Leadership : Page 17

Men are harder competitors, women are more realistic

October 21, 2019 In competition situations, men invest more resources than women in reducing the performance of competitors. Men overestimate sabotage against them and respond accordingly, while women assess the sabotage efforts of competitors realistically, according to a laboratory experiment carried out at KIT.

If your CEO is neurotic, do not expect return on investment

October 14, 2019 CEOs represent the face of their companies.

Marketing budgets dropped below 11% of company revenue for first time since 2014

October 7, 2019 Marketing budgets have shifted downwards, dropping from 11.2% of overall company revenue in 2018 to 10.5% in 2019, according to a survey of chief marketing officers (CMOs) by Gartner, Inc.

Business leaders don't see sustainable development goals as opportunity anymore

September 30, 2019 Around 33 percent of global business leaders are shying away from Sustainable Development Goals as a business opportunity.

Employees treated rudely get their revenge with the silent treatment

September 23, 2019 Researchers asked almost 300 employees in US firms to rate how rude colleagues had been to them, and how much they kept silent in order to get even or to harm their employers.

CEOs from private equity management firms: Cost-cutting, jobs-cutting

September 16, 2019 CEOs who have worked under private equity management tend to employ their previous bosses’ cost-cutting and value creation strategies when they join public companies, according to business school professors Scott Hsu and Tomas Jandik and graduate research assistant Juntai Lu.

There are two types of employees and you should adapt your motivation strategies to them

September 9, 2019 How to motivate your employees? There is a question that comes to every manager\'s mind. A little insight shows that it\'s not as hard as it looks.

86% of users quit shopping apps after 4 weeks

August 26, 2019 CleverTap, the full-stack customer retention platform that helps consumer brands maximize customer lifetime value, today released the Industry Benchmarks for Ecommerce Apps.

If you want a company to perform better, hire women

August 19, 2019 A report by Morgan Stanley found that the stock prices of gender-diverse companies tend to outperform their less diverse rivals.

Over-sensationalized scandal can actually be a job saver for strong performing leader

August 12, 2019 Scandal gone viral has toppled many a leader, and new research shows it may have saved some too.

To get customers to buy more in the future, help them buy a gift

August 5, 2019 Researchers from the University of Paderborn and University of Rostock, both in Germany, published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines how the purchase of a gift may promote future brand loyalty with the gifted brand.

Poor decision-making by hiring managers is causing organizations to lose out on talent

July 29, 2019 To successfully recruit and hire candidates in today’s digital era, organizations must redefine the role of the hiring manager to be decisive, according to Gartner, Inc. Yet, more than three-quarters of hiring managers do not act decisively.