Why You Should Not Depend on a Single Leadership Style

Idea posted: June 2023

Institutions: The Fuqua School of Business    University of Geneva; Duke University   

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The leadership field is filled with suggested approaches, principles, and behaviours for effective leadership, often grouped into different leadership styles. Authentic leadership, charismatic leadership, empowering leadership, servant leadership, instrumental leadership,…

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Growth Mindset, Empathy and Training for Entrepreneurial Mentoring

Idea posted: November 2020

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business    INSEAD    Johns Hopkins University    Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business    Entrepreneur Futures Network   

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Mentors with extensive entrepreneurial experience can make a significant contribution to the success of new or less experienced entrepreneurs facing the inevitable setbacks of early stage ventures. Many entrepreneurial mentoring…

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Understanding Follower Attitudes Helps Decipher Leadership Success

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School    University of Surrey Business School    Aston University Business School    University of Bath   

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What makes a good leader? The answer is often given in the context of the leader’s impact on followers — a natural response since the effectiveness of a leader is…

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Leader-Team Member Relationships 2: Impact Job Satisfaction, Trust and Empowerment

Idea posted: September 2017

Institutions: The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School    University of Liverpool Management School    University of Exeter Business School    ALBA Graduate Business School    Durham University   

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The theory of leader-member exchange (LMX) focuses on the quality of the relationship between a leader and individual members of his or team, and how that relationship affects overall performance…

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Leader-Team Member Relationships 1: Impact on Performance

Idea posted: September 2017

Institutions: The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School    Aston University Business School    University of Surrey Business School    ISCTE Business School   

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Leader member exchange (LMX) theory is a theory that assesses leadership based on the relationships between leaders and followers (rather than the specific traits or behaviours of leaders). Thus, for…

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Stewardship Climate Scale Highlights Stewardship Behaviours in Family Firms

Idea posted: May 2017

Institutions: University of Oregon Charles Lundquist College of Business    Saint Louis University John Cook School of Business    University of Mississippi School of Business Administration    Kellogg School of Management   

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Stewardship describes the deeply felt commitment of managers and employees to the success of the company above their own individual interests. A stewardship climate is one in which stewardship is…

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Companies Must Be Sincere About their Flexible Work Arrangements

Idea posted: December 2015

Institutions: James Cook University College of Healthcare Sciences    Griffith University School of Applied Psychology    University of Waikato School of Psychology    Australian National University College of Business & Economics    Lingnan University Department of Applied Psychology    Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Sports Science and Physical Education    Hong Kong Shue Yan University   

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A wide variety of studies have shown that organizational efforts to help employees achieve a sustainable work-life balance increase employee satisfaction, productivity, and engagement, and their commitment to the organization.…

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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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What Your Company Can Learn from Supercompetitors

Idea posted: October 2014

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management   

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Traditionally, industry-leading companies used to be large conglomerates that gained their dominant competitive advantage through an accumulation of assets and positions, which gave them unbeatable economies of scale. Thanks to…

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