Idea posted: April 2019

Institutions: Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão Instituto Politécnico de Leiria    Instituto Universitário de Lisboa   

Authentic leadership refers to leaders whose external behaviours and decisions are driven by internal positive values and concern for others. They tend to be self-aware, recognizing their strengths, weaknesses, values…

Idea posted: April 2019

Institutions: INSEAD    Graduate School of Culture Technology Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology    ESMT European School of Management and Technology   

Competition is often a catalyst to productive work. Just as competition among companies spur them to design superior products and offer superior services in an effort to gain competitive advantage,…

Idea posted: March 2019

Institutions: Henley Centre for Leadership    Henley Business School    Deutsche Telekom    Detecon International   

The workplace of tomorrow, according to a study of work in 2028, will be characterized by ubiquitous digitisation, disorientation in the face of constantly changing technology, and the continuous erosion…

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: Cornerstone OnDemand    Kellogg School of Management   

While a great deal of attention has been paid to the performance and cost advantages of hiring superstars, less attention is paid to employees at the other end of the…

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: January 2019

Institutions: RocheMartin Institute    Australian Catholic University    Dublin Institute of Technology   

Although the concept of emotional intelligence (EI) is widely accepted, there is no single accepted way to define EI and measure it in people. One recent metric that has emerged…

Idea posted: October 2018

Institutions: Guizhou University of Finance and Economics    NUS Business School    Kellogg School of Management   

It’s not surprising to see people in the workplace tired and depleted. The cognitive consequences of such fatigue — the negative impact on people’s ability to think clearly and make…

Idea posted: July 2018

Institutions: University of Texas McCombs School of Business    University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management    Villanova University School of Business   

A number of different incentives can potentially push leaders to make decisions that favour short-term returns over long-term value. To test whether such incentives actually have an impact on decision-making,…