Leadership : Page 35

Rushing to complete work on deadline could mean more mistakes

October 3, 2016 New management research from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University shows that when deadlines are in place workers, tend to complete their tasks at the last minute, often leading to lower quality outcomes.

Employees leave the way you treat them

September 29, 2016 A company's treatment towards an employee affects how the individual will quit the job, finds a study.

'Customer is always right' may cost you dearly

September 26, 2016 "The customer is always right" is the phrase we all heard and that's the topic we take almost for granted. However, it is time to forget that 100-year old saying.

Study links entrepreneurial optimism with business success

September 22, 2016 Widespread collective entrepreneurial optimism in the United States is highly predictive of the number of new venture startups and small business growth, according to a University of Oklahoma study.

Group work sounds good but it can harm memory

September 19, 2016 A new study by psychologists from the University of Liverpool and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) reveals that collaborating in a group to remember information is harmful.

Entrepreneurs - don't follow the crowd and you will succeed

September 15, 2016 Few entrepreneurs and investors can resist the temptation to follow the herd into a new, \"hot\" market, even when they understand that it is rarely the path to riches.

When and how to hire a good chief financial officer

September 12, 2016 In the life of any evolving company there is time when a chief financial officer must step on board and it's better to be a good one.

Wear brown shoes and you will never get job in bank

September 8, 2016 New research from Royal Holloway's Louise Ashley, Lecturer in Management Studies has shown that investment banks are failing to hire talented young people from non-privileged backgrounds.

Why brands fail and what can you do to avoid failure

September 5, 2016 Nothing lives forever and that's the fate that can strike even the biggest brands out there. However, while some fail in an instant, some are living to span the century. So, what's the secret?

Transformational leadership actually hurts employees

September 1, 2016 Managers who inspire their staff to perform above and beyond the call of duty may actually harm their employees' health over time, according to researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA).

You made a mistake. Should you tell your boss?

August 29, 2016 We all make mistakes at work and that's it. We will make it sooner or later, even the best experts among us will make a few now and then, that's life. And the question is: Should you tell your boss?

Strong external governance makes top managers more prone to cheat

August 25, 2016 When top-level managers find governance mechanisms too coercive, they're more likely to commit fraud.