The Power of Lunch
If you are in doubt about the influence of food on negotiations, Lakshmi Batachandra of Babson College has amassed new evidence.
Being served in a conference room or restaurant during the give and take increases the value of a deal.
Do Quotas Work on Corporate Boards?
Into the debate about women on corporate boards Boris Groysberg has introduced a new dimension. He has found wide differences in opinion about quotas for women on corporate boards of directors. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: corporate executives, employee attitudes, female executives, gender parity, management, work-life balance
An Office with No Boss
For anyone who has every considered the possiblity of a boss less office, there is an interesting explanation this week from Knowledge at Wharton. Knowledge at Wharton. Read the rest of this entry »
Taking People With You, Part Three
David Novak says that leaders need to recognize that they cast what he calls a “shadow of leadership.” And he says, whether the know or acknowledge it, subordinates emulate the behavior of leaders because they want to move up the ranks of the organization. Read the rest of this entry »
Taking People With You, Part One
About a decade ago I interviewed David Novak, the CEO of Yum Brands, more familiar to many readers as Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. Read the rest of this entry »
Confronting Abuse at Work
If your New Year’s resolutions include better job performance, one essential ingredient may be your relationship with your boss. Recently researchers at the University of Haifa (Isreal) examined how employees cope with the stress of abusive treatment by a superior. Read the rest of this entry »
Gender and Corporate Responsiblity
In a new study, Gender and Corporate Responsibility: It’s a Matter of Sustainability, conducted by researchers at Catalyst, a non-profit that focuses on the achievement of women and business and the Harvard Business School there is evidence that companies with more women in senior management positions may be better practitioners of corporate social responsibility. Previous research showed these companies, on average, financially outperform, those with fewer women in upper management. Read the rest of this entry »
Jeffrey Immelt GE CEO and Jobs Czar
On Sunday night Lesley Stahl interviewed Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of GE on 6o Minutes. It was a wide ranging interview that touched on jobs creation, corporate taxes, and the increasingly international stance of many U.S. corporations. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 60 Minutes, corporate executives, GE, Jeffrey Immelt, job creation, leadership, Lesley Stahl, management
Celebrity Boards, Super Star CEO’s
The New York Times Dealbook today had a story entitled Handicapping the Investment of IAC in Chelsea Clinton by Steven M. Davidoff, former corporate lawyer who is a professor at Ohio State University. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Chelsea Clinton, corporate boards, corporate executives, female executives, IAC, leadership, management, McKinsey and Company, New York Times
The Big Payout
Eric Dash has an intriguing story in The New York Times today Outsize Severance Continues for Executives Even After Failed Tenures. Read the rest of this entry »
