Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical perspective on how emotion regulation and self‐leadership can help move the experience of personal failure toward recovery. Design/methodology/approach – Using an integrative model, the authors discuss options that managers...

Purpose – This aim of the paper is to explore regenerative work supporting employees' personal development and, thus, sustainable coping capacity in the post‐bureaucratic transition. Design/methodology/approach – A comprehensive literature review was carried out to build a theoretical...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that leaders who want to succeed in the 21st century need to develop a unique portfolio of attitudes, behaviors and skills to enable them to work at the highest level and drive performance and profitability within their people and their...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that research supports competencies can be developed in adults; however, even in these “model programs” for developing emotional intelligence and social intelligence competencies, little is known about what goes on inside the “black box”...

Outlines some of the questions raised during the course of a qualitative research inquiry into the personal consequences of organisational change for directors who are “drivers” of such change. Links these questions to more general issues and trends in the organisation of work (Handy) and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify job satisfaction issues for managers from large organizations in Cyprus. It aims at identifying Cypriot managers' areas and levels of job satisfaction and developing recommendations for ways Cypriot managers can improve job satisfaction....

Purpose – With mounting complexity and interdependence and the increasing pace of change in organizational environments, leadership agility has become a much‐needed competency. This article aims to report research findings that appear in a new publication. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – The article looks at how coaching has become more accessible and functional with direct benefits for the individual and the organization. Design/methodology/approach – The coaching program in each example sited was developed and delivered over a period of several months. In most...

Purpose – This paper seeks to address the issue of how graduate skills are developed. The focus is not on which skills, but rather what type of learning environments are required within higher education to support the development of skills valued and demanded by SMEs within Australia....