Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School   

The authors set out to review the impact that meditation practices have made in management education and leadership development. Many organizations and businesses now consider it as a legitimate practice,…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: NUS Business School   

In a survey by Staples, Inc. in 2010, three out of four respondents admitted to ‘office-chair envy’ - that is, coveting a co-worker’s office chair. It may sound laughable, but…

Idea posted: April 2013

Institutions: Thunderbird School of Global Management   

"One-half of all employees reported being on the receiving end of rudeness at least once a week — compared to only one-quarter 1998." Christine Pearson of Thunderbird and Christine Porath…

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business   

Leaders can have a ripple effect through their company, particularly those in the C-suite; their actions reverberate throughout the organization, with followers sometimes even mimicking them. The CEO of BAE…

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: Georgetown University McDonough School of Business    University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

What makes for sustainable individual and organizational performance? Employees who are thriving - not just satisfied and productive but also engaged in creating the future. The authors found that people…

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management    Rady School of Management   

Prior research has shown us that self-control can lead to increased aggression. Building on that, we can now show that people often get irritated by their own self-control. Furthermore, it…

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business   

There has been a large increase in employees working from home in recent years; in the US alone, over 10% of the workforce now report regular home-working. But there is…

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Harvard Business School   

Do managers at all levels routinely - and unwittingly - undermine the meaningfulness of work for their direct subordinates through everyday words and actions? Of all the events that can…