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Locked Quick thinking always starts with emotion

•When you see an angry person in the street, the first thing you register is that she’s angry. Before you realise the ...

Locked Talking is a transaction

•The theory of Transactional Analysis was developed in the 1950s by psychologist Eric Berne to help people understand ...

Locked Empty vessels make the most noise

•I am sure you have been in online meetings where one or two individuals seem to dominate the conversation •Linguists ...

PRIYA SHAH: Simple health data key for outcomes

These guidelines address long standing privacy concerns, including the potential misuse of personal and health data.

Locked Decision making techniques

•Rational decision-making involves gathering information, analysing it, and weighing the pros and cons of each ...

Locked Managers must change tack in supervising staff

•A new way of working, is where managers give guidance rather than instructions, and employees are given a chance to ...

Locked How to handle Narcissists at work

•It’s never easy managing difficult employees but, if you don’t act, they may end up managing you •Although people with ...

Locked Dealing with Narcissistic Personality Disorder

•Understanding narcissists can help you manage your team better and coexist with narcissist leaders or ...

Locked Emotional intelligence versus intellectual competence

•In the world of Organisational Culture Transformation we are very interested in encouraging something we call ...

Locked How to ease the January burden

•In many ways, January is a month in which good leaders really can make a difference •Experience shows that if you help ...

The Good Samaritan

•Cooperation rather than collaboration tends to be the behavioural norm in any workplace •Recent studies show that ...

Locked How Your Attitude Affects Innovation

•Broadly speaking, people tend to view innovation through three primary lenses: opportunity, threat, or mystery •The ...

The Sally-Anne doll experiment

•Employees often believe that hard work alone will be recognised and rewarded, so they don’t need to actively promote ...

Locked The Role of Outliers in Innovation

•Outliers are agents of change who dare to challenge norms, break boundaries, and carve pathways to an uncharted ...

Locked People are at the heart of every business

•A clear understanding of why customers like you makes it easy to craft strategy to enhance those qualities. •Business ...

What got you here won’t get you there

•Culture is how employees’ hearts and stomachs feel about Monday morning on Sunday night •If work routine is mundane ...

Locked To remain relevant, innovate

•History attests to those businesses that discerned the shifting tides and chose to upgrade their strategies •Effective ...