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Setting High Performance Expectations Can Lead to Failure
Idea posted: December 2020
Institutions: UCLA Anderson School of Management University of Chicago Booth School of Business The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Past research has demonstrated that high external performance expectations (e.g., from supervisors, co-workers, clients, family, friends, and the media) can motivate individuals to increase their efforts and be more persistent,…
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Why Cross-functional Teams Need Strong Leaders
Idea posted: November 2020
Institutions: Pan-Atlantic University Lagos Business School
Previous studies have demonstrated the quality of decisions that emerge from cross-functional teams. Most of these studies focus on the outcome of cross-functional deliberations, but not the deliberation process itself.…
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Growth Mindset, Empathy and Training for Entrepreneurial Mentoring
Idea posted: November 2020
Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business INSEAD Johns Hopkins University Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business Entrepreneur Futures Network
Mentors with extensive entrepreneurial experience can make a significant contribution to the success of new or less experienced entrepreneurs facing the inevitable setbacks of early stage ventures. Many entrepreneurial mentoring…
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Male Subordinate Bias Against Female Bosses: The Evidence from Schools
Idea posted: September 2020
Institutions: University of Virginia Darden Business School Kellogg School of Management
The dearth of female leaders in industry, despite the stated intentions of most companies and organizations to encourage diversity and promote women, is well documented. Past studies in this field…
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Ships in the Night: How to Unite Warring Executives
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…
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The Opportunity and Challenge of the Four-Day Working Week
Idea posted: January 2020
Institutions: Henley Business School
Today’s unprecedented quad-gen workforce (baby boomers, Gen X, millennials, Gen Z) presents unique challenges for employers who must try to engage all four generations. Although having different backgrounds and histories,…
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Narcissistic Leaders Negatively Impact Different Employees in Different Ways
Idea posted: January 2020
Institutions: University of Missouri, St Louis
Research has identified as non-productive the narcissistic tendencies of a leader, such as a grandiose sense of self-importance and need for constant admiration, that have a negative impact on the…
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How More Customer Contact Creates a More Energetic, Motivated and United Workforce
Idea posted: September 2019
Institutions: University of St. Gallen
A new study shows how impactful customer contact can be in terms of employee engagement and organizational results. According to the study, contact with customers elicits the feeling in employees…
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Management Matters Most for Corporate Performance
Idea posted: July 2019
Institutions: Stanford University MIT Sloan School of Management Tel Aviv University MIT Department of Economics
Does management matter in producing results? The intuitive response is yes. Multiple books and articles about famous, successful companies also celebrate the power of good management to drive great results.…
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