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Turning Uncertainty into Action: The Framework for Confident Leadership Decisions
Idea posted: January 2026
Institutions: UCL Centre for the Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty; HSBC
We live in an era of radical uncertainty, marked by increasing scale, pace, and complexity of change driven by complex economic conditions, information overload, and transformative technology. This environment makes…
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Global Leadership 2025: Building Leadership Bench Strength in an Era of Uncertainty
Idea posted: January 2026
Institutions: Development Dimensions International (DDI)
The contemporary business environment presents CEOs with complex, interconnected challenges, where attracting and retaining top talent and navigating slowing economic growth are the top executive concerns. According to a survey…
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Global Leadership 2025: The New Leadership Crisis: Stress, Distrust, and Disconnection
Idea posted: December 2025
Institutions: Development Dimensions International (DDI)
The Global Leadership Forecast 2025, representing DDI’s eleventh forecast in 24 years, synthesizes responses from 2,185 human resource professionals and 10,796 leaders across 2,014 organizations worldwide. This extensive research, spanning…
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The Narcissus Trap: Why Your CEO’s Ego Is Destroying Middle Management Loyalty and Belonging.
Idea posted: October 2025
Institutions: Xiamen University Business school, Huaqiao University Macquarie Business School; School of Management
Middle managers are vital for organisational renewal. While they are responsible for connecting executive strategy to operational execution, perhaps one of their most important contributions comes from initiating and championing…
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Zombie Leadership – Outdated Theory Still Creates Hero Leaders
Idea posted: September 2025
Institutions: University of Queensland Lund University University of St. Andrews
There is perhaps no single nonfiction topic of research and discussion that has received more attention from thought leaders, consultants, business practitioners, academics, and indeed society at large, than the…
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Why Companies Sometimes Need Not-So-Nice CEOs
Idea posted: September 2024
Institutions: Columbia Business School
Do nice guys finish last? In exploring why CEOs might be fired and who might be selected to replace them, two Columbia Business School researchers studied the impact of CEO…
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CEO Personality: The Cornerstone of Corporate Culture
Idea posted: September 2024
Institutions: Stanford University Graduate School of Business; MIT Sloan School of Management
The impact of corporate culture on a firm's success has been widely studied. A consensus exists among scholars and practitioners that CEOs, through their decisions and behaviors, play a vital…
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Visionary Leadership is Most Needed in Times of Uncertainty
Idea posted: June 2024
Institutions: University of Potsdam
The greatest of leaders are visionaries. They have a vision for the future of their organizations and effectively communicate that vision to their followers which inspires the followers’ commitment to…
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Visionary Leadership Transfers Leaders’ Sense of Meaning in Their Work to Their Followers
Idea posted: May 2024
Institutions: University of St. Gallen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Bar-Ilan University
People are more engaged in their work and more committed to their organizations if they find their work meaningful that is, if their work gives them a sense that they…
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