Idea posted: May 2014
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)
Traditionally, research on leadership development has put behavioural competencies under the spotlight; training, coaching, on-the-job experiences and mentoring are all intended to facilitate the development of these behaviours. But are…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #383Idea posted: February 2014
Institutions: London Business School INSEAD
Giving people the freedom to work on their own ideas is commonly associated with progressive leadership and company creativity. (Google’s policy of allowing employees to spend 20 per cent of…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #314Idea posted: February 2014
Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School
Research suggests that executives tend to learn more from negative work and life experiences than positive ones, as failures and the threat of failure may force an individual to revisit…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #297Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: Henley Business School
Leaders cannot succeed in isolation. By definition, leadership is about getting the best from other people throughout the organization. The cumulative improvement leaders can generate in their teams through successful…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #311Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: IMD
In his 2013 book titled The Business of Corporate Learning, Shlomo Ben-Hur writes that over the past 10 years, research has repeatedly shown that the proportion of business leaders who…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #294Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: Rutgers University University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science
The migration of nationals from less-developed countries, once thought of as ‘brain drain’, has been ‘re-framed’. A new concept, ‘brain circulation’, has taken root — and with it the idea…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #292Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School
The need to develop strong leaders and competent managers has increased over the past few years, as technological advances and economic uncertainties have created a more competitive business environment than…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #281Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: IE Business School Rouen Business School
When companies choose their CEO, many opt for those with a proven record of success in their particular industry…nothing surprising there. This is a changing world, with increased burdens on…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #270Idea posted: May 2013
Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School
The authors set out to review the impact that meditation practices have made in management education and leadership development. Many organizations and businesses now consider it as a legitimate practice,…
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