Idea posted: January 2024

Institutions: State University of New York At Buffalo School of Management    Louisiana State University School of Leadership and Human Resource Development    Drexel University Management Department   

One resilient conclusion from leadership commentators and observers is the connection between extraversion and leadership—that is, extraverted individuals are more likely to become leaders than introverted individuals. Leadership research, however,…

Idea posted: November 2023

Institutions: University of St. Gallen    Durham University Business School    University of St. Andrews School of Management   

Many people “make sense” of the world through their peers—that is, they seek to better understand events in the world around them by talking with and learning how their peers…

Idea posted: May 2023

Institutions: York University    Johns Hopkins University   

After we have finished a compelling book or a film, the narrative of the story will linger in our minds. This lingering is involuntary: we do not choose or decide…

Idea posted: March 2023

Institutions: Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business    University College London   

How does one listen well? The answer—as revealed in an exhaustive review of the listening research published between 2000 and 2021—is often built on the speaker’s perception. For example, some…

Idea posted: March 2022

Institutions: London School of Economics    University of Edinburgh    Copenhagen Business School   

Effective communication among members of a team or organization is key to the success of a group. Fast and direct face-to-face communication would appear to be the ideal method of…

Idea posted: January 2022

Institutions: Harvard Business School    Leadership Footprint   

Few people in their careers have avoided the scourge of time-consuming, unproductive meetings. For Amy Edmondson of Harvard Business School and Tijs Besieux of the consultancy Leadership Footprint, unproductive meetings…

Idea posted: November 2021

Institutions: Harvard University    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

As human beings, we are spectacular at pulling off all the complicated tasks it takes to have a conversation. The one conversation challenge we have not mastered is coordinating the end…

Idea posted: July 2021

Institutions: University of Southern California Marshall School of Business    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

Research on power in organizations often treats power as unidirectional—how subordinates deal with superiors or how superiors deal with subordinates. Two researchers challenge this static, unidirectional perspective with a new…

Idea posted: January 2020

Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    Columbia Business School    Harvard Business School   

Milton Friedman notwithstanding, maximizing profit (and thus shareholder value) is no longer considered the one and only purpose of a corporation or business. The truly successful business is driven by…