The banking crisis and scandals involving companies such as Enron, Worldcom, Tyco and, more recently, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, have made the need to understand moral behaviour in organizations more urgent. Research so far has tended to take a leader-focused approach, implying that the ethical behaviour of leaders translates directly to ethical behaviour in followers. […]
Subject: Corporate Culture
Psychopaths in the C-Suite: How to Avoid Them
Only a small number of psychopaths become violent criminals. Others lead outwardly normal lives and appear integrated into society. Strongly attracted to money and power, these ‘psychopaths lite’ often seek careers in finance and business. (According to some estimates, approximately 3.9 per cent of corporate professionals have psychopathic tendencies, against approximately one percent of the […]
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Ethical Leadership in a Crisis (and to Avoid Crises)
In April 2010, an explosion on an oil rig connected to BP in the Gulf of Mexico threatened the fate of the company forever. The disaster resulted in the death of 11 workers, and approximately five million barrels of crude oil ended up being discharged into the ocean by the time the well was finally […]
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Adaptive Leadership: Leading and Following
Much of the recent research into leadership seems to note the same thing: current leadership theories are lacking something, or limiting in their conceptualization. Elaborating on this, the author of this paper introduces a new theory, based on the idea that leadership consists of a series of recurring leading-following double interacts that anyone can participate […]
Community Banks Offer a Better Business Logic
Every organization is driven by some sort of institutional logic (i.e. ‘belief systems’ that define what is or is not accepted as legitimate behaviour). It is this logic that shapes individual identities and the organization’s mission as a whole. For example, start-ups work on a fast-growth, entrepreneurial logic; banks, on the other hand, are driven […]
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Culture Club: Coaching by Values for Corporate Success
Success in business is no longer about simply becoming bigger or richer than one’s competitors. It is about being able to deal with increasing levels of complexity, including the management of that which is core to our human nature, our values. In the 21st century’s global arena, and in the wake of corporate scandals, wars, […]
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Principles of Competitive Global Talent Management
A multi-year, collaborative research study set out to examine the steps global companies can take to ensure that they recruit, develop and deploy the right people. Researchers from institutions including INSEAD, Cornell, and Cambridge University came together and analysed companies that were selected based on superior business performance and reputation. They found that in addition […]
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Women Leaders Are Held Back in Some Cultures More than Others
Traditionally, more men than women have emerged in leadership positions. But over the past few decades, this has steadily been changing. An increasing number of women are taking top leadership roles; as of January 2013, 21 of the 500 Fortune 500 CEOs were female — a milestone for corporate America. But look at the situation […]
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Building Knowledge Sharing Networks in Organizations
Companies have spent increasing amounts on social media and ICT (information and communication technology) in recent years, demonstrating their interest in keeping up with the rapid pace of technological development. However, are they also dedicating equal effort to understanding the factors that actually drive an individual’s willingness and ability to share knowledge? Apparently not, according […]
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Resolute Leadership, Coordination and Corporate Culture
"What makes a good leader?" is one of the most asked and researched questions of the past few decades. Finding a convincing answer is both more important now than ever and more difficult because we live in a world where an increasing amount of information is being produced and communicated. According to Professor Patrick Bolton, […]
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