Correlation: High Testosterone and Poor Risk Assessment
Posted on24 Oct 2011
Tagsfree will, biochemical, Cambridge University, decisions, diversity, emotions, employees, failure, hubris, John Coates, management, Personality, process, technology, The Economist
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When I’ve written about the illusion of free will, I’ve focused on the advancement of technology and research methodologies to uncover subconscious... Read More
Beauty as Power (Pt 4): Subliminal Influence
Posted on08 Sep 2011
Tagsadvertising, attractiveness, beauty, Beauty as Power Series, employees, feminine, loan applicants, marketing, masculine, merchandising, physical, plaintiffs, power, prisoners, quarterbacks, retailing, subliminity, The Economist
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Beauty’s power often influences us without our knowledge and thus distorts our decisions. In other words, we think we are making them... 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
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
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
Dealing with Co-workers Who Copy Bosses on Emails
Posted on26 May 2011
Tagsboss, co-workers, employees, interpretation, management by email, perspective, question, relationships
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As a result of my post, Dealing with Bosses Who Manage by Email, a reader’s email wanted to know what to do... Read More
Dealing with Bosses Who Manage by Email (MBE)
Posted on12 May 2011
Tagsspontaneous, relationships, personal, management by email, employees, efficiencies, effectiveness, document, communication, boss
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A financial professional emailed me regarding bosses who “manage by email.” She implied that her boss rarely calls or meets with employees.... Read More
Why Employees Lie Even When the Truth is Better
Posted on09 May 2011
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A labor relations expert emailed me describing a trial in which an employee lied about a previous injury even when the truth... Read More
Change Management – Tactic #3: Break Into Small, Simple Steps
The Hot Spotters, by Atul Gawande in the January 24, 2011 issue of The New Yorker spoke primarily to minimizing medical costs... Read More
Problems With Asking “Do You Understand?”
Posted on10 Mar 2011
Tagsaction, approaches, assumptions, cognition, cognitive bias, emotions, employees, Influence, intuition, management, problem solving, reprimand, Techniques, training
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Long ago I sat in on the reprimand of an employee by a manager. The manager concluded his discussion by asking the... Read More
