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One popular reason for giving equity is “We want people thinking like owners.” But think again. Most employees don’t want to think like owners; otherwise, they’d be out there starting companies…We say, “think like an owner” when we mean, “be cost-conscious.” And equity is supposed to do that?

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

A ‘No’ uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.

Content: Quotation | Source: Unknown | Subject: Communication

We haven’t done a good job of teaching critical thinking and creative problem-solving. People find critical thinking difficult because it’s a radical switch from their 20 years of education in solving well-structured problems. We’ve produced a nation of certainty junkies, where if you can’t define a problem with precision and certainty, people go crazy. Well, welcome to the real world. The game has changed. Problems … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subjects: Decision Making, Thought

Going beyond discussions of dispute resolution, this practical guide outlines an integrated model for understanding and managing conflict in organizations.

Content: Book | Authors: James Gibson, Kirk Blackard | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

History shows that CEOs who dither over tough decisions cause companies to get stuck in adversity and, ultimately, to drift into crisis…The secret appears to be to “get on with it”: The game is won in the long term based on successful execution of a strategy, even a flawed one.

Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Decision Making, Leadership

Are negative relationships squelching productivity in your company?

Content: Article | Author: Steve Crabtree | Source: Gallup Management Journal | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

In any great organisation it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.

Content: Quotation | Source: LeaderValues | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Stories are about meaning; they help explain why things could happen in a certain way. They give order and meaning to events – a crucial aspect of understanding future possibilities. Stories have many advantages. They open people up to multiple perspectives…stories help people cope with complexity.

Content: Quotation | Sources: LeaderValues, The Art Of The Long View | Subject: Communication

Companies die because their managers focus on the economic activity of producing goods and services, and they forget that their organisations’ true nature is that of a community of humans.

Content: Quotation | Source: LeaderValues | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Personality / Behavior, Wisdom

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subject: Teamwork

Every organization has a wealth of knowledge stored in the memories and intuitions of its employees. This tacit knowledge is shared through formal and non-formal networks which bond and motivate people within the organization. Karen Stephenson goes at the importance of trust in the creation of such networks and explains why managers must harness the power of networks to efficiently guide innovation and change. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Karen Stephenson | Source: LeaderValues | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Organizational Behavior

Bonuses and pay-for-performance plans can even be problematic when people believe that every move they make is going to affect their compensation. In those situations, people tend to get risk averse. Of course, people need to feel that they’re being compensated fairly. But our research shows that people put far more value on a work environment where creativity is supported, valued, and recognized. People want … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

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A review of leadership development programs at eight major corporations reveals that nothing works better than interaction with colleagues.

Content: Article | Authors: Howard Morgan, Marshall Goldsmith | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior

If you don’t tell people what your beliefs are, they’ll guess and hold you accountable for what they guess. Being forthright has the additional benefit of making people feel like they understand you, and it develops trust faster than any other way.

Content: Quotation | Source: Optimize Magazine | Subject: Communication

We talk about moral viruses, which are simply inaccurate or incorrect beliefs about the world or oneself. Almost all viruses stem from fear-based beliefs, which are usually irrational or inaccurate fears, such as the fear of an ethnic group.

Leaders have their own set of moral viruses. One that’s lethal relates to trust–the idea that you can’t trust people until they’ve proved they’re worthy. That’s a … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Optimize Magazine | Subject: Ethics

It can be proved through experiments that people are not conscious of the reasons why they make a decision…People do not know what has influenced their decision and often invent reasons for their choice afterward. Only a small part of decision making reaches the conscious mind, while most decision making, just as most thinking, is below this threshold of consciousness. You know what you are … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Decision Making, Thought

Nigel Nicholson speaks to editor Sarah Powell about the implications of evolutionary psychology for business.

Content: Article | Authors: Nigel Nicholson, Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subject: Organizational Behavior

A happy employee is a healthy employee, according to a GMJ survey

Content: Article | Author: Steve Crabtree | Source: Gallup Management Journal | Subject: Organizational Behavior