Summer 2015 Archives

Nano Tool: The Benefits of Meditation: Better Choices, Better Outcomes

Contributor: Sigal Barsade, PhD., Joseph Frank Bernstein Professor of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Nano Tools for Leaders® are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes — with the potential to significantly impact your success as a leader and…Read More

Nano Tool: Lead Like a Guide

Contributor: Christopher Maxwell, PhD., Senior Fellow, Center for Leadership and Change Management, The Wharton School Nano Tools for Leaders® are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes — with the potential to significantly impact your success as a leader and the…Read More

McGill University Professor Karl Moore explains why leaders should learn to channel their inner introverts

The CEO of a major multinational came to our CEO Insights class and told us that, as an introverted leader, he had to put on his “game face” whenever he left his floor. If you want to be the CEO of a big organization, he implied, you need to act…Read More

A new paper by Wharton’s Mauro Guillen & INSEAD’s Laurence Capron on governmental protection of shareholder rights

Once upon a time, only countries like Britain and the United States had legal provisions in place to protect the rights of minority shareholders against the actions and decisions of large shareholders and management. As a result, money flowed into the stock market, and capitalization grew vigorously, dwarfing all other…Read More

Will college pay off? The answer depends on the alternatives

It’s a pretty safe bet that a college education is going to be one of the single-largest investments you or your family will ever make. If you’re unlucky, the cost of sending your kids to college could ruin your retirement plans. If you take out student loans – as 80%…Read More