High‐performing leaders are those who can effectively deal with the complexities of modern business. They can respond quickly to change, deal with ambiguity, provide direction, manage around constraints, and leverage the commitment and intellectual capital of the people around them. When this...

Purpose – This article highlights coaching techniques that are particularly appropriate to use with high achievers. Design/methodology/approach – Draws on the author's considerable research and practical experience in the field. Findings – Argues that the coach should have a good...

Purpose: Though there is broad agreement on the beneficial impact of diversity in management and leadership roles, much of the innovative capacity of an organization is realized at the unit level in working teams. Recent research points to cultural diversity having an especially significant...

Purpose: The innovative capacity of an organization is typically realized through unit-level teams. Previous studies correlate innovation performance with cultural diversity of teams, but note that team dynamics need to be optimized to derive maximum benefit. Herein, this study offers an...

State‐sponsored ethnic discrimination is in danger of undermining the complex mix of indigenous ethnic minorities which make up the Latvian labour market. Systematic labour market discrimination has resulted from restrictive legislation on citizenship and language which preserves a substantial...