This research sought to learn more about the strategic, functional and tactical priorities of marketers for the future. What they found was a rapidly changing focus in marketing strategies, and a sharp divergence between British and continental European firms. The survey results indicate three top marketing priorities for companies in 2013: Taking advantage of the opportunities […]
Subject: Leadership
Unseen Dangers of Positive Stereotyping
Executives and managers recognize today that discrimination has no place in the workplace. No employee should be required to work in an environment of abuse and harassment — including in the form of overhearing derogatory comments about his or her race, nationality or another other specific demographic. Discrimination is not just wrong for moral reasons, […]
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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Female Directors Create Corporate Sustainability
The importance and value of corporate sustainability has been acknowledged for quite some time now. More and more organizations are striving to introduce ‘green’ and policies into their strategic plans. Now, new research suggests that the secret to better sustainability performance lies in having more women on the board. In a study sponsored by KPMG […]
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Virtuousness: Beyond Mere Ethical Leadership
Virtuousness is more common to theological and philosophical discussions that scientific ones: Its relevance in the world of work and in organizations has little credence in the face of economic pressures and stakeholder demands… little agreement exists regarding its definition and attributes. Most articles focus on the debate about whether or not virtuousness actually exists… […]
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Ethics and Conflict Resolution in Chinese Firms
In traditional Chinese Confucian culture, an emphasis is placed on the development, maintenance, and exploitation of social networks, which depend on reciprocity, integrity, and the highest individual ethical standards. In China, inter-firm relationships (such as supplier/buyer relationships) cannot be well understood without recognition of this. The research here suggests that ethical leadership not only affects […]
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Leading Complex Projects through Collaboration
Collaboration has turned traditional leadership and project management on its head in recent years. In this Idea we examine how leaders and managers can benefit from a collaborative model for implementing complex projects in organizations. In traditional project management, each phase of the project is dealt with thoroughly before moving to the next. Collaboration, however, […]
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Evidence, Facts and Intuition in Decision Making
Decision-making is perhaps the essence of management, and much attention continues to be focused on how to do it better. In this Idea we consider whether managers are making the facts-based decisions they seek to make. There is research that suggests that evidence is not as frequent an input to a decision process as suggested […]
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Harnessing Individual and Organization Networks
Finding ways to generate more value from employees and optimize talent is critical for leaders and HR professionals. Organizations could get even more from their investments in talent management if they focused on collaboration. That is why leaders need to be aware of how collaboration takes place among top performers and key experts in their […]
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Balancing Extravert Leaders and Pro-active Employees
A research study set out to examine how effective extraverted leadership actually is on group performance, and what characteristics on the part of employees also play a role in this. This is extraversion as described as ‘a tendency to engage in behaviours that place oneself at the centre of attention, such as seeking status and […]
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