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Employees who play the victim and how they work the boss to get what they want.

How Employees Who Play The Victim Work The Hero Mindset Of Bosses

Posted on01 Apr 2019

Tagsarchetype, bullies, employees, gender differences, heroes, men, Personality, testosterone, women

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Employees who play the victim sometimes play that to get what they want. Thus, it’s a mistake to see such employees as weak. Playing the...

Many Employees Like Being Told What To Do

Why Many Employees Prefer Being Told What To Do

Posted on25 Mar 2019

Tagsemployee engagement, employees, empowerment, freedom, freedom-order duality, Great British Bake Off, motivation, Personality

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People understate how much television they watch. It’s because they don’t want to believe they watch as much as they do. The same holds true...

The importance of humor to make and build teams great

Importance Of Humor In Making And Building Great Teams

Posted on18 Mar 2019

TagsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science, conflict management, humor, Influence, NASA, Personality, Spice-Use Analogy, team building, The Economist, workplace

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With talk of going to Mars ramping up, researchers from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the National Aeronautics and Space...

What the Jeff Bezos affair says about the future of privacy, power and blackmail.

Jeff Bezos Affair And Future Of Privacy, Power and Blackmail

Posted on11 Mar 2019

TagsAmazon, blackmail, future, internet of things, Jeff Bezos, money, power, privacy, social media, status, The Economist

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Behind the media frenzy around the Jeff Bezos affair, serious lessons exist about the future our digital world will create for us all. More specifically,...

Secret To Solving People Problems Effectively At Work

Posted on04 Mar 2019

Tagsconflict management, miscommunication, people's differences, perspective, problem solving, Techniques

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Everyone is a people person until people are the problem. Almost all problems at work have a human aspect. That means solving people problems is...

Four Learning To Say No At Work Strategies

Learning To Say No At Work As A Vital Success Skill

Posted on25 Feb 2019

Tagsdecisions, honesty, indecisiveness, listen, management, motivation, politeness, success, Twitter, vagueness

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Legacy17, via their Twitter page, referred a chain of tweets about learning to say no at work. Twenty people were in the chain. Legacy17 was...

Wisdom Of Crowds, Behind The Shroud, Theory, Hype And Reality

Posted on18 Feb 2019

TagsAmazon, diversity, group dynamics, groupthink, James Surowiecki, team intelligence, TED Talks, wisdom, wisdom of crowds

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The Wisdom Of Crowds, a book by James Surowiecki, hit the market in 2004. Since then, a shroud surrounded it. That shroud makes crowds seem...

Many easy conversation tips exist to undermine truth.

Two Easy Conversation Tips For Undermining Truth

Posted on11 Feb 2019

Tagsconversation techniques, emotional triggers, lies-dessert analogy, Power of Threes, repetition, storytelling, thinking process, truth, Undermining Truth (Series)

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After finding a good face to put on a great story, and after finding the right emotional triggers to pull, undermining truth boils down to...

Time It Takes To Make Friends, Meeting, Doing And Trusting

Posted on04 Feb 2019

Tagsextrovert, friends, friends trees analogy, happiness, Influence, Jeffrey Hall, relationships, social media, time management, trees, University of Kansas

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How many times have you heard, “It takes time to build relationships”? Ever wonder exactly how much? Yes, it depends on the type of relationship....

Team Building Lessons From The New England Patriots

Posted on28 Jan 2019

TagsAmerican football, Business Insider, business retreats, compensation, group dynamics, management, New England Patriots, Sporting News, team, team building, Wall Street Journal

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Many don’t like the New England Patriots. They are stand offish. The coach is the poster boy for rudeness. Cheating’s shadow hangs over them. Finally,...

Unsung heroes in the workplace invisible statistically

Unsung Heroes In The Workplace That Stats Don’t Capture

Posted on21 Jan 2019

Tagsbasketball, big data, collaboration, Danny Green, intangibles, National Basketball Association, sports, star employees, statistics, Sue Bird, Talent, team building, Wall Street Journal, workplace

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The digital age has exploding with data. In sports, new stats now capture play of unsung heroes whose efforts were blind to stats in the...

The most conspiratorial secret about experts is the way money coordinates behaviors among those with an interest in research.

Most Conspiratorial Secret About Experts That’s Hard To See

Posted on14 Jan 2019

Tagsconspiracies, innovation, money, office politics, peer review, research methodologies, Scientific Method, Secrets About Experts Series

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The most conspiratorial secret about experts is the way money coordinates behaviors among those with an interest in research. They include grantors, researchers, publishers, peers...

General Electric Lessons Dealing With Optimism And Confidence

General Electric Lessons About Optimism and Confidence

Posted on07 Jan 2019

Tagsconfidence, dissent, General Electric, inertia, optimism, preparation

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General Electric was a powerhouse. It powered the country and the stock market. Then, it didn’t. Thus, there are General Electric lessons. They focus on...

The essence of business can be found in a cup of coffee.

Finding The Essence Of Business In A Cup Of Coffee

Posted on31 Dec 2018

Tagsbusiness, customer service, employees, inspiration, Inspiration (Series), product

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There are many ways to make money in business. We hear that a lot. Yet, people focus on “make money.” The essence of business though...

The Company and Family, Their Birth Of Breaking Bread Together

Posted on24 Dec 2018

Tagsbread, company life cycle, employee engagement, families, history, organizational culture, spirit

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Over the holidays, at a small reunion of ex-coworkers, an invited outsider said he always liked our company from a distance. The employees seemed to...

Mike Lehr’s Blog

How Employees Who Play The Victim Work The Hero Mindset Of Bosses

Why Many Employees Prefer Being Told What To Do

Importance Of Humor In Making And Building Great Teams

Secret To Solving People Problems Effectively At Work

Learning To Say No At Work As A Vital Success Skill

Two Easy Conversation Tips For Undermining Truth

Unsung Heroes In The Workplace That Stats Don’t Capture

Most Conspiratorial Secret About Experts That’s Hard To See

General Electric Lessons About Optimism and Confidence

Finding The Essence Of Business In A Cup Of Coffee

The Company and Family, Their Birth Of Breaking Bread Together

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