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Facial Cues: Can We Judge Who Looks Like a Leader?
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…
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Younger Generations Determined but Concerned about Leadership
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…
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Negotiate a Career with a Heart for You and Your Employees
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…
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Five Things a New CIO Must Do to Operate as a Business Leader
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…
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Why High-Status Companies that Attract the Best Fail to Keep Them
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…
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Mindfulness Leads to Better Decisions
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…
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Turn Employee Envy into a Tool for Personal Development
Idea posted: July 2014
Institutions: INSEAD
When envy pervades a company — when employees and managers for one reason or another focus more on competing against each other instead of the company’s marketplace competitors — the…
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Why Women Who Blend Gender and Professional Identities Are Better Negotiators
Idea posted: July 2014
Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University University of Oregon Columbia Business School
Why are some women negotiators better than others? The answer may lie in whether or not women believe that their gender and professional identities are compatible or not. Women who…
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How Landmarks in Time Help Employees Set Aspirational Goals
Idea posted: July 2014
Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Why do so many people make New Year’s resolutions? Because the New Year is the most obvious and universal of temporal landmarks — the dates or periods in time that…
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