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In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Decision Making, Management, Thought

We find comfort among those who agree with us, and growth among those who don’t.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Learning, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Personality / Behavior

McKinsey’s survey of global executives finds that corporate culture and a lack of convinced engagement by male executives are critical problems for women.

Content: Article | Authors: Charlotte Werner, Sandra Sancier-Sultan, Sandrine Devillard | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Women in Business

The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior, Power / Authority

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Adversity, Character, Leadership, Power / Authority

Dramatic breakthroughs are being made in the study of brain function and human behavior. Recent advancements in talent analytics also have been extensive. The net effect is new opportunities for human resource organizations to improve workforce performance and business outcomes by concurrently leveraging science-based insights and emerging technologies.

Content: Article | Authors: Colin Sloman, David Gartside, Janice Simmons, Susan Cantrell | Source: Accenture | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior

Stanford’s Robert Sutton discusses the mind-set and strategies of companies that are most adept at building and spreading high standards.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Robert I. Sutton | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior, Strategy

ESE’s Domènec Melé presents a framework for “human quality treatment” (HQT) based on a recognition and respect for our shared human characteristics as well as our uniqueness. He ranks the quality of treatment in an organization according to five levels: Maltreatment, Indifference, Justice, Care, and Development.

Content: Article | Authors: Domènec Melé, E. L. Kersten | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Ethics, Management, Organizational Behavior

Any business today, whether a sole proprietorship or a multi-national, needs to build relationships. Which is why knowing how to leverage the value that social networks can contribute to establishing and sustaining relationships is crucial. This author offers several key suggestions for doing so effectively.

Content: Article | Author: Harold Schroeder | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

New research suggests that the performance payoff from organizational health is unexpectedly large and that companies have four distinct “recipes” for achieving it.

Content: Article | Authors: Aaron De Smet, Bill Schaninger, Matthew Smith | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

If you don’t know how to effectively get people to see things your way, it’s time for a refresher course in the gentle art of persuasion.

Content: Article | Author: Bruna Martinuzzi | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Many companies have adopted collaboration technologies, but some organizations are not achieving all the benefits they could. Accenture looks at the process and value of shaping collaborative behaviors and embedding collaborative technologies in business processes.

Content: Article | Authors: Alex Kass, Allan E. Alter, Mary Hamilton, Ryan T. Coffey | Source: Accenture | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Management, Organizational Behavior

If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it.

Content: Quotation | Author: Charles Kettering | Subjects: Innovation, Management, Organizational Behavior

I work with future leaders at Stanford to help them develop compelling stories that achieve their management goals — and I’ve developed a seven-part formula for storytelling success in presentations and business meetings.

Content: Article | Author: JD Schramm | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Goals may cause systematic problems for organizations due to narrowed focus, unethical behavior, increased risk taking, decreased cooperation, and decreased intrinsic motivation. Use care when applying goals in your organization.

Content: Quotation | Author: Daniel Pink | Subjects: Goals, Organizational Behavior

People seek out two things: information and entertainment. Offer them freely, and they’ll find you.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Customer Related, Marketing / Sales, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior

A tool social scientists use to identify sex workers and drug users can help senior executives find the people most likely to catalyze—or sabotage—organizational-change efforts.

Content: Article | Authors: Emily Sheeren, Leigh M. Weiss, Lili Duan | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Change Management, Management, Organizational Behavior

“Moments that cannot be ignored” are events, actions, and comments that stop people in their tracks and, in one fell swoop, make it blindingly clear that an organization is stuck and unable to move forward. And they have become regular occurrences in today’s corporations, non-profits, and educational institutions as new forms of work, communication, and technology expose the ways in which an organization’s culture—or “the … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Barry Dornfeld, Malachi O’Connor | Subject: Organizational Behavior

The Stanford professor’s latest research explores the practices that enable companies to scale what they do best.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Paul Michelman, Robert I. Sutton | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Nearly a quarter century ago, at a gathering in Phoenix, Arizona, John W. Gardner delivered a speech that may be one of the most quietly influential speeches in the history of American business — a text that has been photocopied, passed along, underlined, and linked to by senior executives in some of the most important companies and organizations in the world. I wonder, though, how … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Bill Taylor | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development