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Three Strategies for Resolving Workplace Conflict
Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: IESE Business School Université de Montréal
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January 2008 to April 2011 was a shocking time for France Telecom, when more than 60 employees committed suicide — a large number leaving behind notes blaming stress and misery…
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Accentuate the Positive – the Art of Coaching with Compassion
Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: Case Western Reserve University ESADE
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What distinguishes good leaders from great leaders? This research suggests that the key lies in the way they approach the task of leadership and coaching, inspiring others to achieve their…
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RET: Market Research in Real Time
Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management
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What drives customers’ attitudes and behaviours? This is the golden question for marketing executives, who often rely on data from surveys, focus groups, interviews, etc., in the hopes of trying…
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Transferring Learning from Classroom to Workplace
Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School
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The need to develop strong leaders and competent managers has increased over the past few years, as technological advances and economic uncertainties have created a more competitive business environment than…
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Inequalities in the Competition for Global Talent
Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: INSEAD The Human Capital Leadership Institute Adecco
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The link between talent and competitiveness and sustainable economic development is now well-established. In all regions of the world, countries are reforming education systems, reducing gender and other inequalities to…
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Power Reduces Awareness of Constraints
Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: University of Texas McCombs School of Business Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management Columbia Business School New York University Stern School of Business Stanford Graduate School of Business University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business
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When it comes to setting and achieving goals, power makes a difference. Those with more power are quicker to establish goals, and to take action to achieve those goals, than…
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Body Language: Power Poses That Get Lost in Translation
Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: University of Buffalo INSEAD Columbia Business School
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Several studies have made the connection between body postures and feelings and perceptions of strength and dominance. Open and expansive body language has not only been found to communicate power…
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How and Why Shoppers Make Unplanned Purchases
Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: Drexel University LeBow College of Business New York University Stern School of Business University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business University of Texas McCombs School of Business
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A team of researchers used video tracking to observe consumers in real time during the entire shopping process. Analysing the video, the researchers were able to distinguish a number of…
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Indirect Control: The Future of Management?
Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science
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Executives and managers are inundated with management theories, philosophies and models, many of which offer contradictory advice. One dilemma they face is whether to grant employees autonomy or to use…
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