Implementing Change and Overcoming Resistance
[NOTE: This post was updated November 2016] In “Leading Change,” John Kotter (1996) outlined an 8-Stage Process to Creating Major Change:...
- Feb 1, 2010
Elements of Corporate Cultures
In “Culture by Default or by Design?” Edmonds and Glaser (2010) talk about the challenge of describing the culture of an organization. In...
- Jan 17, 2010
What Really Motivates Employees
In an article titled, “What Really Motivates Workers” in the January-February 2010 issue of the Harvard Business Review, Amabile & Kramer...
- Dec 18, 2009
Being Attractive Helps Get You Hired
[NOTE: This post was updated October 2017] When making decisions about whether or not to hire prospective job applicants, interviewers...
- Dec 13, 2009
People with a Situational Value System
[NOTE: This post was updated March 2022 for freshness & accuracy.] Many years ago, while waiting for a show at a nice hotel in Dallas, my...
- Dec 11, 2009
Workplace Incivility Hurts Employees & Businesses
Workplace incivility is defined as “the exchange of seemingly inconsequential inconsiderate words and deeds that violate conventional...
- Dec 9, 2009
Hyperactive Workplace
This is part II – Hyperactive Workplace – of a 2-part series on Dr. Robert Holden’s book, “Success Intelligence: Essential Lessons and...
- Dec 7, 2009
Manic Society
Today, I’ll be doing part I – Manic Society – of a 2-part series on Dr. Robert Holden’s book, “Success Intelligence: Essential Lessons...