Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School   

The authors set out to review the impact that meditation practices have made in management education and leadership development. Many organizations and businesses now consider it as a legitimate practice,…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: INSEAD   

The authors propose that different leadership development learning methods should be adopted according to the varying needs and issues faced by leaders at different levels and stages of their lives.…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: INSEAD   

Many large companies have developed corporate social entrepreneurship (CSE) initiatives. Examples include global management consultants Accenture, French cement, concrete and aggregates company Lafarge and Swiss pharmaceuticals multinational Novartis. Often referred…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Vlerick Business School   

Performance and risk are actually two sides of the same coin. Although they have traditionally been reported and managed by different organisational functions, there is a growing tendency to link…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Rutgers University    UCLA Anderson School of Management   

When it comes to personalities and employment roles, extraverts have traditionally done well, as they tend to express confidence, dominance and enthusiasm easily - all traits typically associated with good-performing…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: NUS Business School   

In a survey by Staples, Inc. in 2010, three out of four respondents admitted to ‘office-chair envy’ - that is, coveting a co-worker’s office chair. It may sound laughable, but…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Cornell University    University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business    Washington University Olin Business School    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    Vanderbilt University   

In January 2011, a football commentator found himself unceremoniously fired after he made a remark about the appearance of a female match official, and questioned whether another was capable of…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Vlerick Business School   

A large-scale study by Vlerick Business School, in association with three media partners, De Standaard, La Libre Belgique and NRC Handelsblad, underlines the importance of non-financial rewards to employees. The…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford   

Scenario planning (SP) and early warning scanning (EWS) are considered important to ‘managerial cognition’. They help leaders understand how the future might unfold and they alert top management to new…