News tagged with leadership
Large national study strongly links educational leadership to student achievement
A new study released today, the largest of its kind, offers important new evidence affirming the strong connection between what school leaders do and student achievement -- and sheds new light on what effective leadership ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Relying too much on e-mail bad for business, study says
Firing off e-mails and cueing up videoconferences get work done fast, but not necessarily well, research by a University of Illinois business leadership expert found.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2010 |
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Bosses behaving badly
(PhysOrg.com) -- The formula for positive leadership may be the holy grail of management training, but there's also increasing interest in the negative flipside.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2010 |
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How to Change the World: New Working Paper Analyzes How Leaders Promote Development
(PhysOrg.com) -- Leadership that develops 'change space' is best suited to promote positive development within a country. That's the finding in a new Harvard Kennedy School Working Paper.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2010 |
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How a candidate moves influences how you vote (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The perceived health of an election candidate can predict how people will vote according to recently published research- and voters can form opinions about how healthy a candidate is based solely on the way ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 09, 2010 |
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The evolving manager stereotype: Gender a factor in measuring a team's performance
Although women have made strides in the business world, they still occupy less than two percent of CEO leadership positions in the Fortune 500. Not surprisingly therefore leaders still tend to be thought of as men and most ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Poor leadership poses a health risk at work
Perceived poor managerial leadership increases not only the amount of sick leave taken at a workplace, but also the risk of sickness amongst employees later on in life. The longer a person has had a "poorer" manager, the ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Study: Evolutionary past may determine how we choose leaders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why did Barack Obama win the US election and did the fact he is over six feet tall influence the voters? The authors of a paper published in Current Biology this month argue that due to 'a ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Performance reviews are raising council standards, say researchers
Performance assessment schemes aimed at making local authorities into more effective organisations are having the desired effect, according to new research released by the Economic and Social Research Council. The project ...
Oct 18, 2009 |
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Student Rewards Often Ineffective And Unnecessary, Authors Say
(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems so natural to many teachers and parents: give children rewards for doing well in school and that will motivate them to achieve more. Not so fast, according to the authors of a new ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2009 |
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New White House Fellows survey: Leaders are less trusting, less cynical
Contemporary leaders are less trusting, but also less cynical, than those in top positions nearly four decades ago, according to a new comprehensive survey of White House Fellows -- a group that includes more ...
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Do your children push the boundaries? It may be a sign of future leadership abilities study shows
Children whose parents use a firm parenting style that still allows them to test the rules and learn from it are more likely to assume leadership roles as adults according to a new study published in a recent edition of The ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Epidemic of student cheating can be cured with changes in classroom goals
Schools have the ability to drastically reduce cheating among their students - all they need to do is follow the relatively simple and inexpensive solutions suggested by research.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 09, 2009 |
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Study: Embrace the 'Dwight Schrutes' in your office for better performance
Nobody wants to share a cubicle with a new hire like Dwight Schrute.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Research Shows Pride’s Potential to Foster Individual Success
(PhysOrg.com) -- The age-old question of whether pride is the seventh sin or an adaptive virtue has been answered by two Northeastern University scientists. Contrary to popular belief, the researchers found that pride not ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 04, 2009 |
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