Promoting Honesty to Those Not Valuing It
Posted on30 Jan 2014
Tagscompliments, organizational culture, email, face-to-face interactions, honesty, management by email, money, patience, pressure, Thank You, time, word choice, time vs money
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A Twitter connection posed this question in response to my post “Lying About Honesty.” It dealt with promoting honesty in the workplace:... Read More
Business Examples of Patience’s Merits (Pt 2): Ethical Behavior
Posted on18 Oct 2012
Tagscognition, University of San Diego, The Economist, rationale, patience, negative, lying, John Hopkins University, honesty, Frank Partnoy, ethics, Brian Gunia, aesthetics, Adrian Wooldridge
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When I first wrote about patience, a commenter asked for examples of its merits. So, when I ran across the article “No... Read More
Four Major Objections to Change
Posted on13 Aug 2012
Tagstraining, teachable moment, resistance to change, relationships, prioritization, patience, management by walking around, fear, change management, change
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When we encourage people to adopt change, we must anticipate and prepare to overcome four major objections with each person: No Good:... Read More
Tapping the Power of Personality for Executives and Senior Managers 1.0
Posted on17 Jan 2011
Tagsusing names, Thank You, shaking hands, senior manager, remembering names, planning, Personality, patience, networking, management by walking around, grapevine, executive, decisions
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Executives and senior managers often overlook their most important business asset: their personalities. We are blessed from birth with a personality that... Read More
Finding Good Sales Managers from Good Sales People
Posted on11 Nov 2010
Tagsanalysis, style, struggle, sales, quality, Personality, patience, management, introspection, experience, employees, adaptability
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We often hear that good sales people don’t make good sales managers. While incorrect, the transition is admittedly difficult. However, few give... Read More
Beauty as Power
Posted on08 Nov 2010
TagsA Beautiful Mind, action, approaches, Battle of Little Big Horn, beauty, Beauty as Power Series, blue heron, car, feminine, force, General George Custer, Influence, intangibles, intuition, magnet, patience, power, problem solving, superficial, trap
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Looking at beauty as power is important in understanding and appreciating intuitive approaches because it dramatically expands the influences and solutions we... Read More
Business Examples of Patience’s Merits
Posted on28 Oct 2010
Tagsaction, American, application, approaches, branding, business, client management software, computers, crisis, organizational culture, employees, example, Expat 21, experience, future, information technology, insight, investment, knowledge, management, management by walking around, marketing, patience, public relations, Rahm Emanuel, reorganization, rules, sales, strategy, tactics, teachable moment, training, urgency, warfare, workplace
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A question posted by Expat 21 asked for examples of patience in the workplace, especially those demonstrating a contrast between American and... Read More
A Blue Heron Instructs on Patience
Posted on25 Oct 2010
Tagsaction, fish, ego, discipline, Cuyahoga River, organizational culture, business, blue heron, approaches, intuition, temptation, wife, river, reorganization, real estate, problem solving, prejudice, positioning, patience, location
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We live in an activist business culture, meaning we are biased toward action to solve problems. For instance, reorganizations often occur simply... Read More
