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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #087Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: Harvard Business School
Flattening (or delayering) of hierarchies within an organization has been called for by much recent literature. In theory, flattening is supposed to help push decisions downwards to enhance customer and…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #083Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: University of St. Gallen
With multiple social media outlets in existence, should executives spend time maintaining different profiles simultaneously, and how can this help their communication teams in general? Especially now that social media…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #070Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: HEC Paris
Salespeople are a force to be reckoned within organizations. Situated at the interface between companies and customers, they play a key role in business performance. “We don’t talk about it…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #101Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: California State University Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
We know that companies need to start moving away from traditional strategies for management development, and consider the skills required to improve chances of success. Leading executive education specialists have…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #041Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Boston University Questrom School of Business
How can companies help their employees reclaim lost dreams—in both professional and non-professional contexts? Those companies able to do so will go a long way towards addressing some of the…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #015Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: IESE Business School
Are entrepreneurs born or made? Commonly, characteristics such as risk seeking, assertiveness and vision are considered typical of a successful entrepreneur. But these are innate predispositions or aspects of temperament;…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #011Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management
What we usually consider to be ‘elusive’ group dynamics that characterize high-performing teams, such as; energy, creativity, and shared commitment - are actually observable, quantifiable, and measurable qualities. And as…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #050Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Columbia Business School Mercer LLC
Gaining and retaining influence will forever be a vital component of leadership and this Idea shows that listening has a positive association with influence, over and above verbal expression. "We…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #077