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Some workers stand out for their passion, generosity, loyalty, or heroism. Passion is the enthusiasm and excitement for one’s work, often driven by intrinsic motivation and personal interest. Passionate workers love and excel at their work, finding meaning...

Women’s leadership initiatives have had major traction in receiving visibility, resources, and legitimacy as a way to achieve gender equity in the workplace. Women’s leadership initiatives typically see leadership as a way to empower women and increase...

About 85 years ago, Charlie Chaplin’s film Modern Times depicted the worker’s condition in that era, which is usually mentioned by researchers to emphasize workplace instrumentalization and exploitation [1]. In this movie, a nameless employee acted like a...

As companies play a key role in building a sustainable economy and society, they are urged to contribute to managing local and global environmental changes. To what extent companies are well on track with this in large depends on those sitting at the top...

Managers often struggle to find a perfect distance among followers. How close should it be? Should leaders walk around employees day-to-day for timely instructions and corrections? Or can leaders stay away from followers’ practices?

In 2019 in the Netherlands, 35% of employees indicated work-related stress as a reason for absenteeism and 17% reported burnout complaints [1] costing companies over 3 billion euros [2]. While interventions to reduce occupational stress have in general...

COVID-19 is accelerating intercompany collaboration, as the pandemic is forcing businesses to rethink their products, services and business models. Most contemporary firms do not possess all the necessary competences to successfully innovate independently...

The past few weeks, the great successes of female leaders during the corona pandemic have widely been commented on. With female-led countries suffering six times as few confirmed COVID-19 deaths compared to male-led countries [1], one wonders why female...

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders continue to face challenges in managing the effects of the health crisis and keeping their organization under control. Meanwhile, for most of the employees, the new working arrangements have already become the new normal...

Leading companies are focusing on developing authenticity in their leaders. Debates over effective leadership or best practices have lasted for decades. Yet authenticity, as declared by the Harvard Business Review, has emerged as “the gold standard for...