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2012: the death of advertising?03 Jan 2012
Crowdsourcing, viral Internet campaigns and guerilla promotions are quickly consigning tradition advertising to the annals of history, according to a Professor of Marketing at Olin Business School.
The biggest mistakes of 201131 Jan 2012
Business leaders are often held as examples that we can all learn from – normally accompanied with a large dose of hyperbole. But what about those business leaders who have failed? What can we learn from them?
Poor leadership undermines US organizations
The quality of leadership in American organizations is poor and it isn't getting any better. What's more, leaders are stifling creativity and innovation because they are risk averse and focussed on their own survival.
The risk of self-deception
High-profile corporate failures don't just happen. As a new study reveals, they occur because executives are fatally blind to fundamental risks to their business model and reputation and too focussed on pursuing growth at any cost.
Corporate responsibility more than just philanthropy
Many large companies view corporate responsibility initiatives as possessing a clear strategic dimension that makes them an increasingly core part of many of their activities.
Flexible working keeps mothers in the workforce
If employers are serious about wanting to encourage women to return to work after having children, one of the most important things they can do is to offer new mothers greater flexibility about when, where and how they work.
Should leadership development be more transparent?
Programmes to identify and develop future leaders might seem to be sound talent management. But as a new survey highlights, there's also a downside.
CSR and the bottom line
Organisations that are committed to corporate social responsibility have far higher levels of employee engagement, provide better customer service and outperform those that are not, new research has found.
When training backfires
Employers who invest in professional development but don't also offer their staff opportunities for advancement could be wasting their money and increasing their turnover rates, new research suggests.
A vote of no confidence
Conflicting priorities, a lack of direction and an obsession with chasing growth at all costs. That's how more than half of senior executives worldwide characterise their own organisations.
Happier, healthier flexible workplaces
Flexible workplace initiatives aren't just window-dressing. Flexibility brings with it improvements in employees' health and well-being, reduces absenteeism rates and boosts employee commitment.
Speeding up, slowing down
While the pace and complexity of the business world has increased in the last five years, the time it takes companies to take critical business decisions has actually increased – with potentially disastrous results.
Creative people are more likely to cheat
New research suggests that creative people more likely to cheat than their less creative colleagues because their talent increases their ability to rationalise their actions.
The mistrust crisis
Almost three out of 10 employees actively distrust the senior leaders in their organisation, a new survey has found, with serious consequences for staff retention, employee well-being and organisational performance.
No second chances
Cash-strapped consumers are becoming increasingly discerning where and with whom they spend their money, with more than a third saying that they would walk away from a brand for good if it failed to deliver a good customer experience first time, every time.
Cuts that miss the mark
In an uncertain economic climate, many organisations have no choice but to embark on cost-cutting. But too often, these cuts are a knee-jerk reaction to immediate events that focus on the wrong areas and do more harm than good.
Leadership and dominance
In Western societies, strong leadership is often linked with the idea of the "alpha male", with generosity seen as a sign of weakness. So why do nice people get overlooked as leaders in favor of the dominant and power-seeking?
The Gen Y myth
We frequently hear that companies are going to have to make big changes to accommodate the disruptive ways of Gen Y. But as a new report reveals, much of the perceived wisdom about Gen Y simply nonsense.
Values? What values?
Many CEO are quick to trumpet the values of their organization and how these values inspire and motivate their workforce. But according to a new report, in the vast majority of American organizations it isn't values that drive employee behaviour, it's fear.
The burden of great expectations
Having an unrelentingly positive view of life is all very well, but a new study suggests that it can also bring about unrealistic expectations that lead to frustration and unhappiness if they are not met.
Work-life balance claims are so much hot air
Many employers might claim they support work-life balance initiatives but a new report suggests that much of this is just so much hot air, with a yawning gap between what managers say and how they behave in practice.
Rudeness is infectious
Rudeness is infectious, a new study has found. In fact, the stress created by rudeness at work can be so intense that it is taken home by the worker, impacting the well-being of the their family and partner who in turn "export" the stress to their own workplaces.
Heard it through the grapevine
Even the largest corporations can fall victim to rumors. But how does something that starts out as a rumor become taken as a fact, even if it is completely untrue? A new study sheds light on how the rumor-mill works – and how to put a stop to it.
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