Idea posted: January 2024

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One of the dominant assumptions in leadership theory is that some people are meant to lead and others are meant to follow. This assumption is based on the belief that…

Idea posted: May 2017

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

Creativity occurs when pieces of information are put together in novel and useful ways. ‘Information’ here is used broadly, and includes objects, symbols and facts. This broad concept of information…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)    Davidson College   

A Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) survey of first-time managers attending its Maximizing Your Leadership Potential (MLP) program offers some insight into the challenges first-time managers face. The 12 top…

Idea posted: January 2024

Institutions: State University of New York At Buffalo School of Management    Louisiana State University School of Leadership and Human Resource Development    Drexel University Management Department   

One resilient conclusion from leadership commentators and observers is the connection between extraversion and leadership—that is, extraverted individuals are more likely to become leaders than introverted individuals. Leadership research, however,…

Idea posted: October 2015

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    University of Windsor Odette School of Business   

Equity-based incentives, such as restricted stock grants or options, are common for C-suite corporate executives. This is not surprising as they have corporate-level responsibilities. For business-unit managers in decentralized corporations,…

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: McMaster University DeGroote School of Business    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    University of Toronto Scarborough   

While employees are supposed to share their knowledge with other employees for the benefit of the company, employees will often find a reason to keep that knowledge to themselves. Perhaps…

Idea posted: April 2023

Institutions: London Business School    University of Zurich   

One often-overlooked element of an organization’s success is sharing of advice— information with guidance or recommendations. Advice is clearly beneficial to the individuals receiving the advice, who can use it…

Idea posted: January 2019

Institutions: RocheMartin Institute    Australian Catholic University    Dublin Institute of Technology   

Although the concept of emotional intelligence (EI) is widely accepted, there is no single accepted way to define EI and measure it in people. One recent metric that has emerged…

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: IESE Business School    Carlos III University of Madrid   

What are the patterns and signs that relate to how failure at the C-Suite level can be prevented? Well, there is no consensus as to what constitutes ‘failure’, but nevertheless…