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Maximising Employee Performance

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: London Business School   

Based on interviews with more than 50 employees across 12 companies, as well as questionnaire data from more than 200 employees London Business School’s professor, Julian Birkinshaw, along with his…

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How Dominant Personality Trumps Competence in Teams

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business   

In the past research has consistently demonstrated the importance of ‘dominance’ as a personality trait in influential leaders. Understanding this, the authors through their new research found that dominant individuals…

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Leadership Tools: Magnet to Pull, Hammer to Drive

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: IESE Business School   

The authors set out to examine the leadership tools required to help managers rise to new challenges faced during uncertain times. Using case studies of prominent leaders of the past…

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Status in the Team: Extraverts Vs Neurotics

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Rutgers University    UCLA Anderson School of Management   

When it comes to personalities and employment roles, extraverts have traditionally done well, as they tend to express confidence, dominance and enthusiasm easily - all traits typically associated with good-performing…

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Envy at Work – Pros and Cons for the Organization

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: NUS Business School   

In a survey by Staples, Inc. in 2010, three out of four respondents admitted to ‘office-chair envy’ - that is, coveting a co-worker’s office chair. It may sound laughable, but…

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Political Correctness Helps Expression in Mixed-Sex Teams

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Cornell University    University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business    Washington University Olin Business School    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    Vanderbilt University   

In January 2011, a football commentator found himself unceremoniously fired after he made a remark about the appearance of a female match official, and questioned whether another was capable of…

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Four Capabilities of Great Strategic Leaders

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Tuck School of Business   

Building on the latest research on leadership, as well as scores of interviews with CEOs and other leaders, Professor of Strategy and Leadership Sydney Finkelstein of Dartmouth’s Tuck School of…

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When Successful Managers Go off the Rails

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Derailment is the term assigned to the phenomenon of once-successful managers whose careers have ‘gone off the track.’ They are no longer effective in their functions or as leaders. They…

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How Team Reflexivity Fosters Innovation

Idea posted: April 2013

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    Lancaster University Management School    University of Sheffield   

Assessing a situation before acting may seem like common sense. After all, many languages have an equivalent of the English proverb: ‘look before you leap’. However, people rarely apply this…

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