Idea posted: September 2020

Institutions: University of Southern California Marshall School of Business    McGill University   

Teamwork is never easy, and cross-functional teamwork is especially challenging given the starkly different experiences, knowledge and perspectives that team members bring to the team. To span the divisions, participants…

Idea posted: September 2020

Institutions: INSEAD   

Many executives struggle to accomplish their mandate as executives: aligning the people from top to bottom in the organization behind the goals and actions that ensure the company’s success. The…

Idea posted: April 2020

Institutions: University of California, Santa Barbara    Kellogg School of Management    Harvard Business School   

Triadic relationships are common in the workplace. For example, two employees, Sharon and Mark, may share negative feelings about a third employee, Kathy; Kathy, in return, has negative feelings about…

Idea posted: January 2020

Institutions: Babson College   

The concept of agility — an approach to innovation and development based on shorter project timeframes, focused targets and ‘sprints’ — was first conceived in software development companies. Metaphors such…

Idea posted: March 2019

Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School   

Despite the focus by managers and thought leaders on the power of employee engagement to improve individual and organizational results, the world of business seems to continue to be befuddled…

Idea posted: January 2019

Institutions: Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management    University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business   

New research demonstrates how leadership humility positively influences the performance of a group or organization. Specifically, the research, based on two laboratory studies and one field study, shows that leadership…

Idea posted: January 2019

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    Dresden University of Technology   

In the business literature, diversity is often painted as a magic elixir that brings different perceptions and knowledge to a team or an organization, which then effortlessly leads to greater…

Idea posted: December 2018

Institutions: Cornell University    Harvard University    Essex University    Yale University   

Conversations with new people are an important part of most people’s social and professional lives. After such conversations, people often seem to underestimate whether the other person in the conversation…

Idea posted: July 2018

Institutions: University of Virginia Darden Business School    Stanford Graduate School of Business   

The ideal candidates for a new job are highly competent and highly sociable. They are knowledgeable and skilled in their fields while at the same time have collegial and easy…