Darden School of Business
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Seven steps of design thinking
One of the greatest gifts design thinking brings the workplace is its methodical approach; having an explicitly spelled out process helps overcome inhibitors to change
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For more successful mergers and acquisitions, play 20 questions
Here are the 20 critical questions companies can use to assess prospective deals
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Bringing the workplace to life
For your workplace and its people to thrive, the "cells" of your company — its people — must come first
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The art (and science) of the bounce back: Organizational lessons from UVA's historic national championship
People who have a learning orientation are adaptive, they prioritize mastery and learning instead of or in addition to performance, and they tend to view mistakes and setbacks as chances to grow
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Roaring into the next century: Lessons in strategic leadership from Aston Martin
Despite challenges, Bez was able to build a new state-of-the-art facility and achieved profitability for the first time
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Entitlement and effectiveness: How upbringing affects leaders
Growing up wealthy may work against effective leadership
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Digital learning and values-driven leadership: Why it works
In the new age of technology, is digital education better?
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How we rationalize bad choices
When people are about to do something wrong because they're morally disengaging, their language often changes
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Courage in the workplace: Employee behaviour that is linked to company success
Darden professors have developed the Workplace Courage Acts Index (WCAI), which shows that difficult conversations and other matters that require employees to speak up are infrequent, hurting the organisation long-term.
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Eleven key characteristics of a global business leader
How do you learn to conduct international business effectively?
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Fear: The big inhibitor of innovation and transformation
Transformation requires the mitigation of fear