Satisfy Their Psychological Needs Human thriving in the workplace is a dynamic potential that requires nurturing. The workplace either facilitates, fosters and enables our flourishing, or it disrupts, thwarts and impedes it. In fact, conventional
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How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life
Prescriptions for Handling Difficult People Perhaps the most universal challenge faced by any manager or employee at any level of an organization is dealing with difficult and even irrational people. In his new book, Talking
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In 1944, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)—the predecessor of today’s CIA—issued the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, detailing sabotage techniques designed to demoralize the enemy. One section focused on eight incredibly subtle—and devastatingly destructive—tactics for
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Today’s guest blogger is Brian Robertson, author of Holacracy and founder of HolacracyOne. If you’re old enough to remember the days when most PCs ran MS-DOS, consider the leap in capabilities that came with a
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A VALUABLE TOOL FOR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT When a valued employee suddenly and unexpectedly gives his or her notice, managers and supervisors will want to know why. Often, they will seek the answer in the “exit
Continue ReadingBalancing the Inverse Equation of Increasing Demands + Shrinking Resources
TOO LITTLE RESOURCES FOR TOO MANY DEMANDS What consultant Jesse Sostrin calls “the manager’s dilemma” is easily explained and all too familiar to any manager: too much demand, not enough resources. Specifically, as Sostrin writes
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As organizations strive to do more with less, many are turning to Lean methodology, which is based on the same techniques that propelled the legendary turnaround of Japan’s industrial sector after World War II. The
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Ann Herrmann-Nehdi is CEO of Herrmann International and co-author of The Whole Brain® Business Book, Second Edition (McGraw-Hill). What’s the most effective leadership style? OK, it’s a trick question. There is no “one size fits
Continue ReadingA New Way of Thinking
So often, we are limited by our own perspective, our own way of looking at business and life. It is no small challenge to break out of this narrow mindset in order to gain the
Continue ReadingConcentrate on the First 90 Days to Avoid Mentoring Missteps
Today’s guest bloggers are Lois Zachary and Lory Fischler, authors of Starting Strong: A Mentoring Fable. Mentoring Missteps: Mentors start off a mentoring relationship by drilling down on workplace issues before sufficiently establishing trust and build
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“Your people are not your greatest asset. They’re not yours, and they’re not assets.” Rodd Wagner In his book Widgets, Wagner refers to the many terms used to codify people for business purposes, like “full-time
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