Want Your Organization to Change? Put Feelings First

Dan Heath

www.FastCompany.com

When we want people to change, we try to teach them something. We think if my Dad just understood the health complications obesity causes, he’d eat healthier. Or if my teenager just understood the danger of texting & driving,…

It's Time to Toss Those 'Best Practices' Out the Window

Here's Why: They're Commoditized, Over-generalized, Limiting and Just Plain Wrong

 

From Advertising Age

 

I admit to being as guilty as the next person when it comes to labeling ideas and tips as "best practices." Well, not anymore. Now I'm kicking that habit and doing it without a patch. I'm going cold turkey. And you should, too.

 

Here's…

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10 Ways to Improve Your Work-Life Balance

Article excerpt from Inc. Magazine

 

You're passionate about your job, but is it enveloping the rest of your life? Here's how 10 CEOs have created equilibrium between work and play.

 

When your passion is your company, the line between work and, well, the rest of your life can become unclear. In other words, work can overwhelm everything else.…

How to Get People to Change

Article Excerpt from Inc. Magazine

 

Forget PowerPoint. If you want to influence employee or customer behavior, charts and data typically won't cut it, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the 2007 bestseller…

Wanted: Inspirational Leaders

Employees hunger for meaning. You don't need to be a CEO or department head to choose to

 

Jerry S. Wilson

Leadership Article from BusinessWeek

 

When was the last time you were truly inspired by a leader? Now more than ever, employees are starving for a sense of feeling connected to a higher purpose than…

Despite the Downturn, Employees Remain Engaged
But there are important signals managers shouldn’t miss. Here are some suggestions to help managers keep employees energized amid ongoing uncertainty.

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Five Ways to Lead With More Compassion
by Susan Cramm
Harvard Business Review

Question: When working with IT, how can you tell the difference between an introvert and an extrovert?

Answer: The extrovert looks at your shoes.

We label people. Everyone does it.

Labels are convenient. And they are dangerous.

Labeling people puts them into little boxes and constrains the possibilities that might arise from the relationship.

As a case in point, consider our smallest boxes — those…

From Lee Iacocca's Where Have All The Leaders Gone?

A leader has to show CURIOSITY. He has to listen to people outside of the "Yes, sir" crowd in his inner circle. He has to read voraciously, because the world is a big, complicated place. If a leader never steps outside his comfort zone to hear different ideas, he grows stale. If he doesn't…