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Modern Tribes – Managing Diversity and Identity
Idea posted: July 2013
Institutions: IE Business School
The term “tribalism” was coined by sociologist Michel Maffesoli in the 1980s to explain a shift in Western society from one built around the individual to a world populated by…
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Learn to Forgive: Mandela’s Leadership Legacy
Idea posted: July 2013
Institutions: INSEAD
The story of Nelson Mandela is a remarkable illustration of forgiveness. In the face of fierce opposition from most members of the ANC, Mandela reached out to his former enemies…
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How Prosocial Goals Promote Employee Happiness
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…
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Smart Moves – the Tango and Modern Leadership
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: IE Business School
The traditional, hierarchical structure of organizations is diminishing as we work our way through the 21st century. Business is fast-paced and unpredictable; we cannot rely on things the way we…
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Character – The Unspoken Essence of Leadership
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…
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The Four Orientations of Responsible Leaders
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: ESADE
Responsible leadership is a concept that can help link corporate social responsibility (CSR) and performance to actions on the part of policy makers and leaders. In a world where public…
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Ethical Leadership in a Crisis (and to Avoid Crises)
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: Bentley University York University Schulich School of Business
In April 2010, an explosion on an oil rig connected to BP in the Gulf of Mexico threatened the fate of the company forever. The disaster resulted in the death…
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Maximising Employee Performance
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: London Business School
Based on interviews with more than 50 employees across 12 companies, as well as questionnaire data from more than 200 employees London Business School’s professor, Julian Birkinshaw, along with his…
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Adaptive Leadership: Leading and Following
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Much of the recent research into leadership seems to note the same thing: current leadership theories are lacking something, or limiting in their conceptualization. Elaborating on this, the author of…
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