Coach Selection: A Highly Subjective Affair
Posted on05 Dec 2011
TagsThe New Yorker, Personal Best, Performance, marriage, experience, credibility, coaching, Atul Gawande
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People periodically ask me, “Should I get a coach?” I chuckle because it’s akin to asking, “Should I get married?” Coaching as... Read More
Cooperation vs. Self-interest (Pt 2): Context – The Great Influencer
Posted on29 Sep 2011
Tagsassumptions, behavior, collaboration, compliments, context, cooperation, Cooperation vs Self-interest Series, organizational culture, extrinsic, food, Harvard Business Review, Influence, intrinsic, leadership, Lee Ross, management, money, morale, motivation, Performance, pigeonholing, self-interest, Stanford, taste, Yochai Benkler
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As we saw with pigeonholing and tasting food, context influences us greatly. This extends to people’s inclinations to collaborate. In support of... Read More
Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People (Pt 7): Team Intelligence
Posted on05 Sep 2011
TagsAnita Woolley, diversity, emotional intelligence, Emotional Self Defense Series, emotions, feelings, group, Harvard Business Review, informal organizational power, intelligence, listen, organization, Performance, relationships, sensitive people, sensitivity, Talent, team building, team intelligence, Thomas Malone, women
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Sensitive people (SP) can increase team intelligence in very much the same way mortar makes brick and stone walls stronger. Since diverse... Read More
Placebo Management: Impacting Employees’ Beliefs
Posted on13 Jun 2011
Tagsbelief, effectiveness, employees, enthusiasm, management, medical, Performance, placebo, Placebo Management Series, presentation, The Economist
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The article, “Think Yourself Better,” in the May 21, 2011 edition of The Economist discussed the placebo effect: belief in a medical... Read More
Nurturing Positive Feelings Dramatically Improves Employee Performance
Posted on30 May 2011
Tagspositive, University of Cologne, Top Gun, Tom Cruise, supersititions, psychology, Psychological Science, Placebo Management Series, Performance, nurture, 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
Don’t Like Your Boss, CEO, Owner? Your Job is at Risk
Posted on06 Dec 2010
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People are always looking for ways to ensure their jobs, more so today. As we’ve seen, the people who only focus on... Read More
Inadequacies of the Generic “Good Job” Compliment
Posted on29 Nov 2010
Tagsgood job, Strategic Complimenting Series, recognition, reading, promotion, Performance, peer pressure, money, intrinsic, extrinsic, evaluator, compliments, child
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A commenter inquired why the “good job” compliment isn’t intrinsic since “doing that good job comes from inside a person (an experience,... Read More
Play Politics or Risk Your Job
Posted on04 Nov 2010
TagsPerformance, co-workers, confidence, drive, feelings, good job, interpersonal, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Job, Paths to Power, boss, politics, power, rationale, relationships, risk, Schumpeter, The Economist, The Will to Power, bank
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Once, a woman who had just joined a bank wanted to meet with me since I had experience working at a bank.... Read More
Managing Complainers At Work By Taking A Positive View
Posted on23 Aug 2010
TagsTop Gun, venting-wetsuit analogy, Josuf Breur, The New Yorker, law, anxiety, Atul Gawande, Danger Zone, emotions, Sigmund Freud, hospice, Kenny Loggins, medical, Performance, Personality, pressure, secretary, Talent, talking cure
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Employees complain. In most firms that makes them complainers. That makes problems for managers. The key though is managing complainers at work... Read More
