If you must lie, do it face-to-face – that way, if you get caught the repercussions may be less than if you had lied in writing.Another some things that we may intuitively feel are now proven through studies: we tend to lie more easily in writing than face-to-face (video counts as face-to-face),because it is harder, they...
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Psychology
some psychological background for behavior and attitudes
If you must lie, do it face-to-face: Lies, lies, lies (Management Issues)
Seeing Without Knowing: How the Conscious Mind Messes With Memory
Our memories aren’t very reliable. The sobering truth is that we forget most of what we experience, our memories are usually distorted after they are formed and we have the tendency to accept misinformation about the past and faithfully adopt it as…It is ironic that our conscious mind is not only unable to counteract...
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Leadership:The Power of Emotional Intelligence
Via www.amanet.org: Daniel Goleman is a psychologist and writer on emotional intelligence. His most recent book, Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence (2011), collects articles from the Harvard Business Review and key excerpts from his books. I have great respect for Daniel Goleman and the concept of emotional intelligence. In this interview, he seems...
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BPS Research Digest: Feeling socially excluded? Try touching a teddy bear (seriously)
Via Scoop.it – Leading Lightly – Managing MindfullyThe things that get studied and discovered! Now we have evidence and scientific proof of the effectiveness of Teddy Bears. Don’t you feel better knowing that there is empiric evidence to show that people who feel socially exluded, either by being put down by others or...
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The Power Of The Roles We Take: A Very Old Study And Related Thoughts – Bob Sutton
Have you ever noticed that people who move into new roles also seem to undergo attitude changes? Of course those who notice such changes are often accused of being biased, especially when a former colleague gets promoted. And yet…. as Bob Sutton writes in his Blog-Entry, studies going back to 1956 have shown that a...
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The Story(s) of Our Life | Psychology Today
Via Scoop.it – Leading Lightly – Managing MindfullyA Tale of Competing Narratives, By Robert Steven Kaplan… Mr. Kaplan is a Professor or Management Practices at Harvard Business School. It is interesting to see that, like many psychologists and coaches, he too talks about the power of narrative and the effects of the stories that...
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» The Drive to Be Different
Via Scoop.it – Leading Lightly – Managing Mindfully We all desire to not be like everyone else. But how real is this drive? Is it as tangible and powerful as those other rewards we seek, such as food, sex and love? Neuroscience blogger Jonah Lehrer reports on a new study that reaches for an...
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When Bureaucracy Kills Leadership | Psychology Today
Via Scoop.it – Leading Lightly – Managing Mindfully Is the bureaucracy killing you and your organization? Quick summary about bureaucracy and it’s effects. While it is not groundbreaking, it reinforces what we know and has a nice summary of what is needed to deal with it, namely: “….the 4 cardinal virtues: Fortitude, Prudence,...
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The Narcissistic Leader: Not as Good as He (Or You) May Think | Artful Choice | Big Think
Many of the traits traditionally associated with leadership such as confidence, authority and dominance are, at the same time, known attributes of narcissism. A new study investigated the effects leaders with these traits have on the outcome of groups. In the study, the “correct” answer to a question required information-sharing and cooperation among members...
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Languages
The way we work isn't really working; so I offer ideas for a postmodern approach based on many years as leader, manager and coach.
