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From CEO To Senate: Why Some Executives Make Better Politicians Than Others
Jun 2010
Growing numbers of top business executives appear to be running for political office. Among others, former CEOs Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina recently won California primaries for governor and...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Wharton On Learning Leadership: Creating A Learning Environment
Feb 2009
As companies grow, their talent needs to develop with them. But creating an environment that both inspires and educates employees depends on much more than imported training programs and seminars....
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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How Great Leaders Prevent Problems Before They Happen
Jan 2009
Small problems often precede catastrophes. In fact, most large-scale failures result from a series of small errors and failures, rather than a single root cause. These small problems often cascade...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Wharton On Senior Leadership: Strategic Management
Jun 2009
When it comes to strategy, should companies focus on increasing market share, improving shareholder value, diversification, or some other goal? And how should the strategy be executed? Mergers and...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Executive Pay, Hidden Compensation And Managerial Entrenchment
Nov 2009
This paper considers a "managerial optimal" framework for top executive compensation, where top management sets their own compensation subject to limited entrenchment, instead of the conventional...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Strategies For The Next Generation CIO Leader
Dec 2008
Although the business environment is constantly changing and the CIO's role in an organization has evolved over the last twenty years, the basic tenets of leadership are timeless. By better...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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National Leadership And Economic Growth
Dec 2008
Recent empirical analysis suggests that individual national leaders can have large impacts on economic growth. Leaders have strongest effects in autocracies, where they appear to substantially...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Dining With An Oracle: MBAs Meet Warren Buffet
Dec 2008
Nick Shirk, 2010 MBA candidate at the University of Notre Dame, had dinner with Warren Buffett the other day. The steak was good. Meeting Buffett was priceless. "He does not disappoint," said...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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Fighting For Ethical Leadership
Oct 2009
A year ago, business failures began erupting across our economy. And in the ensuing months, thousands lost jobs and their hopes for a stable future. Homes were foreclosed, factories shut down. And...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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Four Leadership Lessons From Entrepreneurs
Oct 2008
Corporate leaders who want to make a positive difference in the world can learn at least four important lessons from successful global entrepreneurs, Thunderbird President Angel Cabrera, Ph.D.,...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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To Be A Better Leader: Know Your Strengths And Use Them Effectively
May 2010
One can use papers information to more clearly express ones unique talents. Whether it's for a promotion or in a new job interview, knowing what strengths one can leverage and apply can lead to...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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Leading A Process Of Change Based On Mission
Jan 2008
Companies don't look for leaders and followers; they want leaders who will beget other leaders. Leadership is a skill now sought after at all levels of an organization. However, achieving this...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Executive Coach Insight: Effective Communication And Influence
Feb 2010
Active listening and speaking assertively are critical factors to influencing others, yet successful communication can be one of the most significant challenges leaders face. People judge others...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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Overwhelmed, Overloaded
Apr 2009
Companies invest billions of dollars a year developing leaders by using outside training programs and on-the-job work experience. Previous research and common practice has suggested that the more...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Power Trip: CEOs And Firm Performance
Mar 2009
Despite the public outcry over CEO pay and abuses of authority, powerful chief executives can be good for the bottom line. E. Han Kim, professor of finance at U-M's Ross School of Business, says...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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The Top Five Mistakes New Leaders Make And How To Avoid Them
Jan 2010
After being recognized for years of accomplishing tasks and making individual contributions, new leaders are suddenly confronted with a much different situation. They are now held accountable for...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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Managing A True A-Team Of Far-Flung Experts Requires Special Leadership Tactics
Sep 2009
Managing a virtual team requires a different form of leadership than the command-and-control method that would work with people working in a shared location. Leaders of virtual teams will be more...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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What Every Leader Can Learn From Good Salespeople
Jan 2010
The skill or ability to obtain willing followers for a given course of action that creates value for both parties. Definition of sales is also a key component of effective leadership. Leaders...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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An Experiential Approach To Developing Leaders Is Right On Target
