Using Your Power Of Personality To Influence Organizations
The digital and technological age dominates our world. This age routinely discounts humans. Falling into this mindset, we lose touch with the... Read More
How Different People React to Structure in the Workplace
Posted on06 Apr 2015
Tagsbell curve, structure, homogeneity, Talent, people's differences, organization, money, micromanagement, diversity, adaptability
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Businesses need structure to grow. Organization, processes, policies and procedures are just some of what this is. How different people react to... Read More
Leadership, The Secret
Leadership is an affect, thus leadership’s secret is about what goes on in the hearts and minds of the group’s members. It’s... Read More
Why Problems Occur (Alert #7): One over Many
Given many causes of a problem, humans tend to focus on one as the cause rather than the pattern they produce, a... Read More
How Psychopaths Become CEO’s (Pt 2) – Situational Preferences
Posted on18 Jul 2013
Tagscompetition, control, executive, formal organizational power, hierarchy, leadership, organization, power, process, psychopaths, rules, situation, Psychopath in Workplace Series
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The introductory post of this mini-series summarized the situations promoting the rise of psychopaths to CEO as: Formal hierarchies, organizations, processes and... Read More
How Psychopaths Become CEO’s (Pt 1) – Introduction
The short answer to this post’s title is that we let them. To understand this, we need to examine this outcome as... Read More
Change Management Strategy #6: Company Life Cycle
The better we anticipate change the better we can position and implement it. Understanding a company’s life cycle helps us anticipate change.... Read More
Power of Rule Breakers
Posted on03 Jun 2013
Tagsmotivation, individual, self-interest, rules, psychopaths, power, organization, leadership, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Harvard Business Review, group, organizational culture, cooperation, confidence
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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
Top Seven Sun Tzu Quotes: #5 Speed in Decision Making
Posted on27 May 2013
Tagsdecision-making process, decisions, organization, planning, rationale, speed, Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Sun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series, Water Flow Analogy
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At number five in my list of top seven Sun Tzu quotes from The Art of War, I have: Speed is the... Read More
Top Seven Sun Tzu Quotes: #7 Effective Orders
Posted on18 Apr 2013
Tagschange, command, employees, executive, formal organizational power, leadership, morale, organization, Pollyannaism, prioritization, success, Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Sun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series, machismo
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Responses to my original Sun Tzu post have encouraged me to write more about important Sun Tzu quotes from The Art of... Read More