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Cyber-Attack Catastrophe: Lessons from a Plausible Risk Scenario
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School
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The extensive damage caused by computer hackers accessing the confidential information held within a company’s information technology is, unfortunately, well documented. But beyond compromising millions of customers or accessing company…
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From Charisma to Autonomy: How India’s Generations Rate Leadership Qualities
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)
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Three generations of Indians are currently employed in India’s workplaces. The ‘partition generation’ (born 1944-1963, and roughly equivalent to the baby boomers) were born during times of insecurity and instability.…
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How to Resolve Workplace Conflicts by Addressing Conflict Expression
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Carnegie Mellon University University of Virginia Darden Business School UCLA Anderson School of Management University of Miami School of Business Administration Melbourne Business School-Mt Eliza Executive Education
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Workplace conflicts are, unfortunately, a common and difficult problem for managers. The traditional approach to resolving conflict is to examine the content of the conflict: what are you fighting about,…
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Bullying Bosses: Don’t Just Take It, Fight Back
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Ohio State University Fisher College of Business University of Georgia Terry College of Business Missouri State University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
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Abusive behaviour from bosses, what researchers call ‘downward hostility’, has a negative psychological effect on employees, undermining job satisfaction and the commitment to the employee. Such hostility also causes psychological…
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Why First-Time Managers Need More Development Support
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) Davidson College
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A Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) survey of first-time managers attending its Maximizing Your Leadership Potential (MLP) program offers some insight into the challenges first-time managers face. The 12 top…
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Develop Next Generation Leaders: Start Early and Focus on Adaptability
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)
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The next generation of leaders will emerge from the young people entering the workforce today. The best organizations and their leaders have begun thinking about the strengths and weaknesses of…
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Constructive Networking: The Strategies of Players and Purists
Idea posted: February 2015
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Social capital research has established the performance advantages of networking. However, we know surprisingly little about the strategies individuals employ when networking and, in particular, the underlying agency mechanisms involved.…
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Potential Leaders: Height Helps But So Does Being Smart
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Stockholm School of Economics
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Tall men have a greater chance of becoming leaders. As unfair as this may seem, and despite the obvious exceptions from Napoleon to CEO superstar Jack Welch, decades of research…
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A Lower Voice Can Take You Higher Up the Leadership Ladder
Idea posted: February 2015
Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business Rady School of Management
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Research in academic laboratory settings — that is, within controlled experiments with voluntary participants — has shown that individuals with deeper voices are perceived as having more leadership capabilities. Different…
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