Great Strategy? Don’t Neglect Culture
Posted on12 Dec 2011
Tagscompensation, organizational culture, decisions, employees, goal setting, HBR Blog Network, intuition, management, message, names, Nilofer Merchant, placebo, relationships, remembering names, strategy, using names
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Many companies are finalizing their 2012 strategies by planning their roll out to their employees. To this effort, Nilofer Merchant’s March 22,... Read More
Entering the Golden Age of Women in Business
Posted on01 Dec 2011
Tagsattributes, Chief Executive Officer, Feminine Influence in Business, Fortune 500, humans, intuition, men, relationships, skills, Talent, technology, The Atlantic, Virginia Rometty, women, workplace
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If you have a son and a daughter both under college age, odds are greater that she will become CEO of a... 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
Two Aspects of Interpersonal Interactions: Tapping Their Power
Posted on04 Aug 2011
Tagsboss, cognition, communication, emotions, feelings, impression, intangibles, interpersonal, interpretation, intuition, logic, reason, relationships, subconscious, tangibles, Thoughts
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The two aspects of every interpersonal interaction are thoughts and feelings. You can change people’s views of your ideas by changing how... Read More
Innovation: Challenges from a Relationship Perspective
Posted on09 Jun 2011
Tagsdiversity, creativity acorns analogy, Xerox, The New Yorker, Steve Jobs, relationships, Picasso, Personality, oak tree, Malcolm Gladwell, innovation, failure, Challenge, art
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Malcolm Gladwell’s article “Creation Myth” in the May 16, 2011 edition of The New Yorker was the best article I’ve read about... Read More
Dealing with Co-workers Who Copy Bosses on Emails
Posted on26 May 2011
Tagsrelationships, question, perspective, management by email, interpretation, employees, co-workers, boss
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As a result of my post, Dealing with Bosses Who Manage by Email, a reader’s email wanted to know what to do... Read More
Dealing with Bosses Who Manage by Email (MBE)
Posted on12 May 2011
Tagsspontaneous, relationships, personal, management by email, employees, efficiencies, effectiveness, document, communication, boss
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A financial professional emailed me regarding bosses who “manage by email.” She implied that her boss rarely calls or meets with employees.... Read More
Why Employees Lie Even When the Truth is Better
Posted on09 May 2011
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A labor relations expert emailed me describing a trial in which an employee lied about a previous injury even when the truth... Read More
Complimenting with These Two Words is Powerful
Posted on31 Mar 2011
Tagsnetworking, team, Strategic Complimenting Series, validation, Thoughts, social skills, relationships, phraseology, leadership, John Belushi, happiness, organizational culture, compliments, Bluto, Animal House
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Complimenting is critical to our success. There are many ways to do it. Some ways are better than others. Complimenting is critical... Read More
Informal Organizational Power Your Personal Power
Posted on28 Mar 2011
Tagsorganization, wisdom, time, Talent, skills, situation, seniority, reliability, relationships, power, Personality, management, leadership, knowledge, judgment, intelligence, informal organizational power, formal organizational power, experience, education, credibility, character, attractiveness, achievement, abilities
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We are all born with power. Neither God nor evolution produces beings bent on their own demise. In groups this power takes... Read More