Oct 2009
Leadership is one of those things that is difficult to have a classroom presentation and then suddenly you get it. Working on projects with classmates who came from public service, industry,...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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Leadership Initiative
May 2009
The first dimension of leadership for UNC Kenan-Flagler is performance. Leaders are expected to achieve sustained high performance in their organizations. While performance is defined differently...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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How To Display Competence In Times Of Crisis
Aug 2007
In recent years, U.S. newspapers and television have featured some company in crisis almost daily. The crises have ranged from corporate fraud to allegations of widespread sexual harassment or...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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A Little Emotional Assurance Goes A Long Way
Jan 2010
It's a sad fact of business that even in times of economic boom, the majority of fledgling companies go bust. Since it is investors, board members, customers and employees who provide the cash,...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls
Nov 2007
Judgment is the essence of leadership. Whether it's CEOs, politicians, coaches or generals, the quality of a leader's judgment determines the fate of an entire organization. A new book, "Judgment:...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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(Fear Of) Failure Is Not An Option
Oct 2008
NBA Hall of Famer Joe Dumars is immune to the fear of failure. It's a condition he acquired playing in more than a thousand regular-season games with the Detroit Pistons. And it's a quality that...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Cut Costs Without Losing Competitiveness
Jan 2010
Ninety percent of business leaders say they have paid more attention to costs since the financial crisis took hold. Some have asked every department for an across-the-board 10 percent cut in...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Manager's Background Improves Control System Performance
Jan 2009
Previous research has shown that management control systems (MCSs), rather than impeding the innovation process, can enhance it. In their latest paper, Reasons for Management Control Systems...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Credibility, Vision And Communication: Keys To A Good Reputation
Jan 2008
Shakespeare once said that "The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation." Truly, the reputation of the CEO has become vital to success in business, as it constitutes a potential...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Innovation-as-Practice: Examining The Relationship Between Leaders' Espoused And Enacted Innovation, And Innovation Outcomes And Firm Performance
May 2008
Innovation is widely regarded as a critical source of competitive advantage in an increasingly changing environment and thus has attracted considerable attention from both academics and...
Provided by University of Western Ontario
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Rhetoric And Persuasion In Management
Jan 2008
This paper first looks at the economics-based models that have come to dominate much of management literature and shows how they are incompatible with the idea of persuasion. Next, it examines...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Make Time For A Leadership Check-In
Jun 2010
To facilitate excellent performance, a regular progress check-in is critical to ensuring one's success and the success of one's team. Yet leaders rarely know how they are doing beyond the daily...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls
Jun 2008
Whether one is talking about U. S. presidents, chief executives, major league coaches, or wartime generals, leaders of all kinds are remembered for their best and worst judgment calls. In the face...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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The Chief Information Officer - Achieving Credibility, Relevance And Business Impact
Oct 2008
In the past, it has often been unclear whether the CIO role was simply another label for the head of information technology in a company. The role was often seen as someone who kept the systems up...
Provided by IMD
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Leadership Today: Less Charisma, More Consensus
Dec 2009
When people think of words to describe good leadership, 'charisma' usually comes somewhere near the top of the list. After all, all the good ideas in the world won't get anywhere if speaker aren't...
Provided by INSEAD
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The Leadership Circle
Dec 2008
Leaders get the best out of followers and followers get the best out of leaders," says Manfred Kets De Vries, Clinical Professor of Leadership Development at INSEAD. The connection between leaders...
Provided by INSEAD
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Can Leadership Withstand The Ravages Of The Crisis?
Dec 2008
The sudden collapse of Lehman Brothers and the fall of AIG have not just shaken the financial community to its core, which has sent reverberations worldwide, its leaders have also come under fire....
Provided by INSEAD
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Taking Leadership Research Global
Jan 2010
The objective of the paper was to promote rigorous and relevant research on leadership-broadly defined as influencing people to contribute willingly to the good of the collective, as well as...
Provided by INSEAD
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Middle Managers Linchpin To Dynamic Team Leadership
Aug 2008
Although research suggests there's no 'one size fits all' approach to leadership, a fixed or generic notion of leadership still gets taught at all levels, to be used at all times, for all...
