249 Posts found for Source: Stanford University

The co-author of Influencing Up describes how to build a more productive relationship with the boss.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Allan R. Cohen, David L. Bradford | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Career

Freeing up the mind is a good way to get to inspiration. We fill our lives with so little space. Inspiration looks for crevices to parachute into. The fewer crevices you create in your life, the less likely you are to have inspiration come through you. You need to allow yourself to be a vessel so that something can come through you.

Content: Quotation | Author: Chip Conley | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Creativity, Innovation, Thought

An author and executive coach trainer explains how a more positive outlook can help you reach your true potential.

Content: Article | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Personal Development

All companies hit rough patches from time to time. But only a few manage to survive decade after decade — some of them in a form that bears no resemblance to the original organization. Nokia began in 1865 as a riverside paper mill along the Tammerkoski Rapids in southwestern Finland. In the late 1880s, Johnson & Johnson got its start by manufacturing the first commercial … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Charles O’Reilly | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Middle managers don’t get lots of respect in the workplace. And for a variety of reasons, scholars have mostly studied the worth of CEOs and the efficacy of various management practices. But a new study by Kathryn Shaw, Edward Lazear and Christopher Stanton suggests that front-line supervisors are far more important than many have thought.

Content: Article | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Uzma Khan’s research shows that catchy phrases aren’t always the best way to help potential customers make decisions.

Content: Article | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Marketing / Sales

John Doerr, general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, discusses what one should look for when joining a company.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: John Doerr | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Career, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behavior

In their new book, Chip and Dan Heath lay out a path for making better decisions.

Content: Article | Authors: Chip Heath, Dan Heath | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

There’s a huge degree of variation in organizations, even in the same industry, and a lot of it depends on the extent to which the behavior [kindness] is encouraged, trained, and rewarded. We know from the research on management that there’s a tendency toward attraction, selection, and attrition: People who are kind, generous, and compassionate tend to be attracted to and be selected by organizations … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Olivia O’Neill | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

Can any message be shaped to spread? A scholar offers tips to increase the odds.

Content: Article | Author: Jonah Berger | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Marketing / Sales

A Stanford GSB professor of marketing explains why engaging your audience is key to success.

Content: Article | Author: Jennifer Aaker | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Personal Development

A professor of organizational behavior argues that “human sustainability” may pay off too.

Content: Article | Author: Jeffrey Pfeffer | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Human Resources, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Baba Shiv demystifies the brain chemistry that controls our decision making, and explains how you can regulate it to make better decisions. He also uses the latest neuroscience research to answer the question, “Is it better to make decisions in the morning or the afternoon?”

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Baba Shiv | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Personal Development

Jesper Sørensen reveals the competitive advantages and disadvantages that startups and established companies can exploit as they compete for customers in new markets

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Jesper Sørensen | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Marketing / Sales

Hayagreeva Rao explains why innovation is about more than just new technology.

Content: Article | Author: Hayagreeva Rao | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Customer Related, Innovation

New research shows that seeing all your options at once makes you happier with the choice you make.

Content: Article | Author: Baba Shiv | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Organizational Behavior

Professor Baba Shiv discusses how you can coax risk-averse managers to innovate and introduces the “X Framework.”

Content: Article | Author: Baba Shiv | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Career, Change Management, Innovation, Organizational Behavior

It’s hard to find fault with the concept of equality. To this day, no one in his right mind would ever claim to prefer a stratified social structure to an egalitarian one. Yet, in practice, people sometimes actually favor hierarchical relationships over equal ones, according to a recent study by Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Larissa Z. Tiedens and Emily M. Zitek, an assistant … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Why mere potential can be more impressive than actual achievement.

Content: Article | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Career, Marketing / Sales, Organizational Behavior

You can see who’s most powerful in a society based on who has the tallest buildings. Two hundred years ago it was cathedrals. Fifty years ago it was a government building. Today, in most urban areas, the power rests with business and skyscrapers. Business is the most powerful influence in the world today. Fifty-four of the 100 most powerful entities in the world today are … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Chip Conley | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Power / Authority, Social Responsibility (ESG)