Research shows that 50 to 75 per cent of all change initiatives fail. And yet, some companies are consistently better at successfully implementing change, and some leaders successfully lead a variety of important change initiatives throughout their careers. What is the key ingredient to this success? According to Greg Shea, Adjunct Professor of Management and […]
Subject: Learning Strategies
Mars Vs Venus: Gender and Self-Image in the Workplace
What is your view of yourself as a leader, and how does it compare to what those around you think? Recent research shows that when examining their competence as leaders in four key areas (self-confidence, self-management, interpersonal understanding, and behavioural flexibility) both sexes initially rate themselves higher than their peers do. Over time, however, peer […]
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Vitality, Learning and Sustainable Performance
What makes for sustainable individual and organizational performance? Employees who are thriving – not just satisfied and productive but also engaged in creating the future. The authors found that people who fit this description demonstrated 16% better overall performance, 125% less burnout, 32% more commitment to the organization, and 46% more job satisfaction than their […]
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Helping Employees Realize Their Dreams: The Search for Meaning
How can companies help their employees reclaim lost dreams—in both professional and non-professional contexts? Those companies able to do so will go a long way towards addressing some of the problems currently confronting not only their organizations, but society in general. A ‘dream’ can be described as a possibility that a person imagines for his/her […]
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Shaping a Global Leadership Strategy For Cross-Cultural Effectiveness
Better prepared leaders are the ‘need of the hour’ across the world. But it is extremely challenging to deliver an effective global leadership strategy: one that’s equally effective in one region, as it is in another. In this Idea data from the US is complemented with findings from India, China and Singapore to draw up […]
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Inspiring Indian Business Leader’s Development
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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Leadership Development: Up Close and Personal
Building on existing research that draws links between identity development and leaders’ development, the authors followed a group of 55 high-potential managers over one year in an international MBA program. In particular, they studied their experiences on the Personal Development Elective (PDE) – a highly-rated course in which students work with a psychotherapist. They found […]
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