Many organizations have started using social media tools internally to interact with their employees. However, the majority of companies have either stayed away from using these tools or failed to see satisfactory results. In fact, in our survey of 1060 global executives, only 30% said that they work for companies that benefited from the internal use of social media.… Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/09/use-social-media-to-develop-emotional-capital-with-your-employees/
Travelling through Zurich airport, one billboard always catches my eye. The ad for IWC luxury watches says “Engineered for men who don’t need a copilot.”
My friends who study advertising as both a reflection and shaper of cultural norms would not disagree with my impression: We talk about the death of command and control leadership, and praise the rise of a new, more collaborative, breed of leader.… Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/09/why-command-and-control-leadership-is-here-to-stay/
After a brief hiatus due to vacations and travel over summer, the Renaissance Innovator blog is back! While I was catching up on the stack of journals which accumulated over summer, a Fortune article about Volkswagen which describes transformation of the company from a local German producer to a global phenomenon with over €160B in sales caught my eye. … Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/09/making-car-manufacturing-sane-business-model-innovation-at-volkswagen/
A few weeks before the end of 2010, Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, surprised the financial world by naming a virtual unknown, Todd Combs, as his likely successor. As always happens with Buffett’s pronouncements, experts and commentators went haywire trying to decipher the reticent mogul’s rationale, poring over Combs’ background and the performance of the hedge fund he started and managed for the last five years.… Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/09/the-perils-of-being-groomed-for-leadership/
At one of the companies with which I work there is a legendary story about work life balance.
The firm’s most senior line woman was asked to join a newly constituted high-level diversity committee, which included the company CEO. One of the hurdles that was holding women back, everyone agreed, was the high degree of transcontinental travel required of executives in the uppermost echelons, who had to attend a variety of global and regional meetings.… Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/09/sex-and-the-working-mom/
Excessive egotism and low self-awareness are the psychological profiles associated with the ‘dark side’. In fact, they also tend to be linked with scandalous incidents that mar the reputations of high-profile leaders. This article identifies the characteristics of the dark side, helps understand their roots and gives direction on how to channel them.… Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/09/coming-to-terms-with-your-dark-side/
Mel’s hand went up precipitously and unexpectedly, like thunder on a clear day. I had barely begun introducing the leadership course I would be teaching over the coming weeks. “I have a question, Professor.” I gave him the floor.
“What makes you think you can teach us to lead?”
I looked around.… Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/09/who-can-teach-leadership/
Out of curiosity I have done some online search about virtual worlds. I have also visited INSEAD’s Second Life (SL) location and while there, I was wondering around SL’s mainland, something I have not done for 3 years now (!). To my astonishment there was more life on Second Life than I expected.… Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/08/virtual-worlds-dying-but-slowly/
