Idea 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…

Idea 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…

Idea 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…

Idea 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…

Idea 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…

Idea 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;…

Idea 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…

Idea 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…

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

It is universally acknowledged; we hear our most successful leaders espouse its importance all the time – but ‘trust’ in an organization can be infuriatingly intangible, and a slippery thing…