Academic articles

Eastern and Western managers diverged significantly on four dimensions: Eastern managers were perceived to have taken more actions associated with successful leadership than their Western counterparts. Article by Caroline Rook, Former...

"The focus of this report is what lessons might potentially have been drawn from Equitable’s crisis and what was learned, and how they related to the subsequent financial crisis of...

"Institutions … determine modern historical outcomes, more than natural forces like the weather, geography or even the incidence of disease.”   Niall Ferguson, professor of history at Harvard, fellow of...

"At the core of all decision-making is the need to balance Power with Responsibility, Why is that so difficult? Power makes things happen, while our sense of Responsibility determines the trade-offs we make between...

“Individuals high in social dominance …are …less aware of corruption because of their feeling of entitlement to greater power … Valerie Rosenblatt, assistant professor, San Francisco State University Journal of...

Ring a bell? "His career was a moving disaster but through seductiveness, charm, and manipulativeness he'd got away with it. Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries INSEAD Working Paper No. 2012/119/EFE, November...

"Of all of Napoleon’s blunders, none was more destructive and self-defeating than his decision to invade Russia. So why did Napoleon do it? Of course, Napoleon never imagined such an apocalyptic...

“For the last 100 or so years, we have studied leaders’ personality, intelligence, values, attitudes and even behavior. But seldom has anyone ventured physiologically inside of leaders. Richard Boyatzis, Professor...

"Neuroscience is highly relevant to the language and process of coaching in the executive environment. And it can be used in practical and effective ways to enhance the execution of...

“More often than not, risk-takers underestimate the odds they face and … believe they are prudent, even when they are not.” Daniel Kahneman, professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs...