Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: INSEAD    ESCP   

Social capital research has established the performance advantages of networking. However, we know surprisingly little about the strategies individuals employ when networking and, in particular, the underlying agency mechanisms involved.…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: Stockholm School of Economics   

Tall men have a greater chance of becoming leaders. As unfair as this may seem, and despite the obvious exceptions from Napoleon to CEO superstar Jack Welch, decades of research…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business    Rady School of Management   

Research in academic laboratory settings — that is, within controlled experiments with voluntary participants — has shown that individuals with deeper voices are perceived as having more leadership capabilities. Different…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management   

In most hierarchies, power is malleable, which means that it can change. A leader at the top can lose his or her power, and be replaced by subordinates who have,…

Idea posted: January 2015

Institutions: NeuroLeadership Institute   

The SCARF® model, developed by neuroscientist David Rock, enables ‘change agents’ to exhibit more adaptive behaviours based on how mental experiences occur over time, thus offering to improve people’s capacity…

Idea posted: January 2015

Institutions: NUS Business School   

Should companies allow employees to work from home, some or all of the time? After all, with the communication possibilities of the digital age — from submitting materials through email…

Idea posted: September 2014

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business    Stanford Law School   

CEOs tend to be strong in decision-making and the financial elements of their jobs, but weak when it comes to managing their people and developing talent, according to a survey…

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…

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

A flinch is defined as any show of shock, disgust or disbelief in response to a first offer. Do flinches work for negotiators, or are they counterproductive, and end up…