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Leadership Dyads: Beauty, Disaster, and the Big Five
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: IMD
In 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it attempted to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. The disaster was found to have been caused by a piece of foam insulation that…
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Creating a Culture of Trust in Organizations
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #076
Ensemble Leadership: Lessons from the Orchestra Pit
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management Massey University School of Management
What is ‘shared leadership’? How is it fostered and developed, and what insight can be taken from musicians about this phenomena? This Idea looks at the performance practices of musicians…
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Establishing Sustainable Change in Organizations
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management
Change is frequently experienced as a risky transition in today’s organizations. The impact of the failure of a change initiative can be high; as such, managers and leaders have to…
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Last Call for Social Media Sceptics
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Deloitte Consulting LLP MIT Sloan School of Management
How are managers today using social media tools and how important are those tools becoming to their organizations? In collaboration with Deloitte, MIT Sloan Management Review conducted a survey of…
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Managers Who Undermine the Meaningfulness of Work
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Harvard Business School
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…
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Liberating Knowledge in the Organization
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Montpellier Business School Boston University Questrom School of Business
Truly democratizing knowledge requires an open organization where employees can deliberate, argue, compete and collaborate horizontally across fields of expertise. One possible solution to this end is the internal knowledge…
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Strategies for Successful WorkLife Balance
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)
Purchase this article as a standalone PDF with full colour magazine layout What are the factors that affect the boundaries between your work and personal life? By understanding those individual…
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