Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
The best bosses lead by failing
U. BUFFALO (US) — Humble leaders who embrace their failures are more effective and better liked, according to a new study. Continue…
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:28 - 0 Comments
Society & Culture - Sep 27, 2011 16:55 - 3 Comments
Dictator or democracy: Politics is politics
NYU (US) — There is no difference between tyrants and democrats; leaders do whatever keeps them in power, according to a new book by politics professors at New York University. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 15, 2011 16:43 - 1 Comment
Leadership remains a man’s world
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Still perceived as less qualified for leadership roles, women who engage in behavior necessary for positions of power, are usually seen as inappropriate and presumptuous. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 29, 2010 13:15 - 0 Comments
Losers get punished for trying to lead
RICE (US) — People won’t follow leaders with low social status, even if they’re crusading for a cause that would benefit a larger group. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 26, 2010 11:42 - 0 Comments
The 4 types of evangelical bigwigs
RICE (US)—A new study based on interviews with hundreds of American leaders who are evangelical Christians (including CEOs, presidents, and chairs of large businesses and their equivalents in government and politics, nonprofits, arts, entertainment, the media, and sports) finds enormous variety in how leaders engage their personal faith in workplace decision-making. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 28, 2010 13:10 - 0 Comments
Why would fish follow a robot?
NYU (US)—Forget artificial intelligence. How about artificial leadership? A mechanical engineer at New York University is combining smart materials and mathematics to build robots that lead schooling fish. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 2, 2009 12:34 - 0 Comments
Survey: U.S. leadership less cynical today
RICE (US)—Contemporary leaders are less trusting, but also less cynical, than those in top positions nearly four decades ago, according to a new comprehensive survey of White House Fellows—a group that includes more than 600 prominent leaders in nearly every sector of American society. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 17, 2009 19:07 - 3 Comments
Can polling predict terrorism?
“This is the first study to relate public opinion across countries to concrete actions such as terrorism,” says study coauthor Alan Krueger.
