Hidden Language Of Race Making It A Tough Race To Win
Posted on22 Jun 2020
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Few issues carry more charge than race. Often the issue is a minefield, just waiting to tag someone a racist. That makes... Read More
Workplace Positivity as Weapon of Retaliation
Posted on29 Sep 2014
Tagsconfidence, conflict, dissent, movies, Pollyannaism, tools, fundamental attribution error, communism, positivity
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Workplace positivity has negative side-effects. They show up when employees try to discredit internal competitors in office politics. Employees do this by... Read More
Leadership is an Affect
Posted on19 Jan 2012
Tagshumanistic, baseball, change, change management, chess, emotions, feelings, group, humans, leadership, movies, Pied Piper, plays, process, relationships
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One can read endlessly about leadership. However, if plays play on a stage, if baseball plays on a diamond, movies on a... 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
Assessing Personalities thru Everyday Discussions (1.0)
Posted on20 Dec 2010
TagsRorschach, rules, upbringing, wikipedia, Yahoo! Contributor Network, PsychCentral, assessments, About.com, books, cars, clothes, education, food, listen, movies, music, objective personality tests, Personality
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Anytime we describe or comment on someone’s personality, we are doing an assessment. Yes, it might not qualify as a formal psychological... Read More
Improve Your Business; Find a Dissenter
Posted on21 Oct 2010
Tagsharmony, business, cognition, conflict, controversy, Copenhagen Business School, creativity, David Lean, decisions, dissent, Brooke Harrington, investment clubs, investors, movies, negative, peace, returns, Sam Spiegel, subconscious, Thomas A. Stewart, Academy Awards, Alec Guinness, BNET Blog, Bridge on the River Kwai
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A recent BNET post by Thomas A. Stewart talked about nurturing dissent and provided some valuable links. Rationally, it makes sense that... Read More
