Nurturing Positive Feelings Dramatically Improves Employee Performance
Posted on30 May 2011
Tagsnurture, University of Cologne, Top Gun, Tom Cruise, supersititions, psychology, Psychological Science, positive, Placebo Management Series, Performance, movies, Maverick, Lysann Damisch, Harvard Business Review, employees, emotions, discipline, confidence, compliments
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Nurturing positive feelings inside employees improves their performance. I read two articles that support this. One deals with the positive feelings from... Read More
Placebo Management: Impacting Employees’ Beliefs
Posted on13 Jun 2011
Tagsbelief, effectiveness, employees, enthusiasm, management, medical, Performance, placebo, Placebo Management Series, presentation, The Economist
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The article, “Think Yourself Better,” in the May 21, 2011 edition of The Economist discussed the placebo effect: belief in a medical... Read More
Management Tips From Changing Taste Using Stories
Posted on07 May 2012
TagsPlacebo Management Series, Wayne Curtis, The Atlantic, taste, Talent, T.A. Breaux, storytelling, relationships, presentation, politics, placebo, liquor, intuition, interpretation, interpresonal, Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA, food
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Storytelling plays a valuable role in marketing. It seems though with foods it plays another role. That is one of changing taste... Read More
Placebo Management (Pt 2): Tapping Emotions
Posted on09 Jan 2012
Tagsapproaches, change, change management, effective, effectiveness, expectations, feelings, Harvard Medical School, information, initiatives, management, Michael Specter, objectivity, Performance, placebo, Placebo Management Series, Power of Nothing, relationships, Ted Kaptchuk, The New Yorker
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Previously I had indicated that placebo management could impact performance. I recently read Michael Specter’s article, “The Power of Nothing,” in the... Read More
Placebo Management (Pt 4): Tiger, Golfers, Superstitions & Performance
Posted on29 Nov 2012
Tagsemotions, golf, Harvard Business Review, Influence, management, motivation, Performance, phraseology, placebo, Placebo Management Series, Sally Linkenauger
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In business, we tend to discount – even ridicule – people’s superstitions. What’s the tangible connection between crossing your fingers and making... Read More
Placebo Management (Pt 5): Emotions, Health, Performance
How we feel about ourselves affects us. It influences our health and decisions. Now, as reported in the article, “Think Yourself Well”... Read More
Planning and Developing Employees’ Confidence
Posted on12 May 2014
Tagscoaching, compliments, confidence, education, employees, intangibles, management, Performance, perspective, Placebo Management Series, planning, skills, Top Gun, training
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In discussing his performance review me, a friend indicated his employer thought he needed confidence. So, I asked, “What are they going... Read More
Better Bedside Manner, Lower Malpractice Risk
Posted on21 Aug 2014
Tagsplacebo, bedside manner, medical malpractice, Laura Blue, Time Magazine, social skills, power behind beliefs, Placebo Management Series, perception, medical
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Three attorneys specializing in medical malpractice attested to me that better bedside manner lowers malpractice risk. One even claimed that he could... Read More
Difference between Doing Good and Being Good at Work
Posted on14 Sep 2015
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The difference between doing good and being good affects how we lead. Too often though leaders only care that employees do good.... Read More
Using The Placebo Effect To Your Advantage In Leadership
Posted on26 Mar 2018
Tagsauthority, brain, leadership, placebo, Placebo Management Series, power behind beliefs, process, storytelling, employee engagement
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If you’re a leader, you need others to do well. You can’t succeed without this. That means tapping every available tool. Using... Read More
