Neuroticism Personality Trait Calmed and Cooled
Of the Big Five personality traits, the neuroticism personality trait receives the most negative press. It’s hard to find good things about... Read More
Building Great Teams, Applying What Google Learned
Posted on12 Sep 2016
Tagscommunication, Google, Harvard Business Review, New York Times, sensitivity, team building, emotional states
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From a relational view, in business it’s the age of collaboration. Managers and employees collaborate 50% more than they did two decades... Read More
Emotional Intelligence vs. Intuition (Pt 4): Conscious vs. Unconscious
A major difference between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and intuition is the relationship of each to our conscious and unconscious selves. Whereas EI... Read More
Linking Disruptive Innovations and Disruptive Personalities
Posted on05 Jul 2012
TagsClayton Christensen, Creative Innovation Series, crisis, David Kushner, Disruptive Innovation & People Analogy, dissent, George Holtz, Harvard University, innovation, management, Personality, sensitivity, Steve Wozniak, The New Yorker, glass half full-half empty metaphor
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Innovation is born from people. Children are like their parents in many ways. Do disruptive personalities give birth to disruptive innovations? Research... Read More
Emotional Self Defense Regarding Decision Making For Sensitive People
Posted on28 May 2012
Tagsbuying & selling, buying habits, decisions, emotional self defense, Emotional Self Defense Series, people, sensitive people, sensitivity
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The role of emotions in decision making gets a bum rap. So, it’s important to have an emotional self defense regarding decision... Read More
Relationship Building: Insincerity & Personality Differences
In response to my post, “Relationship Building Technique #4: Acknowledgement,” a reader emailed the following observation: I often find this is a... Read More
Euphemisms: Preferring Illusions to Reality
Posted on02 Feb 2012
Tagslabels, compensation, connotations, definitions, euphemisms, food, George Orwell, glass, illusion, Jack Nicholson, cognitive dissonance, Making Murder Respectable, phraseology, reality, sensitivity, The Economist, Tom Cruise, vanilla words, word choice, words, 1984, A Few Good Men
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Words have power, not only in their definitions but also, more importantly, in their connotations. The article, “Making Murder Respectable,” from the... Read More
Cooperation vs. Self-interest (Pt 3): Empathy
Posted on20 Oct 2011
Tagsbrain, cooperation, Cooperation vs Self-interest Series, organizational culture, emotional intelligence, emotions, feelings, Giacomo Rizzolatti, happiness, Harvard Business Review, intuition, leadership, Personality, sensitive people, sensitivity, Tania Singer, Yochai Benkler
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For many of us, we feel good when we help others. What we are even learning is that many of us, especially... 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
Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People (Pt 6): Defeatism & Courage
Posted on11 Aug 2011
Tagsdoubt, emotional self defense, Emotional Self Defense Series, emotions, encourage, fear, feelings, negative, negative thinking, sensitive people, sensitivity, The Bad Sleep Well
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We can easily defeat sensitive people by encouraging their negative feelings. Since they are so sensitive, these feelings can easily overwhelm them.... Read More
