Ideas
Search Results for Subject 'performance management':
Overcoming Our Evolutionary Fears to Speak Up to Authority
Idea posted: March 2015
Institutions: Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business Cornell University Harvard Business School
Why don’t many employees say something when they see something wrong in the workplace, or when they are unfairly attacked by their boss? Why do they sit silent in meetings…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #498
Why Leaders Sabotage Their Own Teams
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,…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #482
How Early Work Experience Shapes Later Leadership Outlook
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
Employees just joining the workforce will have different experiences in their first jobs, depending on the economic situation of the firm in which they land. This economic situation makes a…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #480
Does Work/Life Balance Help or Hurt Productivity?
Idea posted: January 2015
Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Munich School of Management London School of Economics
Work-life balance issues bring out the optimist in some, the pessimist in others. For pessimists, the work-life balance concerns of employees will be undermined when a firm faces increased competition…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #475
Using Values-Based Leadership to Drive Performance
Idea posted: January 2015
Institutions: The Barrett Values Centre
Richard Barrett’s Seven Levels of Consciousness model, founded on the principles of values-based leadership, is a guide to achieving exceptional performance in organizations. Barrett’s framework based on his extensive research…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #472
Remote Working Vs Office Working: Why Office is Best
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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #471
High CEO Pay Leads to Overconfidence and Poor Results
Idea posted: January 2015
Institutions: University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Purdue University Krannert School of Management University of Cambridge Judge Business School
Previous studies have explored the link between CEO pay and future business performance with mixed results. In some cases, higher CEO pay is linked to better results; other studies show…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #469
What Boards Think of CEOs
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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #439
Ways to Encourage Employees to Help Each Other
Idea posted: September 2014
Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business
In a world of business in which cooperation is often the key to success, many companies overlook the damage that infighting, extreme competition or knowledge hoarding by employees can cause…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #435