Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)    Davidson College   

A Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) survey of first-time managers attending its Maximizing Your Leadership Potential (MLP) program offers some insight into the challenges first-time managers face. The 12 top…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: INSEAD    ESCP   

Social capital research has established the performance advantages of networking. However, we know surprisingly little about the strategies individuals employ when networking and, in particular, the underlying agency mechanisms involved.…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

Employees just joining the workforce will have different experiences in their first jobs, depending on the economic situation of the firm in which they land. This economic situation makes a…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: Carnegie Mellon University    Warwick University Business School    Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business   

A number of academic studies have shown that because many of us form impressions about potential leaders from their facial characteristics, certain facial characteristics (for example, a ‘competent’ look) can…

Idea posted: January 2015

Institutions: Vlerick Business School   

As the younger generation of employees move into their first leadership positions, they will naturally be anxious, as any new leader would be, about the responsibilities, pressures, and risks that…

Idea posted: November 2014

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business    Boston University Questrom School of Business    California State University   

Do you wake up every morning and cannot wait to start working? Have you been challenged and fulfilled in every step of your career journey? Throughout your many jobs, do…

Idea posted: October 2014

Institutions: ESMT European School of Management and Technology   

The increasing sophistication of communication technologies and channels, data analytics, market intelligence, and virtual working in organizations has dramatically increased the strategic importance of information. At the same time, digital…

Idea posted: September 2014

Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    McGill University   

The best students from the best universities and graduate schools will be attracted to the most desirable companies to work for in their industries. At first glance, it would seem…

Idea posted: September 2014

Institutions: Harvard Business School    Fordham University Graduate School of Business   

There is a decision to be made. The decision makers know what they want to do, and take action. Reflecting on the action later, however, they realize that they did…