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Magazine: Friday, 26 June 2020

In these unprecedented times, effective leadership is essential – not only from those at the top of the hierarchical pyramid, but also from middle managers and team leaders. The latest edition of RSM Discovery magazine has just been published under the editorship of the Erasmus Centre for Leadership and is entirely devoted to exploring just some of the many facets of leadership.

Individual CEOs and presidents are leaders, but so are middle managers and team members. And they deal with a lot of issues concerning decisionmaking, motivation, self-regulation, organisational design, team dynamics, and politics, to name just a few areas. This edition of RSM Discovery magazine embodies this diversity in leadership.

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Essence of Leadership

How the Erasmus Centre for Leadership is equipping future leaders with the skills they need, and advancing our understanding of the essence of leadership.

Shared Value

Why the priority for leaders is no longer shareholder returns, but the creation of shared value for stakeholders.

Leadership development

Can leadership development programmes offer tangible and lasting results?

Multiple leadership

Lessons from sports: how multiple leadership creates a win-win for teams.

Loneliness in leadership

Lonely at the top? Try being in the middle.

Nostalgia

Adapting to the ‘new normal’ by invoking a sense of nostalgia.

Leadership without leaders

How Wikipedia shows us it’s possible to have leadership without leaders.

Employee voice

Why encouraging employees to speak out is good for business, innovation, motivation and more.

Mergers and acquisitions

What mergers and acquisitions tell us about leadership that’s applicable to today.

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Contributing researchers

Prof. Steffen Giessner

Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Change

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

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Prof. Daan Stam

Professor of Innovation Management

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

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Prof. Marius van Dijke

Professor in Behavioral Ethics

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

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Prof. Taco Reus

Professor in Global Strategy

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

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Dr. Hannes Leroy

Associate Professor

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

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Ho Wa (Hodar) Lam

PhD Candidate

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

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Dr. Helge Klapper

Assistant Professor

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

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Dr. Lotte Glaser

Assistant Professor

Erasmus Centre of Entrepreneurship (ECE)

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Dr. Sofya Isaakyan

Associate Professor

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

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