research highlights

4 Types of Intuition Leaders Use for Decision Making

Learn about four kinds of intuition used by leaders and managers to aid in decision-making. Expert intuition, creative intuition, social intuition, and temporal intuition are useful types to be aware of and to add to any leader’s toolkit.

Inconsistent Leadership and Employee Strain

Leaders need to know that their behavior under stress is noticed by employees and impacts them. A research study demonstrates that employees perceive differences in their direct supervisor’s behavior under stressful and routine circumstances. The higher degree of leadership inconsistency, the more strain the employees reported.

When Leaders Work While Sick, So Do Their Staff

Research finds that leader presenteeism (i.e., working while sick) predicts employee presenteeism. Leaders can use their role model status to influence staff to take time off when needed.

Meta Research on Executive Coaching Outcomes

Whether you are leader who coaches or an executive coach yourself, it is useful to have a basic understanding of how your work is evaluated by researchers. Here are some non-technical takeaways from a systematic review paper focused on executive coaching outcomes.

Does Executive Burnout Coaching Work? Evidence on the Effectiveness

Recent research confirms that executive burnout coaching is effective. One study found that from 10 weeks of working with an executive coach, leaders experienced a reduction in three dimensions of burnout (emotional exhaustion, cynicism, personal inefficacy) and an increase in one dimension of engagement (vigor).

6 Social Media Approaches for Strategic Leaders

Learn to use the right approach for your tactical communication needs with this research-based framework.

Insights on Meaningful and Meaningless Work

Leaders can pay attention to the language people use when talking about their work in order to infer how they are feeling about it.

An Alternative to Leadership Styles

Researchers offer leadership archetypes as a conceptually, methodologically, and empirically sound alternative to leadership styles. Executive coaches, organizational development professionals, and HR leaders can stay abreast of this emerging construct.

The Matches Measure, An Easy Tool to Assess Burnout

The “Matches Measure” is an easy, yet research-validated assessment tool for measuring burnout.

Leadership Identity and Behaviors from Unplugging

On nights when leaders were able to disconnect mentally and behaviorally from work, the next day: they were more energized and felt more connected to their leadership role and their staff viewed them as more effective leaders.