Great Strategy? Don’t Neglect Culture
Posted on12 Dec 2011
Tagsdecisions, using names, strategy, remembering names, relationships, placebo, Nilofer Merchant, names, message, management, intuition, HBR Blog Network, goal setting, employees, organizational culture, compensation
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Many companies are finalizing their 2012 strategies by planning their roll out to their employees. To this effort, Nilofer Merchant’s March 22,... Read More
Entering the Golden Age of Women in Business
Posted on01 Dec 2011
Tagsattributes, workplace, women, Virginia Rometty, The Atlantic, technology, Talent, skills, relationships, men, intuition, humans, Fortune 500, Feminine Influence in Business, Chief Executive Officer
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If you have a son and a daughter both under college age, odds are greater that she will become CEO of a... Read More
Real-time Personality Assessment (Pt 4): Extrapolation
Posted on07 Nov 2011
Tagsconversation, decisions, Naomi Quenk, objective personality tests, Personality, practical, practice, Real-time personality assessment, Was That Really Me, Wordle
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In this series’ previous post, I wrote about using Wordle to help identify word usage and phrasing trends by people as a... Read More
Real-time Personality Assessment (Pt 3): Word Themes
Posted on13 Oct 2011
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The words people use tell you much about their personalities. The challenge is trying to see a theme. While not every word... Read More
Cooperation vs. Self-interest (Pt 2): Context – The Great Influencer
Posted on29 Sep 2011
Tagsassumptions, behavior, collaboration, compliments, context, cooperation, Cooperation vs Self-interest Series, organizational culture, extrinsic, food, Harvard Business Review, Influence, intrinsic, leadership, Lee Ross, management, money, morale, motivation, Performance, pigeonholing, self-interest, Stanford, taste, Yochai Benkler
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As we saw with pigeonholing and tasting food, context influences us greatly. This extends to people’s inclinations to collaborate. In support of... Read More
Real-time Personality Assessment (Pt 2): Important Qualities
Posted on26 Sep 2011
Tagsassessments, behavior, conversation, decisions, people, Personality, Real-time personality assessment, word choice
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The downside of many personality tests is that you need to administer them. Yes, some will teach you how to assess without... Read More
Two Aspects of Interpersonal Interactions: Tapping Their Power
Posted on04 Aug 2011
Tagsinterpersonal, Thoughts, tangibles, subconscious, relationships, reason, logic, intuition, interpretation, intangibles, impression, feelings, emotions, communication, cognition, boss
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The two aspects of every interpersonal interaction are thoughts and feelings. You can change people’s views of your ideas by changing how... Read More
Making the Grapevine Work for You as a Leader
Posted on01 Aug 2011
Tagssenior manager, reverberations, power, Personality, management by walking around, management, leadership, interpersonal, informal organizational power, impression, group, grapevine, executive, employees
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Business drastically discounts the interpersonal interaction in favor of group ones. Saying the same thing to ten people simultaneously is more efficient... Read More
Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People (Pt 3): Self-Awareness
Posted on30 Jun 2011
Tagsanxiety, awareness, emotional self defense, Emotional Self Defense Series, feelings, listen, sensitive people, sensitivity
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A commenter asked how people could become more sensitive if they don’t feel as sensitive as they would like? The short answer... Read More
Kitchens & A Lesson in Problem Solving
Posted on23 Jun 2011
Tagsbusiness, advertising, business planning, convenience food, cooking, feelings, food, kitchen, marketing, Megan McArdle, merchandising, problem solving, retailing, The Atlantic, The Joy of Not Cooking
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High-end retailers are expecting us to spend more money on our kitchens even though we are spending less time in them. Why?... Read More
