Idea posted: January 2014

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Though formal hierarchies continue to be an integral part of organizational structures, in recent years individuals have been required to look beyond these towards the informal and invisible structures supporting…

Idea posted: December 2013

Institutions: University of Texas McCombs School of Business    Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management    Columbia Business School    New York University Stern School of Business    Stanford Graduate School of Business    University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business   

When it comes to setting and achieving goals, power makes a difference. Those with more power are quicker to establish goals, and to take action to achieve those goals, than…

Idea posted: December 2013

Institutions: University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science   

Executives and managers are inundated with management theories, philosophies and models, many of which offer contradictory advice. One dilemma they face is whether to grant employees autonomy or to use…

Idea posted: December 2013

Institutions: London Business School    University of California, Riverside   

Intuitively, one might assume that people who have ‘done good things’ and received recognition for their ethical stance would feel encouraged to continue in the same vein. But this research…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: WHU–Otto Beisheim School of Management    Kellogg School of Management   

While the commonly accepted wisdom is that new CEOs from the outside will be in a better position to bring change to an organization, the record indicates otherwise. They often…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: University of Illinois College of Business    INSEAD   

Many research studies provide evidence of the impact of culture on leadership. For example, the Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness study or GLOBE, one of the most extensive comparative…

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: Accenture Institute for High Performance    China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)   

Imagine a cellist, taking on different roles depending on whether he/she is playing with a quartet, a chamber orchestra, or a full orchestra. Today’s leaders are not dissimilar; they come…

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: INSEAD    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

Sunk cost bias has been blamed for everything from disastrous military campaigns to over-budget public works and is widely acknowledged as a serious obstacle to effective decision-making. Defined as the…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    Yale University   

Emotional intelligence — the awareness and understanding of emotions — has a variety of workplace applications and benefits. Leaders who perceive and relate to the emotions of those they direct…