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How Neuroscience Can Aid Collaborative Leadership
Idea posted: January 2015
Institutions: NeuroLeadership Institute
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The SCARF® model, developed by neuroscientist David Rock, enables ‘change agents’ to exhibit more adaptive behaviours based on how mental experiences occur over time, thus offering to improve people’s capacity…
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Using Values-Based Leadership to Drive Performance
Idea posted: January 2015
Institutions: The Barrett Values Centre
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Richard Barrett’s Seven Levels of Consciousness model, founded on the principles of values-based leadership, is a guide to achieving exceptional performance in organizations. Barrett’s framework based on his extensive research…
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Remote Working Vs Office Working: Why Office is Best
Idea posted: January 2015
Institutions: NUS Business School
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Should companies allow employees to work from home, some or all of the time? After all, with the communication possibilities of the digital age — from submitting materials through email…
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How Leaders Emerge in Online Communities
Idea posted: January 2015
Institutions: HEC Paris McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management University of Alabama at Birmingham Collat School of Business
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Online communities can be the source of staggering feats of pooled knowledge creation, with volunteers from around the world combining their expertise. Think of Wikipedia, or of Linux, or even…
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High CEO Pay Leads to Overconfidence and Poor Results
Idea posted: January 2015
Institutions: University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Purdue University Krannert School of Management University of Cambridge Judge Business School
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Previous studies have explored the link between CEO pay and future business performance with mixed results. In some cases, higher CEO pay is linked to better results; other studies show…
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Supply Chain Risk: Diversification Vs Under-diversification
Idea posted: January 2015
Institutions: University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business
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In 1997, a fire at the only Toyota supplier providing the carmaker with P-valves inspired a change of policy: from then on Toyota would dual-source every part. By 2000, however,…
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Board Diversity Improves Corporate Results: Lessons from Singapore
Idea posted: December 2014
Institutions: NUS Business School
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Singapore is known for the diversity of its population, but you would never glean this from the boards of directors of its companies. A new report, from the NUS Business…
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How to Build Brand Equity Through Employee Engagement
Idea posted: December 2014
Institutions: University of Houston Bauer College of Business Vlerick Business School
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Employees can impact a company’s brand equity. A friendly clerk in a store or an effective IT project team that delivers to the satisfaction of the customer are two positive…
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Six Imperatives for Companies to Embrace Cloud Computing
Idea posted: December 2014
Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management
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Since 2005, the business units of California-based health care company Allergan has used cloud computing for a wide range of functions, from field sales effectiveness and travel and expense processing…
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