By: Zoltan Buzady and Paul Marer, March 2016In: CEU Working Paper SeriesDownload full working paper here. Abstract: The objective of this essay is to identify how leadership based on the principles of Flow theory, if applied, helps create a Flow-promoting work environment and leads to better organizational performance.Csikszentmihalyi’s theory of Flow – globally known, appreciated, and…
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A Sustainable Business Maverick
Dr. Michael Crooke – Achieving Spectacular Results with Flow-Based Leadership Many famous individuals have been so inspired by Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow and his Good Business concepts that they gave him credit for some spectacular successes achieved by putting the Flow concept into practice. One of the most remarkable is Dr. Michael Crooke (MC, as he likes to be called),…
The Circle of Flow
The “Circle of Flow” shows the many-fold, life-long impacts of value-based leadership. The starting as well as the end-point is Csikszentmihalyi’s landmark Flow theory, the inexhaustible fount of outstanding individual and organizational achievements. As we proceed along life’s “circular flow”, a broad new vista emerges. From observers we become decision-makers, who will more and more experience…
“Missing Link Discovered” Leadership Forum with Prof. Csikszentmihalyi – Video
Predictive People Analytics
Predictive people analytics is an emerging science and practice to make predictions of how key people, like managers, would behave under plausible future scenarios. “The latest data and analytics buzz comes from the field of advanced HR analytics, where the application of new techniques and new thinking to talent management is becoming more mainstream.” –…
“Missing Link Discovered” Leadership Forum with Prof. Csikszentmihalyi – Part 2
An edited transcript of the Forum held by CEU Business School MISSING LINK DISCOVERED: Planting Csíkszentmihályi’s Flow Theory into Management and Leadership Practice held on Monday, November 9, 2015, CEU AUDITORIUM, Budapest V, Nádor u. 9. The contributors were co-authors of the Missing Link Discovered book together with Prof. Csikszentmihalyi: Paul Marer, Prof. of Business, CEU Business School…
MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLIGBY – by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The introductory chapter with Prof. Csikszentmihalyi’s essay A basic purpose of the book “Missing Link Discovered” is to discuss how to teach the application of Flow-based leadership skills via FLIGBY, first in academia, then also in business and in other types of organizations. University courses (especially in graduate programs) are targeted because most university graduates will…
Soft Leadership Skills
An article by Zoltan Buzady, Associate Professor, CEU Business School This Dilbert cartoon alludes to the so often mentioned “soft” skills not only needed for good management and leadership, but probably the essence of being sustainable success. “Soft” in contrast to “Hard”? Hard skills typically would include quantitative methodologies such as statistical calculations, accounting…
Is there only “one ideal profile” for leadership?
An article by Willian Bull, partner at Instituto Pieron, Sao Paulo It is very common to find behavioral approaches to the leadership role referring exclusively to certain “ideal profiles”, or to a certain psychological type as the most suitable for the leadership role. I think so. There are certain traits (“background skills or internal…