Provided by INSEAD
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Leadership: A Chinese Puzzle
Nov 2007
China's economy is booming, but one of the major challenges facing the country will be leadership - or the lack of it - in political or business spheres. INSEAD Affiliate Professor of Asian...
Provided by INSEAD
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Putting Leaders On The Couch
Jan 2010
When Professor Manfred Kets de Vries coaches leadership teams, he effectively puts them on the couch - treating them not so much as rational actors but as emotional ones. A clinical professor of...
Provided by INSEAD
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The Global Business Leader
Jan 2010
Leadership has nothing to do with titles. J. Frank Brown, the Dean of INSEAD, has met a lot of CEOs in his two-and-a-half decades in business and many of them are little more than LINOs - Leaders...
Provided by INSEAD
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The Effect Of Entry On R&D Investment Of Leaders: Theory And Empirical Evidence
Sep 2008
The authors develop a simple model of competition for the market that shows that, contrary to the Arrow view, endogenous entry threat in a market induces the average firm to invest less in R&D and...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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Metrics for Social Customer Service
Jul 2011
How to Go from Monitoring Metrics to Implementing a Strategic Measurements Model and from Average Handle Time to Sentiments.
Provided by SAP
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Globalizing Tradition: New Styles Of Leadership And New Organizational Forms In Pehuenche Communities In Chile
Feb 2009
Most indigenous societies have lived and continue to live in a tension-filled relation with the government that rules over their territory. Due to the greater global awareness that recognizes the...
Provided by University of Concepción - Chile
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Gender-Inclusive Leadership In Impoverished Mexican Communities
Mar 2008
Gender-Inclusive Leadership in Impoverished Mexican Communities As globalization has become an emergent phenomenon, leadership theories, policies, and practices have been transported globally and...
Provided by Sam Houston State University
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Situational Leadership And Diversity Management Coaching Skills
Jan 2009
Leadership and diversity management have been part of the work life since the beginning of formal organizations and a critical element of globalization. The authors provide an overview of...
Provided by Nova Southeastern University
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Authoritarian Management Style In The Likud Party Under The Leadership Of Benjamin Netanyahu
Apr 2009
This paper examines the management style of Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu in the Likud party after his election to party chairman in 1992 compared with that of Yitzhaz Shamir by analyzing party...
Provided by Regent University
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The ODI Impact Of Leadership Styles, Shared Values And Skills On Employee Satisfaction Elements And Employee Engagement: A Case Study Of A Mid-Size Company In Thailand
Aug 2010
In spite of all the attention transformational leadership and employee engagement have received, little empirical research has been conducted in Thailand where almost all of the reports on...
Provided by Assumption University
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A Cultural Analysis Of Management Styles: The United States With A New Generation Of Managers In India And China
Mar 2011
In this paper, the outcome of the research represented an interesting difference with both Hofstede's and GLOBE's results. The authors focus is on well educated, highly trained managers from the...
Provided by Southern New Hampshire University
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Employees' Perceptions Of Lebanese Managers' Leadership Styles And Organizational Commitment
Apr 2009
Using Bass' (1990) framework of transactional and transformational leadership, this paper investigated the employees' perceptions of the prevalent leadership style in Lebanon and its impact on...
Provided by Regent University
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The Regulated Competition Model And Public Leadership Strategies
Jun 2007
A current public service delivery model is "A regulated competition model". The background is the increased global service quality benchmarking. The regulated competition model is one where...
Provided by Copenhagen Business School
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How Do Future Business Leaders View Globalization?
Apr 2008
Recent antiglobalization protests reveal a wide divide between the elites and the public in terms of how they view globalization. Therefore, it seems important to know the attitude toward...
Provided by John Wiley & Sons
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360° Degree Leadership In The Public Sector: Developing An Approach To Collective Leadership
Jun 2007
Leadership theories have focused on the innate qualities of an individual, the behaviors adopted, the situations in which leadership takes place and leadership that is specific to particular...
Provided by Manchester Business School
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Contested Leadership In International Relations: Power Politics In South America, South Asia And Sub-Saharan Africa
Feb 2010
Given the importance of the assertion or prevention of regional leadership for the future global order, this paper examines the strategies and resources being used to assert regional leadership as...
Provided by German Institute of Global and Area Studies
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Executive Leadership In New Zealand: A Monocultural Construct
Apr 2010
The purpose of this paper is to report on a 'Comeback theme' in a study that examined the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) role in New Zealand. This paper was approached from a constructivist...
Provided by Open Polytechnic
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Exploring The Relationship Between Leadership Style And Safety Climate In A Large Scale Danish Cross-Sectional Study
Mar 2011
Recent studies provide evidence that high quality management is a determinant for a positive safety climate, but the majority of these studies are predominantly based on small samples from...
Provided by Roskilde University
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Learning Under Pressure: Learning Strategies, Workplace Climate, And Leadership Style In The Hospitality Industry
Mar 2009
In this paper, the authors explored the relationship among learning strategies, leadership style, and work environment for middle managers in the hospitality industry. They found an association...
Provided by Inderscience Enterprises
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Deciding To Decide: Gender, Leadership And Risk-Taking In Groups
Oct 2010
Being the leader in a group often involves making risky decisions that affect the payoffs of all members, and the decision to take this responsibility in a group is endogenous in many contexts. In...
Provided by Koc University
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Organizational Democracy, Structures And Strategic Leadership
Jan 2011
The paper of leadership has progressed from a simple description of traits to examining complexities of interaction between leaders and followers and since 1940s, the main approach in studying...
Provided by Free Books Online
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Leadership: A Personnel Economics Approach
Apr 2010
A theory of leadership is proposed and tested. Leaders are characterized as those who have the ability to choose the right direction more frequently than their peers. The theory implies that...
Provided by Stanford University
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A Constructive Proof Of Existence And A Characterization Of The Farsighted Stable Set In A Price-Leadership Cartel Model Under The Optimal Pricing
Jan 2008
Diamantoudi (2005, Economic Theory) has proved the existence of the (unique) stable set of cartels in a price-leadership cartel model, in which firms are assumed to be farsighted and the dominant...
Provided by Kobe University
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Leadership, Human Resource Management And The Content Of The Psychological Contract
Feb 2009
This paper argues that, in combination, management leadership styles (transactional versus relational) and human resource management practices (flexibility versus commitment) play an important...
Provided by Link
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The Impact Of Leadership Components On Turnover Intent: The Case Of Nurses
Feb 2011
This paper aimed to identify nurses' leadership behavior in management functions and determine if leadership has a direct impact on turnover intention or career abandonment. This descriptive and...
Provided by Universidade dos Açores
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Desperately Seeking Good Leaders: Hubris, Ethical Behaviors And Authentic Leadership At The Top
Mar 2010
The authors' research addresses the following question: might it be possible to prevent hubristic tendencies in top executives through authentic leadership development and, by the same token,...
Provided by IESEG School of Management
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What Do CEOs Do?
Jan 2011
The authors develop a methodology to collect and analyze data on CEO's time use. The idea sketched out in a simple theoretical set-up is that CEO time is a scarce resource and its allocation can...
Provided by European University Institute
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Diversity and Multiculturalism As A Strategy For Strengthening Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) In The Global Market
Jan 2010
Managing multiculturalism is indeed a challenge both at the, governance as well as managerial levels. Organisations are increasingly realising vast diversity within the global market and devising...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Vision, Leadership & Sustainability: A Hospitality & Tourism Case Study
Oct 2008
The gastronomic identity of a region or local area is greatly influenced by the location's climate, geography, culture, history and traditions. Such an identity is very appealing to travelers who...
Provided by University of Guelph
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China At The Crossroads: A 25 Year Retrospective Of Women Leaders In The People's Republic Of China
Oct 2008
The People's Republic of China has experienced extraordinary change over the past twenty five years. In this paper, the author reviews how the economic and social changes that have been occurring...
Provided by University of Guelph
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Rethinking The Leadership Role Of HR In Organizations: Lessons Learned For Mobilizing People, Purpose & Performance
Oct 2008
Global improvements in corporate governance bear remarkable similarities concerning board makeup, ethical behaviour in high places and the differentiated roles/responsibilities of the board and...
