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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #424Idea 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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #417Idea 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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #416Idea posted: June 2014
Institutions: Baylor University
How to make your voice heard and be more influential in the workplace has always been a topic of interest for executives. Traditionally, it has been suggested that in order…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #405Idea posted: April 2014
Institutions: London Business School
If you could eavesdrop on your employees’ conversations, what do you think they would be saying about you? Or if you look back over your own career, considering the good…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #353Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management Columbia Business School INSEAD
Spending time overseas has long been associated with the development of a more open and optimistic view of humanity and the world. In his 1869 autobiographical work Innocents Abroad, Mark…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #335Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania IE Business School
The profile of leaders has changed over the decades, with a significant shift away from the notion of lifetime employment. The employee of the mid-twentieth century who climbed the ladder…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #333Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania London Business School
A research team from Wharton and London Business School discovered the benefits of self-reflective job titles almost by accident. Wharton professor Adam Grant, PhD candidate Justin Berg, and London Business…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #305Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: University of Cologne INSEAD Kellogg School of Management Columbia Business School
Previous research demonstrated that a sense of power can give a person increased confidence and reduce that person’s stress — two outcomes that can only enhance the effectiveness of that…
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