Agreeableness Personality Trait Aligned And Affirmed
Posted on01 May 2017
Tagsagreeableness, Big Five Personality Traits Series, big five personality traits, sycophant, disagreeable, uniqueness, individual, innovation, harmony, George Orwell, diversity, dissent, cooperation, China
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The agreeableness personality trait of the Big Five is almost exclusively defined in sociable terms. Few, if any, sources, discuss it in... Read More
What is Change Management?
Posted on21 Dec 2015
Tagschange management, confidence, motivation, process, individual, emotional triggers, change leadership, compliment, Stones-Individual Analogy
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What is change management? It is leading, directing, supporting and motivating individuals as they move from one state to a different one.... Read More
Difference between Leader and Hero
Posted on25 Dec 2014
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Tku Can, a Twitter connection, asked me to explain my quote: The difference between leader and hero is that you don’t have... Read More
Human Lessons from a Bourbon Tornado
A tornado demolished a Buffalo Trace Distillery’s warehouse miraculously leaving all barrels of aging bourbon undamaged but exposed to the elements for... Read More
Leaders as Necessary Evils to the Individual, the Hero
Posted on16 Sep 2013
Tagscompassion, Dark Side, intrinsic, leadership, motivation, Talent, heroes, individual, Ayn Rand, Fountainhead
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When someone says, “If you’re not a leader, then you’re a follower,” he is saying that the only real existence is as... Read More
Power of Rule Breakers
Posted on03 Jun 2013
Tagsleadership, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Harvard Business Review, group, organizational culture, cooperation, confidence, motivation, individual, self-interest, rules, psychopaths, power, organization
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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
Natural Mistake of Grouping
Posted on15 Apr 2013
Tagsgroup, simplification, Fast Food Knowledge Analogy, individual, unique, Talent, problem solving, Personality, people's differences, knowledge, illusion, complexity
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Look at the figure to the right. The top is a multicolored square, the bottom a gray one. Yet, only one single... Read More
Groups as Enemies of Individuals
Posted on04 Apr 2013
Tagsbehavior, creativity, organizational culture, emotions, group, honesty, peer pressure, Stanford Prison Experiment, team building, unique, individual, United States Constitution, Lancelot, Round Table
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We form groups every day, some formal, others informal. The idea that groups are often enemies of individuals comes from two facts:... Read More
Leaders, Followers, Individuals and Heroes
Posted on28 Mar 2013
Tagsinformal organizational power, individual, archetype, heroes, Lone Ranger, Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Dirty Harry, power, leadership, formal organizational power
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“If you’re not a leader, you’re a follower.” You’ve heard this how many times? Yet, there is a third: people who don’t... Read More
