Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)    Lingnan University   

Across the world, effective leaders are needed now more than ever; China is no exception, but the experiences of Chinese leaders may certainly warrant a different perspective for their development.…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: IESE Business School   

Can the loss of an integrative and humanistic approach to management be to blame for the recent economic crisis? According to the authors of this paper, meaningful and holistic management…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Institute for the Future   

The authors say that a qualitative shift is taking place in the ways we work. Their research is based of ongoing studies of the key forces driving change in society,…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: IMD   

How can leaders recognize and manage their psychological preferences and personality traits? This is the question the authors explore in this article. Interviewing over 2,000 international executives attending leadership programs…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business   

In the past research has consistently demonstrated the importance of ‘dominance’ as a personality trait in influential leaders. Understanding this, the authors through their new research found that dominant individuals…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School   

Rational and objective thinking is not the only influence on the decision-making process. Recognising this, the authors set out to research why good leaders often make flawed decisions, at times…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business    Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business    University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business   

Through their research, the authors set out to examine the effects that leaders at different levels in an organization have on each other. To do so, they investigated the relation…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: IMD   

What makes a successful leader, and how can leaders develop their own personal leadership models? Exploring these questions in this article, the author highlights the importance of leaders in general;…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: IESE Business School   

In high-growth companies, it is a fact that periods of expansion are often punctuated by sudden and severe challenges. Noting the extreme tension between success and failure in businesses today,…