Provided by University of Guelph
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Spatial Price Discovery, Dynamics, And Leadership In Evolving Distiller's Grain Markets
Feb 2008
Recent dramatic growth in corn-based bio-refining has generated considerable growth in the by-product of this process, distiller's grains. Distiller's grains are rapidly becoming important...
Provided by University of Minnesota
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Struggle For Leadership: The Competitiveness Of The EU And US Food Industry
Aug 2007
Globalization is an important issue in the food industry, although most food is still locally produced and consumed. Many small and medium enterprises characterize the industry. Results of WTO...
Provided by Wageningen University
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Charismatic Aspect Of Transformational Leadership And Its Role In Creating Organizational Culture
Jul 2008
Human resources have become the determining asset in organizational development, and thus employees' skilled deployment has become increasingly important. Contemporary organizational leadership...
Provided by University of Tartu
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Pattern Bargaining And Wage Leadership In A Small Open Economy
Jul 2011
Pattern bargaining with the tradables (manufacturing) sector as wage leader is a common form of wage bargaining in Europe. The authors question the conventional wisdom that such bargaining...
Provided by CESifo Group
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Leadership Skills And Wages Revisited: Is There A Causal Relation?
Apr 2010
This paper examines the role of holding a leadership position in high school on adult earnings and assesses the sensitivity of the previously found positive association to nonrandom selection...
Provided by University of Nevada
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Does Cartel Leadership Facilitate Collusion?
Nov 2009
The authors discuss the implications of a Stackelberg sequence of play between a cartel and the fringe. They consider two different approaches to collusion: one-stage static model and a...
Provided by Universitat de les Illes Balears
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Leadership Cycles
Nov 2009
The authors study a quality-ladder model of endogenous growth that produces stochastic leadership cycles. Over a cycle, industry leaders can innovate several successive times in the same industry,...
Provided by University of Leicester
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Political Leadership, Conflict And The Prospects For Constitutional Peace
Dec 2007
The emphasis in constitutional political economy has been that new rules and institutions can be devised that improve the welfare of a society. Given the number of societies that are infected with...
Provided by University of Oxford
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Is Leadership A Part Of Me? Identity Centrality, Self-Role Alignment, And The Motivation To Lead
Apr 2011
In this paper, the authors studied the affective and social normative Motivation To Lead (MTL) components among a sample of business executives with considerable leadership experience. They built...
Provided by ESMT - European School of Management and Technology
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Price Leadership In UK Food Retailing: Time Series Representation And Evidence
Mar 2008
This paper analyses the price of a common basket of products sold in each of the UK's four largest retail chains to assess propositions regarding price leadership. Data used in this investigation...
Provided by University of Nottingham
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Transitions From Charismatic Rule: Theories Of Leadership Change And Cuba's Post-Fidel Succession
Aug 2007
For theories of political succession and charismatic authority, the almost half-century long rule of Fidel Castro presents an extraordinary test case since Fidel in July 2006 handed over power...
Provided by German Institute of Global and Area Studies
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Empire, Hegemony, And Leadership: Developing A Research Framework For The Study Of Regional Powers
Jun 2008
Regional powers are often conceived of as "Regional leading powers," states which adopt a cooperative and benevolent attitude in their international relations with their neighbors. The paper...
