Choosing The Right Words For Driving Teamwork Among Employees
Posted on21 Oct 2019
Tagstime vs money, words, word choice, team building, phraseology, organizational culture, cooperation, context
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Compensation programs aren’t substitutes for good management. That means choosing the right words for driving teamwork. They set the context. The context... Read More
The Power Of A Few Jerks In The Workplace To Ruin It For All
Posted on06 May 2019
TagsThe Atlantic, resentment, Wall Street Journal, workplace, organizational culture, cooperation, collaboration
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People underestimate the power of a few. They like to think majority rules. That might work in voting. It does not work... Read More
Eating As A Social Activity For Effective Team Building
Posted on29 Apr 2019
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Eating as a social activity is as old as humanity. At first it’s easy to just see it as entertainment. Dig deeper... Read More
What’s In It For Me Under Attack By Nobel Prize Winner
What’s In It For Me is a trite, popular slogan for the average professional driving change. It assumes that people will only... Read More
Agreeableness Personality Trait Aligned And Affirmed
The agreeableness personality trait of the Big Five is almost exclusively defined in sociable terms. Few, if any, sources, discuss it in... Read More
People Who Feel What Others Are Feeling
Posted on15 May 2014
Tagsself-interest, Performance, feelings, empathy, emotions, organizational culture, cooperation, brain, sensitive people, team intelligence, team building
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Sensitivity can produce performance challenges. It’s difficult for people to understand this sensitivity when coaching through these challenges. An especially challenging group... Read More
Introverts More Honest?
Posted on20 Feb 2014
Tagshonesty, assessments, cooperation, organizational culture, employees, extrovert, innovation, introvert, leadership, motivation, Personality, reflection, The Economist, lead by example
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The idea that introverts are more honest than extroverts comes from two assertions. First, studies find that “the more reflective [people] are,... Read More
Power of Rule Breakers
Posted on03 Jun 2013
Tagsconfidence, power, organization, motivation, leadership, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Harvard Business Review, group, organizational culture, cooperation, psychopaths, individual, self-interest, rules
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The stress between individuals and groups exhibits itself when individuals break the group’s rules. As Jeffrey Pfeffer writes in his article “Power,... Read More
Body – Emotion Connection: People Are Very Different
Posted on30 Jul 2012
TagsJamil Zaki, interoception, empathy, emotions, cooperation, conscious, Carrie Arnold, body, Beate Herbert, awareness, apologize, Joshua Ian Davis, subconscious, situational awareness, sensitive people, Scientific American, people's differences, people, Olga Pollatos, laser lamp analogy, Kevin Ochsner
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People are different. However, we tremendously underestimate how different we are. We often think someone is purposely trying to upset or harm... Read More
Setting The Mood For Change As A Change Management Tactic
An owner of a top-flight commercial painting company once said to me, “Mike, prepping the surface is 90% of the paint job.”... Read More
