Research indicates that psychological characteristics such as optimism, resilience and hopefulness can impact performance among top management teams.

Research continues to reinforce that recruiting, hiring, and training new talent is more costly and less effective in the short term than developing those already employed. With that in mind, the W. P.

The after-event review has emerged as a promising leadership development tool for businesses. First used by the military, the after-event review is a structured examination and analysis of an action by its participants after it has concluded.

An employee’s immediate supervisor is “quite possibly the single biggest factor in an employee’s willingness to identify with an organization,” says Blake Ashforth, a professor of management at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

The most common political decisions are around resources (who gets them) and hiring and promotions (who gets in and goes up).

In the simplest sense, managers and employees are in a relationship. Here are five pet peeves from good employees.

People come up with perceptions by comparing their memory of your behaviors and characteristics against their existing picture of what qualities are appropriate or ideal. The process can have a big impact on the decisions we make about others and the decisions they make about us.

Leaders often have friends in the workplace. To avoid problems, recognize that you are a leader first and a friend second.

Identifying and developing your successor should be a key strategic priority for anyone hoping to be promoted in the next six months to two years.

Management Professor Angelo Kinicki, provides his readers with the consequences of how not to implement laissez-faire leadership into business.