How Employees Who Play The Victim Work The Hero Mindset Of Bosses
Posted on01 Apr 2019
Tagsemployees, men, Personality, women, testosterone, heroes, archetype, gender differences, bullies
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Employees who play the victim sometimes play that to get what they want. Thus, it’s a mistake to see such employees as... 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
Relating To Powerful People, The Gender Difference
Despite laws and education to the contrary, generally speaking, men and women bring different talents to the workplace. They bring different biases... Read More
Objective Value, Experts as Masters of Illusions
Posted on11 Nov 2013
Tagsanchoring, assumptions, attractiveness, Dark Side, men, objective, price, scientific, subliminity, The Economist, women, experts, Bloomberg Businessweek, Sokal Moment, Joshua Brustein, leadership dark side, value, value judgments, scientific papers
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Often, when unsure about value, we defer to experts. Experts are often leaders, so they bring leadership’s dark side with them: followers... Read More
Beauty as Power (Pt 6): Sexual Business Strategy
Posted on29 Oct 2012
Tagsattractiveness, beauty, business, energy, Fox Business, Fox News, glamor, Liza Mundy, men, merchandising, television, The Atlantic, women
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How we feel about others’ attractiveness influences us. Businesses create sophisticated marketing, advertising and branding strategies often tapping into the sexual energy... Read More
Leadership Lesson from Wobbly Furniture
Posted on15 Oct 2012
Tagspeople, Amanda Forest, consumer, content, David Kille, emotions, Influence, Joanne Wood, leadership, relationships, smells, social skills, storytelling, The Economist, University of Waterloo, Velten Mood Induction Procedure, women
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The relentless advance of technology and research methodologies is accelerating our understanding of ourselves and constricting the domain of free will (more).... Read More
Entering the Golden Age of Women in Business
Posted on01 Dec 2011
Tagsattributes, workplace, women, Virginia Rometty, The Atlantic, technology, Talent, skills, relationships, men, intuition, humans, Fortune 500, Feminine Influence in Business, Chief Executive Officer
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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
Star Wars, Women & The Good Guys
Posted on31 Oct 2011
Tagswomen, Star Wars, Personality, good vs evil, emotions, diversity, organizational culture, business
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If you examine the two opposing sides in the Star Wars Epic, The Empire (Bad Guys) and The Rebels (Good Guys), there... 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
Beauty as Power (Pt 3): Appreciation
Posted on19 May 2011
Tagsamputation, antiques, appreciation, beauty, Beauty as Power Series, gangrene, Hang 'Em High, health, heirlooms, learn, maggot, Maggot Therapy, medical, memorabilia, men, nurses, subjective, teach, Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer fence painting, Witness, women
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My Beauty as Power posts have generated emails regarding teaching what beauty is. Unfortunately, even though beauty is extremely subjective, we’re often... Read More
