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Praise is the New Cash: Revisiting Non-Monetary Rewards to Motivate Employees
June 02, 2009
Paying someone a compliment produces a similar effect in the brain to giving the person cash. This was the finding of a Japanese study published in the science journal, Neuron, last year. A team at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences found the area of the brain that responds to compliments overlaps the area that responds to monetary rewards.
An Age-Old Problem - Discrimination in the Workplace
April 21, 2009  Editor's Pick
Tommy Morgan's job life wasn't unusual, until it ended. During a 20-year career with New York Life Insurance, Morgan earned promotions that boosted him up the company ladder and to the lofty perch of managing partner of his local branch. Along the way he earned "high marks for job performance and a good reputation among colleagues", according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Is Harmonizing Hurting your Bottom Line?
March 24, 2009 Editor's Pick
In the workplace, and in fact in life, we encounter many situations where we don't speak up and say what's really going on. We keep our heads down, keep quiet and keep the peace. But at what cost?
Many years ago, as I was sitting in a management meeting stretching into its 2nd hour (and with no apparent end in sight) I had one of those "wake up" moments when I looked around the room and saw my own disengagement and disinterest reflected in the body language of everyone else sitting around the boardroom table. "What the heck are we doing here?" I thought.
The chairperson was monotonously reading through a list of technical issues plaguing one of our projects. It was a waste of time and resources, with no logical reason to demand the presence of the entire management team. The situation could likely have been handled through emails or a brief one on one discussion. This meeting was costing the company in lost productivity. Yet not one of us in the room said anything.
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Centered-Leadership
October 31, 2008
Although we’ve heard the term ‘glass ceiling’ for nearly 30 years, references to that invisible barrier have on-going relevance.
Am I a Manager or a Leader and Why Does it Matter to Me?
April 17, 2008
We all have leadership roles in life. Most of us have multiple roles where we need to set a direction and mobilize people towards it - both at work and outside.
The Jugular Question
July 11, 2007
Consider the possibility that everything we know today about our world emerged from somebody who first became curious about something and then framed a question around it.
Successful Leaders: What Does It Take?
January 05, 2005
17th century Russian field marshal Alexander Suvurov never lost a battle, leading his regiment became one of the best in the Russian Army during the Russo-Turkish Wars. Suvoruv's secret weapon? He recognized that his soldiers were the foundation for his success and trained and encouraged them to be their very best.
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