Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: INSEAD    Aalto University School of Business    Pennsylvania State University    Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management    University of Cambridge Judge Business School    Erasmus University Erasmus School of Economics   

A multi-year, collaborative research study set out to examine the steps global companies can take to ensure that they recruit, develop and deploy the right people.  Researchers from institutions including…

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

Traditionally, more men than women have emerged in leadership positions. But over the past few decades, this has steadily been changing. An increasing number of women are taking top leadership…

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: IESE Business School   

Companies have spent increasing amounts on social media and ICT (information and communication technology) in recent years, demonstrating their interest in keeping up with the rapid pace of technological development.…

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: Columbia Business School    New York University Stern School of Business    Princeton University   

"What makes a good leader?" is one of the most asked and researched questions of the past few decades. Finding a convincing answer is both more important now than ever…

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Stepping away from the traditional, overwhelming lists of ideal characteristics for leaders, let’s examine how leadership actually happens. The ‘whole system’ perspective in this Idea, show us that leadership happens…

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

It is useful for us to analyse levels of employee engagement in organizations both during and in post-recession environments. Here we can define ‘engagement’ as satisfaction with job and commitment…

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

It is no secret that Millennials (also known as Generation Y) are unlike previous generations; their careers have been affected by different factors to their predecessors, such as the recent…

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

It is universally acknowledged; we hear our most successful leaders espouse its importance all the time – but ‘trust’ in an organization can be infuriatingly intangible, and a slippery thing…

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management    Massey University School of Management   

What is ‘shared leadership’? How is it fostered and developed, and what insight can be taken from musicians about this phenomena? This Idea looks at the performance practices of musicians…