Idea posted: September 2015

Institutions: China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)    University of Illinois College of Business    Jinju National University    Seowon University   

The core self-evaluation (CSE) assessment is an attempt to reconcile the variety of personality types assessments (e.g. Myers-Briggs) available. The CSE looks at four personality traits: self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus…

Idea posted: August 2015

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

The annual leadership survey conducted by the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School was focused in 2015 on the development of globally competent leaders. Global competence is required for…

Idea posted: August 2015

Institutions: Harvard Kennedy School    Clemson University   

Research has shown the positive impact on transformational leadership on organizational outcomes. Other research has focused on character traits of effective and/or ethical leaders. A new study from Harvard University…

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: Copenhagen Business School    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Munich School of Management    University of St. Gallen    University of Geneva   

To study the talent management processes of an organization, a team of researchers focused on the managerial skills required for management promotion. Identification of those skills is the key element…

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: INSEAD   

The conventional wisdom about Millennials declares that they all want to rise rapidly to leadership positions but without working too hard or paying their dues. They also, again according to…

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: Warwick University Business School    Saïd Business School, University of Oxford   

CEOs are responsible for knowing what is going on in their companies. No matter how large, complex or global the organization, CEOs do not have the luxury of pleading ignorance;…

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: Bocconi University Department of Management & Technology    Singapore Management University    University of Akron   

In recent years, humility has become increasingly accepted as a central feature of great leadership. Bestselling business books such as Good to Great, which considered humility as one of the…

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business   

Uncertainty — such as a coming organizational restructuring, a new CEO brought in to turn around the company, a competitor’s new product or new technology that could derail the company’s…

Idea posted: May 2015

Institutions: Bocconi University Department of Management & Technology    Singapore Management University    London Business School    SDA Bocconi School of Management   

Every organization has finite resources, starting with compensation, budgets and expense accounts, as well as high quality assignments, accounts or customers and even office space. The people who control the…