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Creating Conflict Management Systems in Organizations

Creating integrated conflict management systems (ICMS) in an organization is a key factor in that organization’s sustained success. An ICMS is an attempt to coordinate the various parts of an organization’s efforts to deal with workplace issues. Often such parts (such as HR, supervisors, Employee Assistance Programs, etc) work in their own world with little […]

“Self-interest” and “Open Market”

My first serious quest into business, leadership, and ethical issues was related to Leadership and Organizational Behavior classes in my student days. The professor was bringing up the points that our colleagues in class are our direct competition and thus any kind of sentimental help we give one another will only cause us trouble. From […]

VIDEO: Learning with Cases is Exciting, Inspiring and Entertaining

For subtitles click on icon in the video menu. Learning with cases is exciting, inspiring and entertaining. You as a student will remember some of the cases long time after graduation since you will get from them academical, practical and philosophical bedrock in your managerial and leadership career. Case study describes real-life situation usually involving […]

VIDEO: 3 Tips on How To Be Conscious when you Communicate

Vblog by Jay Shetty. Our lives are all about relationships and our relationships are all based on communication. How many times have you said something and later regretted it? How many times have you held back from saying something you really wanted to? Conscious communication is all about responding positively, not making decisions in the […]

Convocation ceremony for IPE 2016

On 19th of March 2016, the convocation ceremony for IPE 2016 graduates was held in Paris, the headquarter city of IPE Management School. The ceremony took place in the town hall of the 15th arrondissement, 31 rue Peclet, the most populated of 20 Paris’ arrondissements. In the atmosphere filled with joyous excitement, 39 bachelor level […]

VIDEO: Business and Living the Tension

Chelakara Ramnath is Alfred Ford School of Management residency teacher of the ‘Conscious Leadership’ module. He is a former management consultant and investment banker who became a monk. In this little article he is sharing his incredible journey from his life as an “external achievement machine”, to one rich in spiritual introspection, integrity, and true connectivity. […]

How Philosophy Makes You a Better (Conscious) Leader

The goal of most executive coaching and leadership development is behavior change—help the individual identify and change the behaviors that are getting in the way of, and reinforce the behaviors associated with, effective leadership.  But what about the beliefs and values that drive behavior? The benefits of introspection and reflection on one’s own character and beliefs receive […]

Bringing Mindfulness to the Corporate Masses

  Before they had even finished their morning coffee one Thursday earlier this summer, 11 staffers of the nonprofit organization Care shuffled up a narrow staircase to the Bhakti Center, a Hindu monastery in the East Village. As they reached the second floor, they removed their shoes and sat quietly in a spacious room typically […]

Envision, Engage and Execute: What it Means to Become a Conscious Leader

The new model of leadership comes directly from this shift, these conscious leaders are keenly aware of the essential interconnectedness of all life. Further, conscious leaders are vision driven. Their mission and philosophies are built on the view that each of us has a personal obligation to serve a greater purpose. We are each on […]