Provided by German Institute of Global and Area Studies
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The Top Five Mistakes New Leaders Make And How To Avoid Them
Jan 2010
After being recognized for years of accomplishing tasks and making individual contributions, new leaders are suddenly confronted with a much different situation. They are now held accountable for...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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Whitepapers
Managing A True A-Team Of Far-Flung Experts Requires Special Leadership Tactics
Sep 2009
Managing a virtual team requires a different form of leadership than the command-and-control method that would work with people working in a shared location. Leaders of virtual teams will be more...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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Whitepapers
What Every Leader Can Learn From Good Salespeople
Jan 2010
The skill or ability to obtain willing followers for a given course of action that creates value for both parties. Definition of sales is also a key component of effective leadership. Leaders...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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Whitepapers
An Experiential Approach To Developing Leaders Is Right On Target
Oct 2009
Leadership is one of those things that is difficult to have a classroom presentation and then suddenly you get it. Working on projects with classmates who came from public service, industry,...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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Whitepapers
Leadership Initiative
May 2009
The first dimension of leadership for UNC Kenan-Flagler is performance. Leaders are expected to achieve sustained high performance in their organizations. While performance is defined differently...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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White Papers
How To Display Competence In Times Of Crisis
Aug 2007
In recent years, U.S. newspapers and television have featured some company in crisis almost daily. The crises have ranged from corporate fraud to allegations of widespread sexual harassment or...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
A Little Emotional Assurance Goes A Long Way
Jan 2010
It's a sad fact of business that even in times of economic boom, the majority of fledgling companies go bust. Since it is investors, board members, customers and employees who provide the cash,...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls
Nov 2007
Judgment is the essence of leadership. Whether it's CEOs, politicians, coaches or generals, the quality of a leader's judgment determines the fate of an entire organization. A new book, "Judgment:...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
(Fear Of) Failure Is Not An Option
Oct 2008
NBA Hall of Famer Joe Dumars is immune to the fear of failure. It's a condition he acquired playing in more than a thousand regular-season games with the Detroit Pistons. And it's a quality that...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Cut Costs Without Losing Competitiveness
Jan 2010
Ninety percent of business leaders say they have paid more attention to costs since the financial crisis took hold. Some have asked every department for an across-the-board 10 percent cut in...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Manager's Background Improves Control System Performance
Jan 2009
Previous research has shown that management control systems (MCSs), rather than impeding the innovation process, can enhance it. In their latest paper, Reasons for Management Control Systems...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Credibility, Vision And Communication: Keys To A Good Reputation
Jan 2008
Shakespeare once said that "The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation." Truly, the reputation of the CEO has become vital to success in business, as it constitutes a potential...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Innovation-as-Practice: Examining The Relationship Between Leaders' Espoused And Enacted Innovation, And Innovation Outcomes And Firm Performance
May 2008
Innovation is widely regarded as a critical source of competitive advantage in an increasingly changing environment and thus has attracted considerable attention from both academics and...
Provided by University of Western Ontario
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White Papers
Rhetoric And Persuasion In Management
Jan 2008
This paper first looks at the economics-based models that have come to dominate much of management literature and shows how they are incompatible with the idea of persuasion. Next, it examines...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Make Time For A Leadership Check-In
Jun 2010
To facilitate excellent performance, a regular progress check-in is critical to ensuring one's success and the success of one's team. Yet leaders rarely know how they are doing beyond the daily...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls
Jun 2008
Whether one is talking about U. S. presidents, chief executives, major league coaches, or wartime generals, leaders of all kinds are remembered for their best and worst judgment calls. In the face...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
The Chief Information Officer - Achieving Credibility, Relevance And Business Impact
Oct 2008
In the past, it has often been unclear whether the CIO role was simply another label for the head of information technology in a company. The role was often seen as someone who kept the systems up...
Provided by IMD
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White Papers
Leadership Today: Less Charisma, More Consensus
Dec 2009
When people think of words to describe good leadership, 'charisma' usually comes somewhere near the top of the list. After all, all the good ideas in the world won't get anywhere if speaker aren't...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
The Leadership Circle
Dec 2008
Leaders get the best out of followers and followers get the best out of leaders," says Manfred Kets De Vries, Clinical Professor of Leadership Development at INSEAD. The connection between leaders...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Can Leadership Withstand The Ravages Of The Crisis?
Dec 2008
The sudden collapse of Lehman Brothers and the fall of AIG have not just shaken the financial community to its core, which has sent reverberations worldwide, its leaders have also come under fire....
