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Disclosing information about yourself is intrinsically rewarding

Article 28/05/12 You might wonder about why people talk about themselves so much. Keeping everyone informed about their shopping, pets, parties and friends on Facebook or Twitter. It’s is because self-disclosure
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Why brainstorming doesn’t work

Margaret Heffernan
Column 13/06/10 Brainstorming sessions are meant to be productive. Yet, more often than not we leave the meeting drained, depressed and demotivated.
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Dream University: turn passion into profit

Article 08/05/12 In our careers, dreaming is serious business and the driving force for transformation. Without vision companies fail, and without our personal vision, our dreams, our lives can become mundane, redunda
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European Women's Lobby calls for EU Directive

Article 05/03/12 On February 29th, The EWL published its report on progress, gaps and good practice as regards to women in the boardrooms of European companies, entitled ‘Women on Boards in Europe – From a
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Beware of the paradox of meritocracy

Article 20/02/12 In an interesting article on the theglasshammer.com Curt Rice explains why it is important to base gender diversity programmes on knowledge instead of ideas and anecdotes. If  you think  gen
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Leading by example: The Role Model Effect

Article 13/02/12 A new study co-authored by MIT economist Esther Duflo, shows that the increased presence of local female political leaders in India has had a marked impact on adolescents and their families, raising t
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Corporate talent programs fall short

Article 06/02/12 Despite a new wave of uncertainty, many leading companies are pressing forward and reshaping their talent strategies. Many executives foresee leadership shortages in the year ahead and are looking at
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Black and white or shades of grey? Decide!

Article 19/01/12 An experiment by researchers at the University of Warwick has found evidence that men tend to make black-or-white judgements when women are more prone to see shades of grey in choices and decisions. T
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Working moms feel guilty, stay-at-home moms too

Article 28/11/11 The Working Mother Research Institute recently completed a new survey examining what women are choosing when it comes to work and life. And, crucially, why? One of the more surprising results is that
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Social support: giving more important than receiving

Article 16/08/11 The greatest metric for predicting job satisfaction and engagement is the social support perceived by the employee. And job satisfaction and engagement directly correlate with productivity. So the bes
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Vrouwen in mannenteams minder gelukkig

Article 09/08/11 Er is nauwelijks wetenschappelijke kennis over het verband tussen een afwijkende beroepskeuze in typische mannen- en vrouwenberoepen en hoe tevreden iemand zich met zijn leven voelt. Samantha van den
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Working fathers struggle with the juggle

Article 09/08/11 A recent report by A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center, a national legal advocacy organization, revealed that nearly 85 percent of fathers feel pressure to be both a financial provider
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You might want to name your daughter Deborah to help her with her career

Article 25/07/11 Are some names more successful than others? Yes they are. Top 5 names for female CEO’s are Deborah, Sally, Debra, Cynthia and Carolyn. The cold, hard data to prove it come from LinkedIn. Monica
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What Makes a Team Smarter? Not more IQ but more Women!

Article 18/07/11 There’s little correlation between a group’s collective intelligence and the IQs of its individual members. But if a group includes more women, its collective intelligence rises. Professor
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Is going to university a waste of time?

Article 25/02/11 In 1871 Aletta Jacobs became the first woman in Dutch history that officially enrolled in university.  140 years later Dutch students
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Designerjurk in de uitverkoop? Je achternaam bepaalt!

Article 14/02/11 Designerjurk in de uitverkoop? Je achternaam bepaalt of je hem te pakken krijgt. Heet je Abels? Dan heb je minder kans op het bemachtigen van een product of dienst waarvoor
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Karin Jironet: academic, spiritualist, leader

Article 27/05/10 The LEAP self-leadership event on 15 June – Get energised by the leader in you! - is approaching. Time for some sneak previews of the speakers. First off: Karin Jironet, who
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Success factors of innovative networks

Article 20/05/10 An initiator, contacts outside the organisation and an absolute minimum of consultations. That’s about all you need to solve hard-hitting organisation problems. Says Tjip de Jong in his
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European employees: ‘management are fraudsters’

Article 14/05/10 More than half of the European employees expect corporate fraud to increase over the next few years. And 42 percent say the senior ranks pose the biggest threat of fraud, reveals Ernst &a
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Activating the future by building ‘Brand Me’

Article 08/05/10 The output generated at the LEAP leadership event in March shows that we need a distinctively different next generation business model if women are to lead the way. ELP’s Brand Me
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Creating the leadership landscape

Article 08/05/10 At the LEAP Leadership event powered by Philips, on 4 March keynote speaker 
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Have a dark chocolate, for science’s sake

Article 07/05/10 Eating 50 grams of dark chocolate that’s delivered to your home every day for eight weeks –all in the name of science. This research by Queen's University Belfast sounds like
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Womenomics 101 on Women's Day

Article 08/03/10 As we celebrate this 100th International Women’s Day, LEAP has a special reason to be in a celebrating mood: the 
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Knowledge sharing is a competition

Article 22/01/10 Why do multinational companies (MNC) act upon a certain idea while they don’t even notice another? Simply put, it’s a popularity contest, according to a study titled
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TeleConnect: Owning Your Desires

Article 22/01/10 On Tuesday January 12 a group of women joined in a Leap-Tiara 45 minutes teleconnect to kick off on a miraculous 2010.
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