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    How Steve Jobs Reframed The Competition To Rally The Troops
    • Jun 2
    • 3 min

    How Steve Jobs Reframed The Competition To Rally The Troops

    Photo: Screenshots of Apple 1984 Super Bowl TV Commercial I have been in companies that operated with an extremely competitive culture...
    3 Reasons Physical Offices & Face-to-Face Meetings Are Not Going Away
    • May 11, 2020
    • 13 min

    3 Reasons Physical Offices & Face-to-Face Meetings Are Not Going Away

    The traditional, physical office is not going away any time soon despite advances in technology allowing people to work remotely, either...
    Pygmalion Effect – A Leader’s Attitude and Expectation Set the Tone
    • Nov 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    Pygmalion Effect – A Leader’s Attitude and Expectation Set the Tone

    In the book, Extreme Ownership, Leif Babin (a U.S. Navy SEAL officer who was a SEAL instructor overseeing the Junior Officer Training...
    Layoffs (Usually) Don’t Work and Why They Harm More Than Help
    • Dec 3, 2018
    • 7 min

    Layoffs (Usually) Don’t Work and Why They Harm More Than Help

    “Layoffs are mostly bad for companies, harmful for the economy, and devastating for employees.” -Newsweek (2010) In December 2017, I...
    An “Action Bias” Can Be Counterproductive
    • Sep 2, 2018
    • 4 min

    An “Action Bias” Can Be Counterproductive

    In a Wall Street Journal article, Staats (2018) writes, “we have an action bias: We would rather be seen doing something than doing...
    Why Organizations Need More Star Followers and Less Yes People
    • May 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    Why Organizations Need More Star Followers and Less Yes People

    Many of us miss a key point about the importance of followership. Indeed, most people hold a negative view of followership (Kelley,...
    Book Review: The Leadership Challenge, 6th Edition
    • Jul 2, 2017
    • 11 min

    Book Review: The Leadership Challenge, 6th Edition

    [Note: This post was updated July 2020 for freshness & clarity.] “The notion that there are only a few great people who can lead others...
    How To Manage A Team That Keeps Growing
    • Mar 7, 2017
    • 4 min

    How To Manage A Team That Keeps Growing

    Athletics carrying a crew canoe over heads | Credit: Clerkenwell I was contacted by a freelance writer working on a blog post for the...
    Reasons Why People Resist or Support Organizational Change
    • Feb 1, 2017
    • 3 min

    Reasons Why People Resist or Support Organizational Change

    “Change can generate deep resistance in people and in organizations, thus making it difficult, if not impossible, to implement...
    Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE)
    • Jan 4, 2017
    • 8 min

    Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE)

    Much of the original research on Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) came from the field of sociology. Two sociologists from University...
    Characteristics of a Team and Barriers to Effective Team Functioning
    • Dec 3, 2016
    • 3 min

    Characteristics of a Team and Barriers to Effective Team Functioning

    Before delving into the barriers of an effective team, you must first understand the difference between a team and a group: “The...
    The Link Between Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Organization Development, & Change Management
    • May 9, 2016
    • 6 min

    The Link Between Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Organization Development, & Change Management

    [Note: This post was updated February 2022 for freshness & clarity.] I often find people confusing and commingling the terms...
    Can Apple Remain Innovative Without Their Visionary Leader?
    • Sep 18, 2013
    • 4 min

    Can Apple Remain Innovative Without Their Visionary Leader?

    In January 2009, Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times wrote: “No American CEO is more intimately identified with his company’s...
    Industrial and Organizational Psychology’s Identity Crisis and How to Fix It
    • Jul 3, 2013
    • 7 min

    Industrial and Organizational Psychology’s Identity Crisis and How to Fix It

    [NOTE: This post was updated February 2022 for freshness & clarity.] Recently, I’ve been struck by how stuck people and even...
    Organizational Diversity Initiatives
    • May 26, 2013
    • 3 min

    Organizational Diversity Initiatives

    [Note: This post was updated March 2021 for freshness & clarity.] Diversity initiatives usually sound great on paper and on an...
    The Dangers of Charismatic Leaders
    • Nov 26, 2010
    • 4 min

    The Dangers of Charismatic Leaders

    [NOTE: This post was updated September 2017] In a post called, “Lend Me Your Wallets:” Research on the Link Between Charismatic CEOs and...
    Implementing Change and Overcoming Resistance
    • Feb 5, 2010
    • 4 min

    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:...
    Elements of Corporate Cultures
    • Feb 1, 2010
    • 2 min

    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...
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