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Taking Leadership Research Global
Jan 2010
The objective of the paper was to promote rigorous and relevant research on leadership-broadly defined as influencing people to contribute willingly to the good of the collective, as well as...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Middle Managers Linchpin To Dynamic Team Leadership
Aug 2008
Although research suggests there's no 'one size fits all' approach to leadership, a fixed or generic notion of leadership still gets taught at all levels, to be used at all times, for all...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Leadership: A Chinese Puzzle
Nov 2007
China's economy is booming, but one of the major challenges facing the country will be leadership - or the lack of it - in political or business spheres. INSEAD Affiliate Professor of Asian...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Putting Leaders On The Couch
Jan 2010
When Professor Manfred Kets de Vries coaches leadership teams, he effectively puts them on the couch - treating them not so much as rational actors but as emotional ones. A clinical professor of...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
The Global Business Leader
Jan 2010
Leadership has nothing to do with titles. J. Frank Brown, the Dean of INSEAD, has met a lot of CEOs in his two-and-a-half decades in business and many of them are little more than LINOs - Leaders...
Provided by INSEAD
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Re-Skilling Europe For The New Global Knowledge Economy
Jan 2010
Europe today is suffering from a skills shortage, made even worse by the economic crisis. Over the past decade, many business leaders have stressed that Europe is simply not producing, attracting,...
Provided by INSEAD
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Losing Touch: Power Diminishes Perception And Perspective
Nov 2009
With great power comes great responsibility, so goes the famous saying. But responsibility is not all that seems to accompany puissance - dictators often exhibit extreme behavior, often in ways...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Disentangling The Influences Of Leaders' Relational Embeddedness On Interorganizational Exchange
Oct 2008
Drawing on the concept of relational embeddedness and the associated mechanisms of mutual understanding, trust, and commitment, the authors examine how leaders' prior exchange experiences...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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Strategic Consequences of Co-Evolutionary Lock-In: Insights From A Longitudinal Process Study
Nov 2008
Based on longitudinal research of Intel's strategic evolution and grounded theorizing efforts, author examine the strategic consequences of the substantive concept of coevolutionary lock-in in...
Provided by Stanford University
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Winning The Battles That Matter Most During Recession
Jan 2009
Business managers caught in a recession must choose selectively where they want to win. The author says cash-strapped organizations struggling to set priorities should start by considering at...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Health O0n The Edge - The Future Of The NHS In England
Jan 2010
Back in 1997 - just before the general election that swept Labour to power - The author remembers writing in the journal Public Management about the need for strong political leadership to prevent...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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ND Expert: Truth Will Serve BP Better Than Paid Ads
Jun 2010
The first rule of crisis communication management is for the company to get the facts fast so that it is dealing from an informed position and becomes the source of reliable information, says...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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How Wealth And Culture Shape Your Values
Jul 2008
Do managers in different countries share the same values regarding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and can one predict how they incorporate those values into their decision making? Using...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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The Transforming Leadership Development Landscape
Jan 2010
The recent stream of financial failures has not only revealed institutional examples of problematic financing but, in many cases, a vacuum of leadership and effective management as well. It is no...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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Uncovering Your Passions And Their Applicability
Feb 2010
It is well known that passion is the single most significant source of success. Why then, do most people fall prey to the external environment and not pursue their passions? Life happens, stuff...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Overcoming The Crisis Will Take Strong, Ethical Leadership
Jan 2009
Managers consumed with maximizing short-term profits - and with them, the value of their stock options - rather than creating real, sustainable value have destroyed billions of dollars in...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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The Effective Project Leader's Mindset
Mar 2010
Many people begin their careers in functional areas such as engineering, accounting, marketing, finance, or information technology and are often taken by surprise when they find their work life...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Which CEO Characteristics And Abilities Matter?
Aug 2008
The author studies the characteristics and abilities of CEO candidates for companies involved in buyout (LBO) and Venture Capital (VC) transactions and relate them to hiring decisions, investment...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
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Give Managers With Global Mindset An Incentive To Stay
Nov 2008
Scientific self-assessment measures an individual's global mindset and identifies areas that need improvement. A 360-degree version of the instrument, which combines self-assessment with peer...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Exploring Sector Barriers That Trip Up Crossover Leaders
Sep 2008
Successful business leaders often stumble when trying to cross over to the nonprofit sector to help solve pressing social problems. These executives wanted to come into the nonprofit sector or...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
