Scoring Your Manager’s Relationship Skills
Posted on26 Mar 2015
Tagsassessments, Influence, leadership, management, motivation, relationship building techniques, team building, soft skills
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As follow up to 16 Leadership Team Building Activities, here is a related tool that assesses managers’ relationship skills. It does so... Read More
Discussing Children at Work Makes Good Work
Posted on05 Mar 2015
Tagshappiness, Harvard Business Review, honesty, motivation, word choice, children, Sreedhari Desai, teddy bears
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Discussing children at work is good for business. It goes beyond building rapport and team. It builds honesty. There are other ways... Read More
Thank You for Your Encouragement and Motivation at 500
Posted on23 Feb 2015
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I am not surprised that I am here at Post 500. I am surprised though by how hard this last hundred was.... Read More
How to Motivate Employees with Words
Posted on15 Dec 2014
Tagsadvertising, change management, compliments, employees, fear, follow up, habits, Harvard Business Review, leadership, motivation, repetition, resistance to change, words, Jeffrey Rayport
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In advertising we learn how to motivate consumers with words. In leadership we need to know how to motivate employees with words.... Read More
Problematic Personality Types in Meetings
Posted on25 Sep 2014
Tagstime, alpha personalities, Alexander Bolinger, University of Utah, Bryan Bonner, Jay Eskenazi, UX Magazine, meetings, Pennsylvania State University, team building, Personality, Performance, motivation, management, Harvard Business Review, extrovert, confidence, anchoring
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Meetings are one of the big three time wasters in the workplace. One reason, they easily get off track. Agendas help but... Read More
Introverts More Honest?
Posted on20 Feb 2014
Tagsreflection, assessments, cooperation, organizational culture, employees, extrovert, honesty, innovation, introvert, leadership, motivation, Personality, 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
Honest Time, Dishonest Money
Posted on27 Jan 2014
Tagsphraseology, organizational culture, honesty, incentives, Influence, leadership, management, money, motivation, positioning, The Economist, time, word choice, Cassie Mogilner, time vs money, commissions, banking
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Dozens of studies have indeed shown that people primed to think about money before an experiment are more likely to lie, cheat... Read More
Leaders as Necessary Evils to the Individual, the Hero
Posted on16 Sep 2013
Tagsmotivation, Talent, heroes, individual, Ayn Rand, Fountainhead, leadership, compassion, Dark Side, intrinsic
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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
Why Problems Occur (Alert #6): Same over Unique
Posted on29 Aug 2013
Tagschange, creativity, organizational culture, efficiencies, emotions, event, improvement, motivation, problem solving, process, reinventing the wheel, rules, security, standardization, unique, Anatomy of an Event, Why Problems Occur Series, boredom, repetitive strain injury
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Creativity is challenging especially with time pressures. Additionally, depending upon the work culture, motivation might be difficult. Heck, how many times do... Read More
Why Problems Occur (Alert #2): Immediate over Enduring
When problems occur or when trying to anticipate them in problem solving, I look for seven alerts. While no single one automatically... Read More
