256 Posts found for Source: Stanford University

The 2026 Search Fund Study tracks decades of data about entrepreneurs identifying and buying businesses.

Content: Article | Authors: Deborah Whitman, H. Irving Grousbeck, Peter Kelly, Stefanos Zenios | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Listening is valuable because it conveys empathy, but it is useful to listen specifically for what people understand as the important values of our organization, the undergirding ideas. What are we about? What are we trying to be as an organization? And, very importantly, do our policies and practices reflect these ideas and values and our mission? We can say we’re about one thing or … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Hazel Rose Markus | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

One of the conclusions from our research on power is that what power does to people is bring out their most basic instincts and impulses. And because of how we’re socialized in the world, there are people for whom power is very attractive and it’s easy for them to see themselves in positions of power and they like the idea of having control, and there … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Deborah H. Gruenfeld | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Power / Authority

I think where a lot of managers struggle, is that because they’re so uncomfortable with the idea of power and hierarchy … they assume they should not take ownership of the authority that they have and pretend that it doesn’t exist to try to keep things more equal than they are.

Content: Quotation | Author: Deborah H. Gruenfeld | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

People have a tendency to form hierarchies almost instantly in all kinds of organizational settings, whether the task requires it or not.

Content: Quotation | Author: Deborah H. Gruenfeld | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior

Sometimes, being fast — all that does is get you killed off more quickly.

Content: Quotation | Author: Robert Sutton | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Management

Leaders should be trustees of other people’s time. This means not just trying to find ways of saving people’s time, but also being aware of how you’re imposing on their time.

Content: Quotation | Authors: Robert Sutton, Stanford Seed | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Leadership, Management

Strategy is about managing uncertainty. That’s why you have to think about strategy as an argument, built on assumptions about how the uncertainty is going to resolve itself so you can accomplish your goals.

Content: Quotation | Author: Jesper Sørensen | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Strategy

Lecturer Matt Abrahams shares what it takes to be a more confident, connected, and clear facilitator.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Communication, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Experts outline their roadmap for intentionally changing the culture of businesses, social networks, and beyond.

Content: Article | Authors: Alissa Greenberg, Hazel Rose Markus, Jennifer Eberhardt, MarYam Hamedani | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

It turns out that our brains are wired to critique situations. And so if we’ve got a global economic downturn and the salesforce has really been hit hard by this, we’ll tend to focus on the people that are doing the worst and try to coach them and help them out. What we don’t often do is look at the best people and steal their … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Chip Heath | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Best Practices, Marketing / Sales

Stanford professor and acclaimed author Bob Sutton shares insights on how to eliminate unwanted friction in your organization — starting at the top.

Content: Article | Authors: Robert I. Sutton, Stanford Seed | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Since the 1970s, venture capitalists have backed about one-third of all large publicly traded companies started in the U.S. That’s one of the remarkable findings from Ilya Strebulaev, a finance professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business who studies the inner workings of the VC industry.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Ilya Strebulaev | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

There’s no ideal personality type for executives — but businesses need the right one for success.

Content: Article | Authors: Audrey Kim, Charles O’Reilly, Donald Sull, Xubo Cao | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Culture, Organizational Behavior

This paper examines seven commonly accepted myths about corporate governance. How can we expect managerial behavior and firm performance to improve, if practitioners continue to rely on myths rather than facts to guide their decisions?

Content: Article | Authors: Brian Tayan, David Larcker | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Corporate Governance

Companies seeking loyal consumers shouldn’t take advantage of their tendency to stick with unwanted subscriptions.

Content: Article | Authors: Avner Strulov-Shlain, Deborah Lynn Blumberg, Klaus Miller, Navdeep Sahni | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Pricing

Five lessons in five minutes: Professor Szu-chi Huang on how humans make decisions and get motivated.

Content: Article | Authors: Kelsey Doyle, Szu-chi Huang | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Decision Making, Organizational Behavior

“Layoffs kill people,” says Jeffrey Pfeffer. And they don’t cut costs or improve productivity.

Content: Article | Authors: Jeffrey Pfeffer, Melissa De Witte | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior

In a digital marketplace, mixing “freemiums” and promotions can actually be a money maker.

Content: Article | Authors: Harikesh Nair, Jonathan Levav, Julian Runge, Sachin Waikar | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Pricing

It is in the anticipation of success that success itself resides.

Content: Quotation | Author: Baba Shiv | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Personal Development, Success / Failure