Category Archives: brain
The Management Model You Can’t Manage Without – Part 1
In his book, Your Brain at Work, author David Rock gave organizational leaders an essential model for understanding human dynamics at work. Forget the “toolkit.” This model is the foundation that holds everything affecting performance in place. Managers, leaders and … Continue reading
Listening to Empathy: A Response to NYT David Brook’s Limits of Empathy
“The existentialists have constantly reminded us that what is worth understanding and knowing is our existence, the human condition, and that engagement and involvement are superior to a detached stance. Our mirror neurons show that we are not alone, but … Continue reading
Fear’s Everywhere: How Are You Managing It?
“Fear does not predict the future: it only tells you that you are afraid. The trick is to recognize the emotion of fear when it emerges, accept it, discover its source and decide what to do with it.” Jay Uhler … Continue reading
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Workplace Needs: Some Recent Hits
A few weeks ago we wrote a post called Why Neuroscience SHOULD Change the Way We Manage People . The post hit a popular nerve and generated a lot of traffic and sharing. Three older posts were nearly as popular so … Continue reading
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Why Neuroscience SHOULD Change the Way We Manage People
Most organizations and their leaders take pride in updating their systems with the latest technology and equipment. They devote significant resources to ensure their employees are using state of the art processes and materials. Most organizational leaders would agree … Continue reading
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Stepping Out of the Time Famine in 2011
“Many of life’s puzzles can be resolved by simply understanding our own time perspectives and those of others.” Philip Zimbardo, Social Psychologist As this year ends and we watch the clock countdown to a new year, we have … Continue reading
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Every Word Has Power (Watching Your Language Can Change the Way You Feel at Work)
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~George Gordon Byron Words are powerful. What we say reflects what we … Continue reading
Living Your Values at Work
“The most important thing in life is to decide what’s most important” Ken Blanchard Seems like people don’t talk or write much about values anymore. Yes, the word value gets bandied about. Creating value, adding value, etc. While most … Continue reading
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10 Ways to Bring Mindfulness to Your Work Day
Tools – give me tools. That’s what most of the people we meet in the workplace want – tools. Tools to be more efficient, productive, effective and less stressed. Often what they want are solutions to complex problems – … Continue reading
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Changing How You Work: Using the E+R=O Formula
“Freedom is the ability to pause between the stimulus and the response.” Rollo May Beware of quick fix formulas! On this we can mostly all agree. The E + R = O (EVENT + RESPONSE = OUTCOME) formula, which we … Continue reading
