Ideas
Targets Not Quotas to Promote Women Leaders
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: Melbourne Business School-Mt Eliza Executive Education
In 2010, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) changed its reporting requirements, calling for listed companies to detail their progress against voluntary gender diversity targets. This move on the part of…
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CFOs Reborn as Agents of Organizational Change
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: Egon Zehnder International
Discussing her return to PwC as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 2012, Carol Sawdye said she would be spending much of her first year on the job focused on “change…
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Managing Risks: Culture Matters More Than Rules
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Formal risk management systems now provide the dominant logic for governing an uncertain world and are prevalent in public services as well as private firms. What happens when these systems…
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Smart Moves – the Tango and Modern Leadership
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: IE Business School
The traditional, hierarchical structure of organizations is diminishing as we work our way through the 21st century. Business is fast-paced and unpredictable; we cannot rely on things the way we…
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What Is the Real Value in CSR?
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management
Exploring the relation between information that is presented in corporate accountability reports and future financial performance three professors from the Kellogg School of Management’s Accounting Information and Management Department focused…
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Character – The Unspoken Essence of Leadership
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University
The idea of character has been lost sight of. One reason could be that the educational system and organizations are completely competency focused, or perhaps because character seems an old-fashioned…
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Psychopaths in the C-Suite: How to Avoid Them
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: INSEAD
Only a small number of psychopaths become violent criminals. Others lead outwardly normal lives and appear integrated into society. Strongly attracted to money and power, these ‘psychopaths lite’ often seek…
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Motivation by Last Place Aversion
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: Columbia Business School Harvard Business School Stanford Graduate School of Business
Professors Ilyana Kuziemko of Columbia Business School and Ryan Buell and Michael Norton of Harvard Business School, working with doctoral candidate Taly Reich of the Stanford Graduate School of Business,…
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Severe Weather: Moderating Its Impact on Productivity
Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: Columbia Business School The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Does bad weather reduce productivity within factories and other workplaces? This is the question that the latest research from Marcelo Olivares of the Columbia Business School and Gérard Cachon and…
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