Ideas
Managers Who Undermine the Meaningfulness of Work
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Harvard Business School
Do managers at all levels routinely - and unwittingly - undermine the meaningfulness of work for their direct subordinates through everyday words and actions? Of all the events that can…
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Liberating Knowledge in the Organization
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Montpellier Business School Boston University Questrom School of Business
Truly democratizing knowledge requires an open organization where employees can deliberate, argue, compete and collaborate horizontally across fields of expertise. One possible solution to this end is the internal knowledge…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #020
Charisma or Miasma: Seduced by the Charismatic
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: University of Florida
Charismatic CEOs tend to earn more total compensation than their industry peers with less charisma. Are these more charismatic CEOs are actually worth the money? Let us look at the…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #026
Sustainable People Policies for Sustainable Organizations
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Why does employee health receive so little consideration then, when examining sustainability policies in organizations? Most studies (and policies) focus on environmental sustainability. Of course eco-efficiency is and should be…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #010
Strategies for Successful Work/Life Balance
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)
What are the factors that affect the boundaries between your work and personal life? By understanding those individual work/life patterns and preferences, new strategies can be identified and small changes…
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Leadership Development: Up Close and Personal
Idea posted: December 2012
Institutions: INSEAD IMD Harvard Business School
Building on existing research that draws links between identity development and leaders’ development, the authors followed a group of 55 high-potential managers over one year in an international MBA program.…
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