Idea posted: October 2014

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business    The Institute of Executive Development (IED)    The Conference Board   

Succession planning is a vital issue for corporations. As CEOs leave, the smoother transitions occur when a successor or a short list of successors has been groomed and is prepared…

Idea posted: December 2016

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

The departure of a CEO inevitably leads to disruption and uncertainty — from a nervous workforce unsure of what the future will look like to the markets monitoring carefully the…

Idea posted: September 2021

Institutions: London School of Economics   

Despite the overwhelming consensus in favour of improving career and leadership opportunities for women in business, diversity statistics continue to demonstrate that best intentions have not led to results.  The…

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

What are the factors that affect the boundaries between your work and personal life? By understanding those individual work/life patterns and preferences, new strategies can be identified and small changes…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

Progressive corporate leaders have been at the forefront of many societal changes, and climate change is no different. While different surveys show between 62% and 76% of the general public…

Idea posted: September 2017

Institutions: University of Nevada, Las Vegas    Ramon Llull University    ESADE    Villanova University School of Business   

The greatest hurdle for entrepreneurial enterprises, especially in the early stages, is gaining access to the external resources required to launch and maintain the venture. After synthesizing the lessons from…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business    University of Alberta - Alberta School of Business   

In a popular article published by Harvard Business Review in 1999, the authors proposed that those who use stories as part of their management and strategy technique tend to become…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: North Dakota State University    University of New Mexico    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   

Have you heard of the ‘pink elephant in the room?’ If you are a woman in the US, you might be one of up to 70% of women that have…

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: Norwegian School of Economics   

Norwegian citizens making money abroad must report this income to two tax authorities: the authorities of Norway and the authorities of the country where they made the money. In order…