When you devalue people of certain groups, they’re going to lie and cheat around you

Defeating Stereotypes

Kind of interesting, and from here: A series of five studies showed that people are more likely to lie, cheat, steal, or endorse doing so when they feel that they are being devalued simply because they belong to particular groups. This… Continue Reading

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Do we place too high of a value on “reputation?”

Do we over-value reputation?

There are a good deal of concepts in “the modern world” (I only put that in quotes because it kind of sounds like a buzzword) that we seem to assign a lot of value to, but maybe we should rethink… Continue Reading

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Future of Work: Clarity leads to empowerment

Just came across this article on Harvard Business Review about “prioritizing your life before your manager prioritizes it for you,” which seems like a good idea for an article — hell, I clicked on it — until you stop and realize the employee-manager relationship is… Continue Reading

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Change meeting structure and foster transparency

Transparency At Work

Cool article on Inc about a company in Iowa (that’s also 104% solar powered, as you can see above) that went to a “flat” management structure and practiced transparency. It’s a relatively small company, and I know something like that would be… Continue Reading

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Office Politics: People aren’t creatures of logic; they’re creatures of emotion

Let's abandon professionalism

That’s a Dale Carnegie quote right there. I had heard it before somewhere — one of those moments you can’t exactly place — and I just saw it again in this article. That article talks about the underlying psychology of office… Continue Reading

Replace vague praise with specific praise

Specific Praise at Work

Just a few days ago, I saw someone at work do something cool (and ahead of schedule) at work, and their manager said “Great job!” to them. That was it. Done and done. That’s cool in one way — hell,… Continue Reading

Richard Branson and leadership through listening

Richard Branson Leadership

From here: Richard has so many attributes as a leader that I respect and want to replicate at Virgin Hotels, but what I commend the most about him is his listening skills.  Given his success, you might think he would… Continue Reading

Make your messaging audience-centric

Audience-Centric Messaging

Good article here from the team behind Decker Communications. Let’s start with an essentially-important pull-quote, shall we? The corporate communications team had already been churning out emails highlighting new expense procedures, sales process changes, escalation flows, etc., but this wouldn’t engage… Continue Reading