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Communication is an activity that occupies approximately 70% of our waking hours and also something we tend to struggle with on a regular basis.
Via Anne Egros
Why the corporate world is getting involved in the sleep health movement.
Via Anne Egros
We try so hard to be perfect, to never make mistakes and to avoid failure at all costs. But mistakes happen — and when they do — how do we deal with being wrong?
Groundbreaking ideas are no longer a luxury when success is contingent upon an organization's ability to adapt, innovative, and improve. We need look no further than Kodak, Sears, or Sony for validation that status-quo thinking is the fast-track to failure. How, then, can organizations break free of conventional thinking to spark creativity?
Via Roger Francis, Tom Haak, Gary Bamford, David Hain
And they'll feel less creative more contempt. Do you really want to go back to an idea that was innovative during the industrial revolution
Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier....
News is bad for you. It leads to fear and aggression. It hinders your creativity and makes you sick. We should stop consuming it, says Rolf Dobelli, who's abstained for years
Does emotional intelligence significantly contribute to a manager’s performance and a company’s overall success? One recent study says yes, strongly.
Via Merdrignac Soizic, John Michel, David Hain
Frits van Paasschen, president and CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, on his decision to move corporate headquarters abroad for a month.
Via Emergent Consultants, David Hain
Your diligent, risk-averse, detail-oriented employees deserve some love, too! Celebrate!
We need to see ourselves as others see us, even when others' perceptions don't match our own. Risking the possibility of finding out that others don't consider us the capable, well-intentioned bosses we think we are requires enormous courage. The fact is, you don't know how others see you or whether they trust you, if you don't somehow ask.
Via Sabrina Murphy, Bobby Dillard
Meditation increasingly is being worked into hospital rehabilitation programs as studies show it can lower blood pressure and help patients with chronic illness cope with pain and depression.
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The secret to leadership is there aren’t any real secrets. The best leaders have simply gone to school on improving their tradecraft.
It's time to face the music as a manager: You don’t always have all of the right answers. Your “it’s my way or the highway” approach to management isn’t going to
Via AlGonzalezinfo, Robin Martin
Employees don't leave jobs; they leave bad bosses--and even mediocre ones. Don't be that kind of boss.
Via Susan Bainbridge
A problem often revealed too late for multinationals arriving in China is creation of a “globalised local team” in their offices.
Via Dianne Hofner Saphiere
A look at the ways that the construction of language can have implications for the way we think, act and parse the world around us. ((Intercultural) Communication for ourselves, for others...
Via Grant Douglas
A new study says that CEOs routinely face loneliness and isolation which hinders their performance. The same is true for all leaders who don't have peers, from new managers on up.
Difficile d évaluer le nombre de jeunes expatriés français Ils seraient deux millions selon une étude de PriceWaterhouseCoopers et devrait augmenter de 50 % dans les 7 prochaines années Autant de talents qui quittent le territoire national pour trouver...
If you still are plagued by fear of public speaking, re-examine your beliefs and rid yourself of the following anxiety-inducing misconceptions: "I have to be perfect." No speech is flawless. Replac...
Via Bobby Dillard
Eastern thought and meditation are pushing evercloser to the mainstream. Today many ancient teachings coincide perfectly with modern research on...
When change is outsourced exclusively to consultants and "experts," it rarely works. Successful change must come from the core of the organization assisted by consultants and coaches who facilitate the communication of the executive leadership and all employees by developing a common framework based on shared values and energy. www.equanimityexecutive.com
For years, psychologists thought we instantly label each other by ethnicity. But one study proposes this isn’t the case, with implications for tackling racism. It means that we can choose our perception and evolve.
Successful collaboration requires leadership. This excerpt from a book by Cisco executives Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese explains the key behaviors that leaders must exhibit to support and enhance collaboration.
Via Kenneth Mikkelsen, donhornsby, Anne Egros
The highest performing businesses have a leaders who are proficient at having difficult conversations within their organizations. In fact, we know that when they use mindful leadership techniques, there is a correlation with improved productivity.
Via Morag Barrett
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