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Bossy: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?
Idea posted: May 2015
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) conducted research on the role of the word bossy in the workplace. Their results show a consistent trend that being bossy in the workplace…
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Why First-Time Managers Need More Development Support
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) Davidson College
A Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) survey of first-time managers attending its Maximizing Your Leadership Potential (MLP) program offers some insight into the challenges first-time managers face. The 12 top…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #487
Develop Next Generation Leaders: Start Early and Focus on Adaptability
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)
The next generation of leaders will emerge from the young people entering the workforce today. The best organizations and their leaders have begun thinking about the strengths and weaknesses of…
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Potential Leaders: Height Helps But So Does Being Smart
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Stockholm School of Economics
Tall men have a greater chance of becoming leaders. As unfair as this may seem, and despite the obvious exceptions from Napoleon to CEO superstar Jack Welch, decades of research…
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Why Leaders Sabotage Their Own Teams
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management
In most hierarchies, power is malleable, which means that it can change. A leader at the top can lose his or her power, and be replaced by subordinates who have,…
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Facial Cues: Can We Judge Who Looks Like a Leader?
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Carnegie Mellon University Warwick University Business School Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business
A number of academic studies have shown that because many of us form impressions about potential leaders from their facial characteristics, certain facial characteristics (for example, a ‘competent’ look) can…
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Seven Key Steps to Effective Succession Planning
Idea posted: October 2014
Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business The Institute of Executive Development (IED)
No one would deny the importance of strong, capable leaders at the helm of a company. Successfully managing the transition from a departing leader to a new CEO or C-suite…
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Why High-Status Companies that Attract the Best Fail to Keep Them
Idea posted: September 2014
Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania McGill University
The best students from the best universities and graduate schools will be attracted to the most desirable companies to work for in their industries. At first glance, it would seem…
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Why Women, Particularly Mothers, Miss Out on Mentors and Networking
Idea posted: May 2014
Institutions: Indiana University ESSEC Business School University of Michigan Ross School of Business
As documented by statistics of women in the workplace, entrenched gender discrimination — perhaps more subtle than in the past but just as damaging — continue to impede the careers…
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