Osborne Complimentary Webinar - Leading in a F.R.A.G.I.L.E. world Order
Osborne Executive Search Talent Series Webinar:
Leading in a FRAGILE world Order - a Complimentary Webinar
Date: Wednesday 29th April
Time: 09:30am – 10:30am
Location: Zoom Webinar – Link HERE
Hosted By: Shona McManus, Group CEO & Owner Osborne
Presented by: Professor Brian Harney, Head of School, Work, Psychology and Strategy DCU
We are delighted to invite you to our first Osborne Executive Talent Series Webinar of 2026 in association with Professor Brian Harney
This webinar is COMPLIMENTARY but registration is essential. Please register HERE
There is little doubt that business leaders must navigate a rapidly changing and unpredictable world order. This mandates new capabilities, different modes of learning and enhanced reflective resources. This session, targeted at senior executives, will draw on a FRAGILE framework:
- Fragmenting boundaries
- Resurgent populism
- Accelerated digitalisation
- Growing inequality
- Inverted populations
- Loss of Trust
- Ecological crisis
- an overview of recent evidence
- critical questions for leadership
- mindset shifts necessary to navigate the FRAGILE world order
Executive, C-Suite and Senior Business and People Leaders, Managers and Business Owners and Senior HR Professionals those tasked with the responsibility for leading within their organisation.
Hosted By:
Shona McManus, Group CEO & Owner of Osborne
Qualified to MBA, Shona McManus is a highly accomplished, respected and recognised global recruitment business leader. Since taking the reins of Osborne in April 2013, Shona’s innovative, authentic and purposeful leadership has resulted in the growth and transformation of Osborne into the multi-award-winning international recruitment firm we know today.?
Under her guidance, Osborne has increased its footprint, turnover, profits and headcount tenfold over the past ten years, adding numerous awards to its repertoire including ERF Best Large Agency of the Year 2023, whilst leading the organisation to successfully help thousands of job seekers and employers in the recruitment process to ‘find the right person, for the right job, no compromise’.?
Shona has recently qualified with a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors, is currently Co-Chair of The Mill Enterprise Centre Board and is a Director on Drogheda Port Company Board. She was previously Vice-President of the ERF, President of Drogheda & District Chamber and is also involved in Regional, National and Government committees and strategic work groups and projects.? Shona has also recently took part in and completed Enterprise Ireland’s Leadership for Growth programme alongside 36 other CEOs, this programme aims to empower business leaders with the visionary, strategic, and innovative skills needed to scale Irish companies on the global stage.
Shona has also been recognised on the SIA Global Power 150 Women in Staffing list for eight consecutive years and has been named in the SIA Staffing 100 Europe list for the past 5 years
Presented By:
Professor Brian Harney, Head of School, Work, Psychology and Strategy DCU
Brian Harney BA (Hons), MBS, PhD (Cambridge), MCIPD is Professor in Strategy & HRM at DCU Business School. He is founder and former Programme Director of the award-winning BSc in Digital Business & Innovation and former Programme Director of the award-winning MSc in HRM.
Brian’s research focuses on the intersection of Strategy and HRM, with a particular focus on SMEs, growth and knowledge-intensive sectors. Brian is the author of several books and an his research has received over 15 Best Paper awards and is widely published. He is the only DCU faculty member to have won both categories of the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and in 2020 was the recipient of the Academy of Management HR Division Innovative Educator award. Brian has experience in strategy and HR consulting and has designed and delivered executive education programmes for clients including Enterprise Ireland, Invest Northern Ireland, and the Irish Stock Exchange.
Brian currently serves as the Irish Ambassador for the HR Division of the Academy of Management where he is also an elected representative at large. Previously he was an elected Board Member of the European and Irish Academy of Management.
This session forms part of Brian’s charity initiative Lectures for Laura Lynn, which was sponsored by Osborne.
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Date and Time
Wednesday Apr 29, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM IST
Location
Fees/Admission
Complimentary Webinar
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Website
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