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Generating Better Ideas By Changing Things Up Occasionally

Posted on24 Sep 2018

Tagsbrainstorming, decision-making process, ideas, problem solving, thinking process, Velten Mood Induction Procedure

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When people find a good way of doing things they stick with it. When it comes to generating better ideas though, doing the same old...

Importance of Yin Yang In Business Decision Making Processes

Posted on17 Sep 2018

Tagsbusiness planning, decision-making process, problem solving, YinYang

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The importance of yin yang in business hits home in decision-making. Therefore, decision-making processes that ignore it have holes. Three Yin Yang Steps For Business...

Tempering Extreme Views With Reverse Psychology

Tempering Extreme Views At Work Using Reverse Psychology

Posted on10 Sep 2018

Tagsconflict management, emotions, interpersonal, psychology, social skills, You're right

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Reverse psychology has many uses. Tempering extreme views is one of the lesser known ones. The Process For Tempering Extreme Views The process for tempering...

Employees Wasting Time Because Of Their Leaders

Major Cause Of Employees Wasting Time – Leaders

Posted on03 Sep 2018

Tagsemployees, leadership, leadership dark side, Robert Sutton, Stanford University, time management, Wall Street Journal

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The amount of time leaders cause their employees to waste amazes me. No, I’m not talking about bad strategic decisions. It’s about employees wasting time...

Assessing Personalities From Music People Like To Hear

Posted on27 Aug 2018

Tagsassessments, closed questions, listen, music, open-ended questions, questioning techniques, Real-time personality assessment, Real-time Personality Assessment Series

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Assessing personalities from music gives great insights into others. It’s very personal. It’s very complex too. Science does not even know why people like it....

How being busy makes you unproductive but happy and successful

How Being Busy Makes You Unproductive, Happy and Successful

Posted on20 Aug 2018

TagsBoston University, busy work, Erin Reid, face time, happiness, Harvard Business Review, productivity, promotion, success

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How being busy makes you unproductive, happy and successful focuses on people’s bias for action. In other words, doing something is better than doing nothing....

Importance Of Documenting Processes And Procedures For Just One Person

Posted on13 Aug 2018

Tagsdocumentation, efficiencies, multi-tasking, procedure, process, quality, security, Thoughts

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The importance of documenting processes and procedures shows up much when firms scale. They need many employees to work as one in a consistent way....

The Most Blasphemous Secret About Experts That’s Hard To Believe

Posted on06 Aug 2018

Tagsauthority, experts, process, Retraction Watch, Scientific Method, Secrets About Experts Series, statistics, subjective, The Atlantic, The Economist, The New Republic, US National Library of Medicine, Wired

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To influence us, experts often cite their research. They use rules based on the scientific method to do it. Yet, it’s easy to corrupt this...

Telling The Truth On Personality Tests, Is It Necessary?

Why Telling The Truth On Personality Tests Isn’t Necessary For A Job

Posted on30 Jul 2018

Tagsemployment, Harvard Business Review, hiring, job seeking, objective personality tests, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, truth

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When applying for a job, telling the truth on personality tests isn’t necessary. Even though employers will say, “There are no right answers,” they use...

Influencing Others By Talking Like They Talk To Seem Like Them

Posted on23 Jul 2018

TagsAmir Goldberg, conversation techniques, hiring, homophily, Influence, phraseology, politics, relationship building techniques, Sameer Srivastava, Sarah Stein, Stanford Graduate School of Business, storytelling, talking, words

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It’s simple. People like people who are like them. Yes, exceptions exist. They’re few though, very few. As a result, influencing others by talking like...

The Main Reason Why People Like Dislikable People

Posted on16 Jul 2018

TagsCarl Jung, connections, emotions, like, people's differences, rationale, relationships

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“I don’t understand how someone could like that person!” Ever heard this? Ever said it? The problem is thinking there is a reason why people...

Influencing Others By Asking Questions To Prompt Specific Thoughts

Posted on09 Jul 2018

TagsBrown University, confidence, Craig R. Fox, Daniel J. Walters, Influence, Philip M. Fernbach, power of suggestion, Steven A. Sloan, time vs money, University of California Los Angeles, University of Colorado, Velten Mood Induction Procedure

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When actors seek a certain mood, they recall life events that trigger that mood. Influencing others by asking them to think certain things works the...

Conscientious people as problem solvers in the workplace

Working Better With Conscientious People As Problem Solvers

Posted on02 Jul 2018

Tagsconscientiousness personality trait, decision-making process, laser lamp analogy, problem solving, think outside the box

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Employers often prize conscientious people. Their focus, organization and discipline do well in the workplace. Yet, downsides exist. Working with conscientious people as problem solvers...

How feeling superior to others shows up at work.

Tapping Feeling Superior To Others To Motivate Employees

Posted on25 Jun 2018

Tagsemployees, Harvard Business Review, Harvard University, motivation, psychology, Ryan Buell, social comparison theory, team building

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People don’t like to feel they’re at the bottom. Almost all people, to some degree, have the need of feeling superior to others. It stems...

Openness and change, how the Big 5 Personality Traits react.

Change And Openness Personality Trait, Reactions and Responses

Posted on18 Jun 2018

Tagsbig five personality traits, change, openness personality trait, Personality

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Of the Big Five, the openness personality trait seems to be the go to when assessing a personality’s willingness to change. After all, the trait...

Mike Lehr’s Blog

Generating Better Ideas By Changing Things Up Occasionally

Importance of Yin Yang In Business Decision Making Processes

Major Cause Of Employees Wasting Time – Leaders

Assessing Personalities From Music People Like To Hear

How Being Busy Makes You Unproductive, Happy and Successful

Importance Of Documenting Processes And Procedures For Just One Person

The Most Blasphemous Secret About Experts That’s Hard To Believe

Why Telling The Truth On Personality Tests Isn’t Necessary For A Job

Influencing Others By Talking Like They Talk To Seem Like Them

The Main Reason Why People Like Dislikable People

Influencing Others By Asking Questions To Prompt Specific Thoughts

Working Better With Conscientious People As Problem Solvers

Change And Openness Personality Trait, Reactions and Responses

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