Idea posted: June 2017

Institutions: University of Cologne    INSEAD    Kellogg School of Management    Columbia Business School   

Psychological tools are proving to be very effective in helping people in the workplace gain the right frame of mind in challenging situations. Imagine that you are about to enter…

Idea posted: June 2017

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

With social inequality in the U.S. only getting worse and with intergenerational mobility lower than in many other advanced economies, it is clear that individuals in the higher socioeconomic levels…

Idea posted: May 2017

Institutions: INSEAD   

INSEAD’s new global survey of Gen X, Gen Y and Gen Z respondents, focusing on the workplace, technology and leadership, reveals the similarities and differences among today’s young professionals. A…

Idea posted: November 2016

Institutions: University of Bristol    University of Gloucestershire   

Based on extensive research, the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory was developed in the late 1990s as an assessment tool for learning power. Specifically, the ELLI model identified seven qualities or…

Idea posted: October 2016

Institutions: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Lubar School of Business    Cass Business School, City University London    Warwick University Business School   

Across the industrialized world, female workers earn less than men. In previous research and books on the subject, two widely accepted claims emerge that, it is believed, help explain the…

Idea posted: September 2016

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Traditional leadership development focuses on adding more information, skills and competencies to a leader’s toolkit. Thus the leader might learn new ways to develop staff, for example, or new methodologies…

Idea posted: August 2016

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management   

Many companies make an effort to promote and compensate their employees based on performance rather than, as in the past, seniority. Specifically, companies will implement merit-based routines and written policies…

Idea posted: May 2016

Institutions: Clark University Graduate School of Management    Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Self-determination theory describes four types of motivation, moving on a spectrum from other-directed to self-directed. External motivation is at the other-directed end of the spectrum. Motivation is based on what…

Idea posted: April 2016

Institutions: Harvard Graduate School of Education   

There are two types of skills involved in the tasks of a job. The first is cognitive — an employee’s knowledge, training and experience that puts the employee in position…