A Blue Heron Instructs on Patience
Posted on25 Oct 2010
Tagsaction, fish, ego, discipline, Cuyahoga River, organizational culture, business, blue heron, approaches, intuition, temptation, wife, river, reorganization, real estate, problem solving, prejudice, positioning, patience, location
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We live in an activist business culture, meaning we are biased toward action to solve problems. For instance, reorganizations often occur simply... Read More
The Ability to Praise is a Function of Personality
Posted on18 Oct 2010
Tagsemotions, teach, sensitivity, rewards, praise, Personality, networking, motivation, mentoring, McKinsey & Company, management, leadership, intuition, intrinsic, extrovert, extrinsic, compliments, compensation, approaches
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One of the major characteristics of intuitive approaches for leadership is the dominance of intrinsic rewards over extrinsic ones. The demarcation between... Read More
40% of Training’s Success is Determined before Anyone Shows
Posted on11 Oct 2010
Tagscommunications, training, success, objective, marketing, Management by objective, management, learn, grapevine, expectations, approaches
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Management by objective is basic expectations setting 101; people will tend to achieve the expectations we set for them. Yet, when it... Read More
The Words “Feel” and “Think” as Tools
Intuitive approaches require the identification of emotional drivers in influencing and problem solving. They generally work better than cognitive approaches because emotional... Read More
Definitions, Connotations and Personality Assessment
Posted on13 Sep 2010
TagsThoughts, impression, intuition, logic, Personality, perspective, phraseology, planning, quality, quantity, spectrum, subjective, humanistic, understanding, word choice, approaches, collaboration, connotations, context, definitions, dominance, feelings
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Word choice and phrasing (phraseology) are simple ways we can assess personalities. As I’ve said in previous postings, everything we think, do... Read More
Follow Up! People Aren’t Light Switches
Posted on30 Aug 2010
Tagsapproaches, business, change, conscious, employees, enforce, follow up, habits, people, Talent, training, Light Switch-Follow Up Analogy
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Many times people know things, but their actions are different. Follow up is one of those things. For example, they know people... Read More
Business is Personal and Why There’s No Way Around It
Posted on19 Jul 2010
Tagsrationale, Personality, personal, money, intuition, feelings, emotions, decisions, business, assumptions, approaches
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How many times have you heard, “This isn’t personal, it’s business”? A key assumption underlying an intuitive approach is that everything people... Read More
Shopping for Rationales to Justify Wants and Desires
Posted on14 Jul 2010
Tagswant, subconscious, rationale, problem solving, Personality, knowledge, justification, intuition, emotions, desire, decisions, cognition, approaches
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Virtually all of our decisions are emotionally based. Therefore, as we saw in my previous posting, Decisions: Roles of Intuition and Cognition,... Read More
Fear of Loss Versus Joy of Gain in Variable Compensation
Posted on19 May 2010
Tagsintuition, University of Toronto, University of Chicago, The Economist, Tanjim Hossain, subjective, objective, money, loss, joy, John List, gain, fear, emotions, compensation, communication, cognition, approaches, application
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Since intuition is rooted in emotions and thus subjective, intuitive approaches allow us to see a single, objective situation as many. We... Read More
How Unaware Are People of Their Television Viewing?
Posted on16 May 2010
Tagsunawareness, approaches, assumptions, behavior, communication, emotions, television, The Economist
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A special report on television viewing in the May 1, 2010 edition of the Economist stated “. . . people seem unaware... Read More
