Hiding Incompetence By Being Polite, Positive and Praising
Posted on16 Mar 2020
Tagssycophant, positivity, politeness, praise, employees, Disruptive Innovation & People Analogy, competence
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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
How Jerks Become Bosses, Leaders, Authorities And Influencers
Posted on24 Feb 2020
Tagssycophant, leadership dark side, subconscious, Influence, hubris, formal organizational power, confidence, boss, authority
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Yes, who’s a jerk depends. Yet, in every workplace a consensus rises. At some point, employees start to wonder how jerks become... Read More
Quantifying The Power Of Lies Over Truth In The Digital Age
Posted on16 Apr 2018
Tagsgossip, internet, lying, Mahatma Gandhi, social media, truth, Twitter, Leadership - The Secret Series, Holy Bible, sycophant, truth-lies-car-analogy
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Every day of the digital age yields great insights. It shows how people really behave. They say one thing, but do another.... 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
Women Bullying Women By Playing Powerful Men At Work
Posted on23 Oct 2017
Tagscontext, organizational culture, The Atlantic, women, archetype, gender differences, manipulation, sycophant, office politics, Olga Khazan
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Women bullying women is a hot topic. Much of the discussion focuses on women though. Almost none deal with how men blindly... Read More
Agreeableness Personality Trait Aligned And Affirmed
The agreeableness personality trait of the Big Five is almost exclusively defined in sociable terms. Few, if any, sources, discuss it in... 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
Difference Between Narcissists And Psychopaths
Posted on28 Dec 2015
TagsPersonality, psychopaths, Real-time personality assessment, Psychopath in Workplace Series, persona, sycophant, narcissists
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Many show no difference between narcissists and psychopaths. Though minorities, they can wreak havoc on careers, organizational cultures, office politics and teams.... Read More
How to Deal With Office Politics in 5 Tips
Posted on12 Oct 2015
Tagssycophant, leadership dark side, Lightning-rod Employee Analogy, thinking process, rules, relationships, empathy, confidence, office politics
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When we look at what are office politics really, we find they are relationships. Since most do not like office politics, we... 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
