Employee performance plays a vital role in the success of a service brand. In this Idea, faculty from HEC, WHU–Otto Beisheim School of Management and University of St. Gallen set out to examine what type of leadership is required to stimulate employees to build and strengthen an organization’s brand image. In internal marketing and brand […]
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Diversity management has become a key instrument for employers in recent years. University graduates around the world are no longer predominantly white males, and most companies now have a diversity policy document, with the larger ones also instating Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Officers. However, companies nevertheless face a triple hurdle in implementing diversity management policies, […]
What are the patterns and signs that relate to how failure at the C-Suite level can be prevented? Well, there is no consensus as to what constitutes ‘failure’, but nevertheless this Idea does shed some light on the obscure circumstances surrounding CEO performance. ‘CEO failure’ can be broadly described as “the inability of a CEO […]
It is universally acknowledged; we hear our most successful leaders espouse its importance all the time – but ‘trust’ in an organization can be infuriatingly intangible, and a slippery thing to quantify indeed. What we do know is that trust is vital to success – while on the other hand distrust can be disastrous; leading […]
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Following an economic crisis, organizations often find themselves needing to do more with less employees. Is this possible? How can organizations construct a flexible workforce of highly-skilled workers that supplement existing full-time staff with the same level of commitment? There is a spectrum of different types of employment relationships that exist, from traditional full-time jobs […]
What are the work expectations of Generation Y graduates, and how do they differ from those managing them? Research shows that nearly a third of the UK’s recent graduates are unhappy and dissatisfied with their jobs and bosses. This then, is an important question to consider. Based on findings from a survey conducted in 2011 […]
In many organizations, collaborative innovation teams are utilized to manage new product development initiatives. This involves different types of managers (marketing, operations, engineering, etc.) working together to allocate resources to a project. This remains an effective way to spark innovation, but the process can be greatly enhanced by understanding the role that rewards and penalties […]
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The global growth of a company depends on its developing effective leaders. Questions, such as where and how are the most important ‘lessons of leadership’ learned, and what are those lessons, have become more relevant for managers in corporate India in recent years, as it has witnessed massive growth. To investigate these important issues, the […]
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Do managers at all levels routinely – and unwittingly – undermine the meaningfulness of work for their direct subordinates through everyday words and actions? Of all the events that can deeply engage people in their jobs, the single most important is making progress in meaningful work. Yet actions such as dismissing the importance of subordinates’ […]
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Charismatic CEOs tend to earn more total compensation than their industry peers with less charisma. Are these more charismatic CEOs are actually worth the money? Let us look at the historical trends that led to the development of this idea; the evolution of investor capitalism, the emergence of the concept of the ‘corporate saviour’,’ and […]
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