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Increasing Happiness By Using Four Strategies

Increasing Happiness Using Four Universal Strategies

Posted on03 Dec 2018

Tagsappreciation, change management strategy, happiness, interpretation, novelty of experience, storytelling, strategy

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People strive to be happy. Once they have it though it wanes. In other words, unless something changes they will become less happy over time....

Keeping Your Job, Know The Organizational Language

Keeping Your Job By Using The Company Lingo In All Communications

Posted on26 Nov 2018

Tagscommunication, job seeking, organizational culture, phraseology, word choice, Wordle

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Keeping your job might just come down to how well you use the company lingo. How? Well, remember the childhood game, “Which one doesn’t belong?”...

How Coworkers Believing Conspiracy Theories React To Change At Work

Posted on19 Nov 2018

TagsAdam Smith, ambiguity, complexity, employees, Real-time personality assessment, resistance to change, uncertainty, volatility

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Coworkers believing conspiracy theories say much about themselves. As with any idea or group of ideas, they will attract some personality types more than others....

Having conversations for success by tapping all four dimensions of conversations

Integrating All Four Dimensions Of Conversations For Success

Posted on12 Nov 2018

Tagsconversation techniques, Influence, relationships, social skills, thinking process

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In person conversations are the most powerful form of communication. The total person comes into play, whether talking or listening. Thus, conversations for success are...

Handling Conflict Effectively Anywhere Anytime Anybody

Posted on05 Nov 2018

Tagsconflict management, Heartbeat Analogy, mindset, relationship building techniques, venting

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There’s no faster way to become valued at work than handling conflict effectively. Conflict strikes fear in most people. Heroes deal with it. Administrators avoid...

Fighting Anxiety And Fear In Workplace Projects

Posted on29 Oct 2018

Tagsanxiety, fear, focus, procrastination, The Matrix, training

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Many factors instill anxiety and fear at work. It’s not only the work itself. It’s the business culture and internal politics that instill it too....

What Does Intuition Mean In Business Decision Making?

Posted on08 Oct 2018

Tagsbusiness, decision-making process, emotions, feeling of knowing, intuition, knowledge, unknown

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Intuition has an everyday role in our lives. It does in business too. What does intuition mean in business though? What Does Intuition Mean? First,...

Conscientiousness Personality In The Workplace And On The Team

Posted on01 Oct 2018

TagsBig Five Personality Traits Series, conscientiousness personality trait, creativity, ideas, innovation, process, team building

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Many value the conscientiousness personality in the workplace. Plenty of research shows it a high predictor of on the job success. Does that mean though...

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....

Mike Lehr’s Blog

Increasing Happiness Using Four Universal Strategies

Keeping Your Job By Using The Company Lingo In All Communications

How Coworkers Believing Conspiracy Theories React To Change At Work

Handling Conflict Effectively Anywhere Anytime Anybody

Fighting Anxiety And Fear In Workplace Projects

What Does Intuition Mean In Business Decision Making?

Conscientiousness Personality In The Workplace And On The Team

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

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