Hiding Incompetence By Being Polite, Positive and Praising
Posted on16 Mar 2020
Tagspoliteness, competence, Disruptive Innovation & People Analogy, employees, praise, positivity, sycophant
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Employees work to keep their jobs. It’s not only about doing the job though. It’s about influencing how bosses see them too.... Read More
4 Leadership Lessons from Donald Trump Phenomenon
Posted on17 Aug 2015
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Donald Trump is a leader. Like it or not. He challenges politics. He challenges leadership too. What does the Donald Trump phenomenon... Read More
12 Tips for Passing Personality Tests
Posted on23 Mar 2015
Tagsconfidence, objective personality tests, Personality, Pollyannaism, Velten Mood Induction Procedure, positivity
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Passing personality tests is more and more important. More firms are using them. These tests are very lucrative too. They are not... Read More
Workplace Positivity as Weapon of Retaliation
Posted on29 Sep 2014
Tagspositivity, communism, fundamental attribution error, tools, Pollyannaism, movies, dissent, conflict, confidence
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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
5 Unconscious Tells of Lying By Bosses, Coworkers and Others
Posted on06 Sep 2010
Tagswords, Anastasia Zakolyukina, belief, confidence, David Larcker, honesty, knowledge, lies, Stanford Graduate School of Business, The Economist, positivity
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Lies are very hard to catch even for experts. Part of this is because we overlook lying for many socially acceptable and... Read More
