Worst Listening Problems In Organizations Existing With Leaders
Posted on25 May 2020
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Research shows that people become worse at listening as they move up in an organization. That means the worst listening problems are... Read More
Expanding Your Authority And Power At Work During A Crisis
Nothing powers change as crises do. They are great for expanding your authority and power at work, and for pushing through new... Read More
Jeff Bezos Affair And Future Of Privacy, Power and Blackmail
Posted on11 Mar 2019
Tagsstatus, blackmail, Jeff Bezos, privacy, internet of things, Amazon, The Economist, social media, power, money, future
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Behind the media frenzy around the Jeff Bezos affair, serious lessons exist about the future our digital world will create for us... Read More
Emotional Triggers In Advertising, Wall Street Journal Case Study
People often saw the series on emotional triggers as personality types. They aren’t. As a result, showing emotional triggers in advertising helps... Read More
Most Defensive Truth About Experts Makes Them Dangerous
Posted on28 Aug 2017
Tagsauthority, defense mechanism, Harvard Business Review, power, experts, Kristi Erdal, Secrets About Experts Series
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Experts are authority figures. While helpful, it also makes them dangerous. For instance, research shows they can talk people out of things... Read More
Navigating the Trappings of Power without Falling In
Posted on11 Jul 2016
Tagssycophant, Dacher Keltner, homophily, leadership dark side, University of California Berkeley, power, PBS NewsHour, management, empathy, decision-making process
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All things contain the seeds of their own demise. This completes the life cycle. We can’t live without breathing. Yet, breathing causes... Read More
Personality Types Using Power and Politics in the Workplace
Posted on16 Nov 2015
Tagsformal organizational power, Influence, informal organizational power, power, relationships, office politics
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Underneath the how to deal with office politics is power. There is a close link between power and politics in the workplace.... Read More
How to Improve Processes by Tapping Their Emotional Drivers
Posted on19 Oct 2015
Tagsemotional triggers, strength, success, security, Scientific American, process management, power, confidence, certainty
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Processes drive business. They help us with change management and organizational cultures. When people think of how to improve processes, they often... Read More
Feeling Powerful at Work Can Be Done This Way
Posted on22 Jun 2015
TagsVelten Mood Induction Procedure, compliment, Jack Nicklaus, Derek Rucker, David Dubois, Joris Lammers, pressure, power, Performance, health, feelings, fear, control, Adam D. Galinsky
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Feeling powerful at work can be hard. People can drag us down. They often do so without knowing it. Work is harder.... Read More
Seducing Leaders in Five Steps
Posted on02 Mar 2015
Tagscompliments, Harvard Business Review, Influence, leadership, power, praise, The Economist, leadership dark side, homophily, Andrew O'Connell, leader-nutrition analogy, sycophant, Trojan horse
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The power of leadership makes leaders more exposed to certain types of influences. They allow those with less power to protect themselves.... Read More
