K., Williams E. (2018). CEO School : Insights From 20 Global Business Leaders.

Shekshnia S., Zagieva V., Ulanovsky A. (2018). Athletic CEOs: Leadership in Turbulent Times.

Shekshnia S., McCarthy D. J., Puffer S. M. (2017). Leadership Development in Russia (2017).

Shekshnia S., Zagieva V. a. (2017). Board Chairs' Practices across Countries: Commonalities, Differences and Future Trends.

Shekshnia S., Ledeneva A., Denisova-Schmidt E. (2017). Managing Business Corruption: Targeting Non-Compliant Practices in Systemically Corrupt Environments (chapter).

Shekshnia S., Ledeneva A., Denisova-Schmidt E. (2017). Managing Business Corruption: Targeting Non-Compliant Practices in Systemically Corrupt Environments. Slavonic and East European Review, 95(1)

Shekshnia S., Ledeneva A., Denisova-Schmidt E. (2017). Managing Business Corruption: Targeting Non-Compliant Practices in Systemically Corrupt Environments (article). Slavonic and East European Review, 95(1)

Shekshnia S. (2015). Coaching: A Chairman's Point View.

Shekshnia S., Zagieva V. a. (2015). Chair of the Board of Directors: Findings from a Global Survey .

Denisova-Schmidt E., Ledeneva A., Shekshnia S. (2014). Anti-Corruption Strategies for Businesses Operating in Russia.

Yakubovich V., Shekshnia S. (2012). The Emergence of the Russian Mobile Telecom Market: Local Technical Leadership and Global Investors in a Shadow of the State.

Ledeneva A., Shekshnia S. (2011). Corporate Corruption in Russian Regions.

Shekshnia S., Fey C. F. (2011). The key commandments for doing business in Russia . Organizational Dynamics, 40(1)

Shekshnia S. (2010). Coaching for Executives: How to Manage Free People.

Shekshnia S., Puffer S., McCarthy D. (2009). Cultural Myths and Leadership in Russia.

Kets de Vries M. F. R., Shekshnia S. (2008). Vladimir Putin, CEO of Russia Inc. The Legacy and the Future. Organizational Dynamics, 37(3)

Shekshnia S., Kets de Vries M. F. R. (2008). Russia's Succession Paradox. Organizational Dynamics, 37(3)

Kets de Vries M. F. R., Shekshnia S. (2008). Interview with a Russian Entrepreneur: Ruben Vardanian. Organizational Dynamics, 37(3)

Shekshnia S. (2008). Founder-CEO Succession: The Russian Paradox. European Journal of International Management, 2(1)

Shekshnia S. (2007). Coaching: A Chairman's Point View.

Shekshnia S., McCarthy D., Puffer S. (2007). Leadership Development in Russia.

Shekshnia S., Puffer S. M., McCarthy D. J. (2004). Troika Dialog's Ruben Vardanian on Corporate Governance and Attracting Investment.

Shekshnia S., Fabela A. K. (2004). VimpelCom: From Start-up to the New York Stock Exchange.

Generalov S., Shekshnia S. (2004). View From the Duma: An Interview with Sergey Generalov.

Kets de Vries M. F. R., Florent-Treacy E., Korotov K. a., Shekshnia S., Richter G. (2004). The New Russian Business Leaders.

Kets de Vries M. F. R., Korotov K., Shekshnia S., Florent-Treacy E. (2004). The New Global Russian Business Leaders: Lessons from a Decade of Transition. European Management Journal, 22(6)

Shekshnia S., McCarthy D., Puffer S. (2004). Corporate Governance in Russia.

Shekshnia S. (2004). Roles, Responsibilities, and Independence of Boards of Directors.

Cases with Extra

Ice and Flame: Building a NYSE Company in Wild Russia

Personal Website

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