Managers Who Undermine the Meaningfulness of Work

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Harvard Business School   

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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   

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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…

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Charisma or Miasma: Seduced by the Charismatic

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: University of Florida   

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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…

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Sustainable People Policies for Sustainable Organizations

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business   

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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…

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Strategies for Successful Work/Life Balance

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

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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   

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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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