Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: HEC Paris   

Developing deeper awareness of our own prejudices is often cited as the solution to racism. Recent research, however, suggests it’s just the first step. In a pilot study conducted at…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: Maastricht School of Management   

The greying of the post-war baby boom generation and increasing life expectancy are threatening the financial sustainability of pensions systems in many industrialized countries. European governments are responding by raising…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University   

"The answer is moral leadership, or, more specifically, respectful  leadership." One of the goals of leaders is to motivate employees to perform well, work in the collective interest and define themselves…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University   

The banking crisis and scandals involving companies such as Enron, Worldcom, Tyco and, more recently, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, have made the need to understand moral behaviour in organizations more…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Institute for the Future   

The authors say that a qualitative shift is taking place in the ways we work. Their research is based of ongoing studies of the key forces driving change in society,…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Vlerick Business School   

A large-scale study by Vlerick Business School, in association with three media partners, De Standaard, La Libre Belgique and NRC Handelsblad, underlines the importance of non-financial rewards to employees. The…

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…

Idea posted: April 2013

Institutions: London Business School    Harvard Business School    University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

Here is how most employees’ first day on a new job goes: they are shown how things are done, introduced to the company’s environment and culture, and subtly told what…

Idea posted: April 2013

Institutions: Columbia Business School   

Rising unemployment, household incomes taking a dip, bankruptcies becoming widespread — these are just some of the hallmarks of an economic recession. We all remember these things from not too…