Idea posted: October 2013
Institutions: University of St. Gallen University of Cambridge Judge Business School
Perhaps at one time, ‘corporate burnout’ was attributed to few, mostly C-suite executives. Now, it is much more commonly experienced by employees at all levels of an organization. Increased competition…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #231Idea posted: October 2013
Institutions: Harvard Kennedy School Harvard Business School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seasonal depression is well-known and has traditionally been easy to recognize: difficulty concentrating, low levels of energy, etc. — all related to bleak winter weather conditions. So naturally, it follows…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #226Idea posted: September 2013
Institutions: Vlerick Business School
Troubled manufacturing company the KSV is at crisis point. Its Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program has failed to deliver the expected benefits, and two of its biggest customers, Avobus…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #214Idea posted: July 2013
Institutions: HEC Paris
Economic theory tells us that human capital, i.e. employee ability, is positively linked to productivity and that high performers should be rewarded. Strong financial incentives for performance, however, can carry…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #180Idea posted: June 2013
Institutions: University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
Recently, faculty from Kenan-Flagler Business School and Robert H. Smith School of Business looked at the relationship between egotistic (or narcissistic) CEOs and firm performance by measuring ego by the…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #080Idea 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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #150Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business University of Utah David Eccles School of Business
CEOs are often put under the spotlight, with everything from how they spend their time to their leadership style closely scrutinized. But what about managers and supervisors lower down in…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #133Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: London Business School University College London
There is a quote from Mahatma Gandhi that should be in the lexicon of every aspiring business: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #121Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Thunderbird School of Global Management
"One-half of all employees reported being on the receiving end of rudeness at least once a week — compared to only one-quarter 1998." Christine Pearson of Thunderbird and Christine Porath…
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