Articles & blogs
The right incentive structure makes firms smarter. (2017)
“As a firm's dependence on a single leader increases, so does the likelihood that the leader will begin to display overconfidence…” Guoli Chen, INSEAD Associate Professor of Strategy 1 March...
Written by: Chen, Guoli; Wang, H. & Zhao, S.
Read moreWhat makes powerful people tick? (2017)
"People in power are more engaged, optimistic and take more risks.... (But) having power clearly comes with a risk for corruption and self-serving behaviour." Ana Guinote, University College London; Nova School of...
Written by: Guinote, A.
Read moreThe four biggest myths about female leaders. (2017)
"It’s not about capabilities, glass ceilings, personal interests or any of the typical excuses you’ll hear." Derek Lusk, Ph.D. and Jackie Broekhoven Sahm From Talent Quarterly's special 'Female Talent' issue....
Written by: Lusk, D. & Sahm, J.B.
Read moreSorry guys, they’re (much) better than you: Why we need more female CEOs. (2017)
"Women are rated as better leaders than men by their peers, managers and direct reports, and higher on all but two key competencies, which could be telling. Joe Folkman, Ph.D., Joyce...
Written by: Folkman, J., Palevitz, J. & Zenger, J.
Read moreWhy good employees do bad things. (2017)
“…the notion that only bad people behave unethically is false. Laura W. Geller, senior editor strategy-business.com, 30 January 2017 (Wharton publication) Interviewing Maryam Kouchaki, assistant professor, Northwestern University Kellogg School of...
Written by: Kouchaki, Maryam & Geller, Laura W.
Read moreHubris and the danger of leaders with extreme self-regard. (2017)
“…it is easy to see how the potential hazards of extreme self-regard could be playing out in the US..” Eugene Sadler-Smith, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, University of Surrey The Conversation,...
Written by: Sadler-Smith, Eugene
Read moreHubris syndrome. (2017) “…an urgent problem for business leaders, which they show few signs of recognising.”
"Growing evidence shows that positions of power in politics and business may corrupt the ability of those in them to behave rationally. It’s time for risk managers to take heed."...
Written by: Owen, Lord David
Read moreCan James Mattis protect Trump from hubris? (2017)
“Americans need someone who will educate, encourage, and if necessary, restrain, an inexperienced president." Dominic Tierney, contributing editor, associate professor at Swarthmore College. The Atlantic, 14 January 2017. Image: Mike Segar...
Written by: Tierney, Dominic.
Read moreMinds and machines: the art of forecasting in the age of artificial intelligence. (2016)
“…judiciously constructed predictive models can augment human intelligence by helping humans avoid common cognitive traps.” James Guszcza, US chief data scientist of Deloitte Consulting; & Nikhil Maddirala, management consultant. Deloitte...
Written by: Guszcza, James & Maddirala, Nikhil.
Read moreCompanies headed by introverts performed better in a study of thousands of CEOs. (2016)
"...if we knew how the personality traits of CEOs produced different business results, could boards hire accordingly?" Oliver Staley Quartz 5 Aug 2016 Image: Reuters Article based on a working paper by...
Written by: Staley, Oliver; Gow, Ian D.; Kaplan, Steven N.; Larcker, David F. & Zakolyukina, Anastasia A.
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