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Working remotely during COVID-19 has led to record levels of stress and burnout, but embracing the principles of mindfulness could help. In the latest episode of the Melbourne Business School Podcast, Professorial Fellow Amanda Sinclair explains why stress levels increase when people are working from home, and offers practical advice for professionals and managers on how to embrace the principles of mindfulness.

People usually assume that silence during a negotiation is an intimidation tactic, but new research shows it can actually lead to more collaborative outcomes. Melbourne Business School Associate Professor of Management Jennifer Overbeck and MIT Sloan Gordon Kaufman Professor of Management Jared Curhan spoke with Yasmin Rupesinghe about their findings on the latest episode of the Melbourne Business School Podcast. "When you ask people, 'what's your intuition about what happens when someone...

Hostility toward employees from a manager is called "abusive supervision", and it can include actively lying to subordinates, ridiculing them, not giving them the credit they deserve and being overly controlling. In her latest research, Deshani Ganegoda, an Associate Professor of Management at Melbourne Business School, looked at the psychological effects abuse has on victimised employees and the role of the senior manager in these situations. She spoke with Yasmin Rupisinghe about her...

For a culturally-diverse team to perform exceptionally, leadership needs to be shared among its members, says Associate Professor Carol Gill. "We're all different in terms of the way we see the world, and culture is one of the lenses in which we see the world differently," she says. Professors Carol Gill from Melbourne Business School, Nicole Gillespie from University of Queensland and Bart De Jong from the Australian Catholic University spoke with Yasmin Rupesinghe on the latest episode of...

In large organisations, cliques at all levels are excluding people regardless of their talent, which is highly regarded in such business environments, says Professor Isabel Metz. "The problem of cliques arises when those groups become powerful, too cohesive and exclude others," she says. "When this occurs, members in these groups tend to over value their own characteristics and almost unconsciously sometimes devalue the characteristics of members in the outside group." Professor Metz spoke...

Leaders who display humility can improve their team's confidence and make them feel safe in the workplace, says Melbourne Business School Associate Professor Burak Oc. "Irrespective of whether or not you're a humble person, if you do at least three things in an organisation, people will perceive you as a humble leader," he says. "What are those three things? It's acknowledging that you're only human and you can make mistakes too, recognising other people's strengths and achievements, and...

"There are some natural responses to the difficulties of 2020 that perhaps have us thinking about the future as being substantively different to the past, and while that may be true to a degree, there are some things that remain the same," says Vivek Chaudhri. "Looking through the pandemic looking glass, we've perhaps magnified certain aspects of what leadership calls on but also distorted to some degree some of the natural tendencies that we've talked about for a long time around...

Ethical purchases are not entirely altruistic, they provide value to the consumer in the form of a self-esteem boost, says Jill Klein, Professor of Marketing at Melbourne Business School. "One piece of advice that I would have for consumers is don't feel bad that it makes you feel good to buy an ethical product and that making yourself feel good is one of your motivations," Professor Klein says. "If what makes you feel good is helping someone else, that suggests you're an altruistic person...

With the dramatic changes to organisational life in recent years, the idea that leaders need to have all the answers is no longer the case, says Amanda Sinclair. Find out why in this latest episode of the Melbourne Business School podcast.

When CEOs have a lot to lose from a fall in their company's share price, they may be tempted to make adverse decisions, says Professor of Business Strategy Geoff Martin. Professor Martin's research focuses on strategic decision-making by CEOs and the effect their decisions can have on organisations and the community. In the latest Melbourne Business School Podcast, he speaks with Yasmin Rupesinghe about his work in the area of product recalls. Professor Martin teaches Business Strategy,...

The next seismic crisis is only a matter of time, but smart business leaders can prepare for it, says Professor Glenn Hoetker. Professor Hoetker is the MBS Foundation Chair of Sustainability and Business and Director of the Centre for Sustainability and Business. In the latest Melbourne Business School Podcast, he speaks with Yasmin Rupesinghe on how businesses are coping with the current COVID-19 crisis and what they can do to better prepare for the next economic disaster down the road.

Power and status are integral to business and society, but not always obvious, causing major misunderstandings, says Associate Professor Jennifer Overbeck. Professor Overbeck speaks on the latest episode of the Melbourne Business School Podcast, joining host Yasmin Rupesinghe to discuss the effect power and status have on people at work, Australia's response to COVID-19 and social movements such as Black Lives Matter.

Is the increasing tension between nationalism and globalisation pushing the world toward war? That's the question Professor Martin Daunton addressed while delivering the annual Charles Goode Oration at Melbourne Business School. Learn more at mbs.edu/news

A discussion with Kurt Lackovic, CEO of Cancer Trials Australia, on his career journey and potential professional opportunities in the Health Sector.

In the latest Melbourne Business School podcast, Professor of Management Mara Olekalns discusses how to properly negotiate by knowing what to reveal or withhold. Learn more at mbs.edu/news

What goes into designing the learning for organisations looking to change? And how do you know it works? Find out in our latest podcast. More at mbs.edu

In the latest Melbourne Business School podcast, political scientist and futurist Professor Sohail Inayatullah explains how to forecast the future to avert risk to your organisation, through examples from his own client work. Visit mbs.edu for more.

Adjunct Professor Mark Ritson explains what makes or breaks a great marketing campaign at Christmas, and why emotional connections are the key to short-term goals. Discover more marketing insights at mbs.edu

Dr Isabel Metz is a professor of organisational behaviour who says the focus on individual behaviour to succeed in the workforce is an ineffective way of conducting yourself in business today – and it adds to gender inequality. Discover why and how we can address this in this latest podcast.

"Not everything that has worked for you and your team will apply to someone else and another team," says Emma Zhao, an expert on high-performance teamwork. It's a good starting point in understanding what makes team's fail and how to make them perform well. In this latest podcast, discover the ins and outs of teamwork and what organisations can do to prevent teams failing. Emma Zhao completed her PhD in Organisational Behaviour at Melbourne Business School before becoming a Postdoctoral...