Our personality may be shaped by how our brain works, but in fact the shape of our brain can itself provide surprising clues about how we behave – and our risk of […]
Personality Traits Linked To Differences In Brain Structure
Workplace Alienation
Strategies to boost staff performance and morale by manipulating our desire for meaningful work often achieve the opposite effect – damaging organisations and alienating employees – according to a new study co-authored […]
Advice To Recruiters: Alumni Connections Trump Compensation In The War For Talent
New Research from NYU Stern & MIT professors urges companies to use employees’ alumni networks to recruit top MBA talent In a new study, Professor Jason Greenberg of the NYU Stern School […]
Restaurant Industry Unharmed By Modest Minimum Wage Hikes
In the past 20 years, whenever federal, state or local laws have modestly raised minimum wages, the U.S. restaurant industry has opposed them. Restaurateurs say higher wages force them to cut staff […]
Are Successful CEOs Just Lucky?
“Ask chief executives why their companies are performing so well, and they’ll typically credit a brilliant strategy coupled with hard-nosed, diligent execution. When you ask Lars Sørensen of Novo Nordisk what forces […]
Women Still Face Battle To Enter The Boardroom
Gender diversity on boards has improved, but the struggle for businesswomen to gain access is ongoing Women hoping to become board members in big organisations still face an uphill struggle, despite research […]
Don’t Complain, Train Young Adult Slackers Who Work In Your Office
by College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Emerging adults aged 18 to 25 are often criticized for their poor interpersonal skills, sense of entitlement, and casual work ethic. But a new […]
Too Many Chefs: Smaller Groups Exhibit More Accurate Decision-Making
The trope that the likelihood of an accurate group decision increases with the abundance of brains involved might not hold up when a collective faces a variety of factors — as […]
‘What Color Is Your Parachute?’ Is Still Going Strong After 40 Years
Richard Bolles does not mince words. “Let us put the matter simply and candidly,” he writes. “The whole process of the job hunt in this country is Neanderthal.” That assertion is from […]
The Future of HR: Looking At The Next 10 Years
HR has been evolving a lot as a function in the last couple of years. The war for talent has been increasing, and as a consequence organizations are looking at HR more […]
Richard Branson Is Now Letting Employees Take Unlimited Vacation Days For Any Reason They Want
Richard Branson announced in a blog post on Tuesday that the employees who work in his main offices will now have unlimited vacation days. According to CNN, the 160 or so people who […]
How To Keep Workers Happy — It’s Not What You Think
Happiness in the workplace is something of a double-edged sword. Yes, having happy employees is critical to the success of any company, but there are plenty of ways that bending over backwards […]
Talent Coaching: “How to successfully build your corporate career?”
Organizing Committee: Vlerick Business School iMBA Alumni Board Media Partner: The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute* (*Between 2007 and 2011 the Institute carried temporarily the name ‘The Wall Street Journal Future […]
HR Executive Round Table at Vlerick Management School
Title: HR Executive Round Table Date: Friday, November 9, 2007 The Future Leadership Institute Seminar Location: Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Campus Leuven Speakers: Gert Van Mol, The Wall Street Journal Europe, […]
The Future Leadership Institute 