Tag Archives: People
Work Foundation finds link between outstanding company performance and people-centred leadership
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Put a name on it
Here’s a positive step to avoid the faceless bureaucracy that wants to take over your organization:
Every new rule needs to be associated with one and only one person who is willing to stand up for it and explain it (to your people and to th… carry on reading.
People hearing without listening, people acting without reasoning…
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Startups and more developed organizations – making sure the right people are in the right chairs
I have been adding postings that focus on startups since I first went active with this blog. Some of them have focused on best practices as considered from a more positive perspective, and some from a more cautionary, things-gone-wrong ne
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"Notice me"
If the new web has a mantra, that’s it.
So much time and effort is now put into finding followers, accumulating comments and generating controversy… all so that people will notice you. People say and do things that don’t benefit them,
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Positive Thinking
Even some of the most positive of people are currently feeling challenged by all the doom and gloom being fed to us by the media and in their real experience as they feel the impact of the recession.
If we spend most of our time surrou
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A Bitter Pill to Swallow: Drugs for people not for profit
Title: A Bitter Pill to Swallow: Drugs for people not for profit
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Making Sense of Weak Signals
When people stumble onto the truth they usually pick themselves up and hurry about their business – Winston Churchill
In an article in the MIT <a rel="nofollow"
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The Confidence Heuristic
In Moore’s experiment, volunteers were given cash for correctly guessing the weight of people from their photographs. In each of the eight rounds of the study, the guessers bought advice from one of four other vol… carry on reading.
Corporate Culture – How are Things Really Done Around Here?
When Herb Kelleher, former CEO of Southwest Airlines, was asked about the unique Southwest culture, he simply replied, “Culture is what people do when no one is looking.” Most often, I find a disparity between th
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Resisting resistance: Counter-resistance, consent and compliance in a consultancy firm
Consent, obedience and resistance can be seen as key concerns in management and organization. Why people comply is a crucial issue in the field. We address the theme within a specific area: management consultants in a big firm that places quite a… carry on reading.
More than a feeling: Emotions are part of the brain’s practical problem-solving
“Not long ago people thought of emotions as old stuff, as just feelings — feelings that had little to do with rational decision making, or that got in the way of it,” said Dr. Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain an
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The New Science of Happiness
How happy are you, on a scale of 1 to 10? If you don’t know how to answer that, you’re not alone. Surveying people about their happiness is notoriously problematic, even for psychologists. It requires researchers to reach some definition of the te… carry on reading.
Forget the Banks. Get That Loan From a Stranger.
With banks no longer able to extend the kind of credit that ultimately got them in trouble in the first place, people are suddenly looking for a lending alternative that won’t involve tracking down a member of the Gambino crime family. Fortu… carry on reading.
Forget the Banks, Get that Loan from a Stranger
With banks no longer able to extend the kind of credit that ultimately got them in trouble in the first place, people are suddenly looking for a lending alternative that won’t involve tracking down a member of the Gambino crime family. Fortu… carry on reading.
Performance Evaluations, Business Strategy, and Agile Methodologies
It is performance evaluation time in many companies. This can be stressful, both to the people being evaluated, and the people doing the evaluation.
In companies adopting agile software development method
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The art and skill of working with bureaucrats
Have you noticed that most airports feature the same restaurants? It’s not an accident. The people who run these chains have organized themselves to be good at dealing with municipal organizations. Same th
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How Blogs Make you a Better Writer
That’s what the education blogs say–if kids read/write blogs, they get better at writing. Why is that?
You have to be concise in a blog. People don’t want a novel. They want
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Former US Assistant Secretary Of The Treasaury "Geithner Works For Goldman"
Max Keiser: “Does the US Secretary of the Treasury work for the people or does he work for the banking system on Wall Street?”
Dr. Paul Craig Reports: “He works for Goldman Sachs.”
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The Generation M Manifesto
Dear Old People Who Run the World,
My generation would like to break up with you.
Everyday, I see a widening gap in how you and… carry on reading.
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