Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: Maastricht School of Management   

The greying of the post-war baby boom generation and increasing life expectancy are threatening the financial sustainability of pensions systems in many industrialized countries. European governments are responding by raising…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: Harvard Business School    Stanford Graduate School of Business   

‘Employee happiness’ has been getting a lot of attention in recent years. The evidence is there to show that it is directly-related to business performance; your happy employees are almost…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University   

The idea of character has been lost sight of. One reason could be that the educational system and organizations are completely competency focused, or perhaps because character seems an old-fashioned…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: INSEAD   

Only a small number of psychopaths become violent criminals. Others lead outwardly normal lives and appear integrated into society. Strongly attracted to money and power, these ‘psychopaths lite’ often seek…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Institute for the Future   

The authors say that a qualitative shift is taking place in the ways we work. Their research is based of ongoing studies of the key forces driving change in society,…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: IMD   

How can leaders recognize and manage their psychological preferences and personality traits? This is the question the authors explore in this article. Interviewing over 2,000 international executives attending leadership programs…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business   

In the past research has consistently demonstrated the importance of ‘dominance’ as a personality trait in influential leaders. Understanding this, the authors through their new research found that dominant individuals…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School   

In this paper, the author examines the possible bases for dysfunctional leadership, moving away from an emphasis on a leader’s performance and personality to focusing on the contextual features that…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School   

Decision-making is at the heart of all leadership. Sometimes leaders make good decisions, but sometimes they make less good decisions. The authors set out to understand why bad decisions are…