How Evidence-Based Management Reduces Entrepreneurial Risk

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business   

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With high failure rates being the acknowledged inevitable cost of entrepreneurial activity, examining why this is so is important. Could improving the decision-making process associated with developing and building new…

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Turning Employees into Brand Champions: Leadership Style Makes a Difference

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: HEC Lausanne    WHU–Otto Beisheim School of Management    University of St. Gallen   

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Employee performance plays a vital role in the success of a service brand. In this Idea, faculty from HEC, WHU–Otto Beisheim School of Management and University of St. Gallen set…

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Embedding Diversity: Three Key Steps

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: University of St. Gallen   

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Diversity management has become a key instrument for employers in recent years. University graduates around the world are no longer predominantly white males, and most companies now have a diversity…

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Why Do CEOs Fail? How the Mighty Are Fallen

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: IESE Business School    Carlos III University of Madrid   

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What are the patterns and signs that relate to how failure at the C-Suite level can be prevented? Well, there is no consensus as to what constitutes ‘failure’, but nevertheless…

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Crisis As Opportunity: Leadership, Change and Renewal

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business    University of Virginia Darden Business School   

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In recent years, the capability to lead teams under extreme pressure has become an important asset for leaders. In fact, developing competencies that can assist in leadership during a crisis…

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Gaining Influence through Listening

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Columbia Business School    Mercer LLC   

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Gaining and retaining influence will forever be a vital component of leadership and this Idea shows that listening has a positive association with influence, over and above verbal expression. "We…

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Creating a Culture of Trust in Organizations

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

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It is universally acknowledged; we hear our most successful leaders espouse its importance all the time – but ‘trust’ in an organization can be infuriatingly intangible, and a slippery thing…

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Partners of Choice – for an Agile Workforce

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Duke Corporate Education   

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Following an economic crisis, organizations often find themselves needing to do more with less employees. Is this possible? How can organizations construct a flexible workforce of highly-skilled workers that supplement…

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Ensemble Leadership: Lessons from the Orchestra Pit

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management    Massey University School of Management   

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What is ‘shared leadership’? How is it fostered and developed, and what insight can be taken from musicians about this phenomena? This Idea looks at the performance practices of musicians…

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