Tera Allas, Brooke Weddle
Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs was both right and wrong at the same time. On the one hand, it recognized that people have many desires in addition to basic bodily needs such as water, food, and shelter. On the other hand, it assumed a fixed hierarchy where psychological needs—such as belonging and self-esteem—became relevant only after basic physical and safety needs were met. However, modern … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Authors: Brooke Weddle, Tera Allas | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
Lessons on motivation from the odd friendship of Maslow and Frankl
Recently I was surprised to discover that two men whose philosophies I’ve compared and contrasted for years to help explain modern motivation science had a relationship where they did the same thing during their lifetime. We can all benefit from the relationship between Abraham Maslow and Viktor Frankl.
Content: Article | Author: Susan Fowler | Source: SmartBrief | Subjects: Human Resources, Motivation, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
Author Talks: Turn your work enemies into allies
Whether you’re being interrupted in meetings or challenged at every turn, Amy Gallo shares tactics for getting value out of difficult work relationships.
Content: Article | Authors: Amy Gallo, Roberta Fusaro | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
Francesca Gino
When we open ourselves to curiosity, we are more apt to reframe situations in a positive way.
Content: Quotation | Author: Francesca Gino | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Innovation, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
Amy Gallo
We are meaning-making creatures. We are quick to tell ourselves stories. And in those stories, we often cast ourselves as the hero and the other person as the villain because it’s an easy shortcut. It’s an easy trope, but it’s often not the full story.
Content: Quotation | Author: Amy Gallo | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
The Problem With Being Too Easy-going
Failure to express your preferences in everyday situations can make you seem less likeable and even slightly less human.
Content: Article | Authors: Alixandra Barasch, Kaitlin Woolley, Peggy J. Liu | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Personality / Behavior
When Authenticity Means Conflict: Towards a Truly Inclusive Organisation
Rightfully celebrated, authenticity in the workplace may have some limitations.
Content: Article | Author: Natalia Karelaia | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior, Teamwork
Susanna Gallani
These findings echo one of the main concerns associated with monetary rewards that sometimes fail to accomplish their goals. Academics refer to this phenomenon as the crowding-out effect of explicit incentives on intrinsic motivation. In other words, associating an economic value with a certain activity changes the nature of the exchange. If health care workers sanitize their hands because it is in the best interest … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Susanna Gallani | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Motivation, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
Shelly Palmer
There’s a very strong confirmation bias for all content today, regardless of whether it’s entertainment, news, or just information. It will grow even stronger as technology improves. As content distributors, we are fighting the hardest fight ever: getting through the personal filters of people who have opted into their own world view. Many have no interest in getting out of it. […] The free and … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Shelly Palmer | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Customer Related, Information, Knowledge, Marketing / Sales, Personality / Behavior
Adam Galinsky, Maurice Schweitzer
[The] question — should we cooperate or should we compete — is often the wrong one. Our most important relationships are neither cooperative nor competitive. Instead, they are both. Rather than choosing a single course of action, we need to understand that cooperation and competition often occur simultaneously and we must nimbly shift between the two, and that how we navigate the tension between these … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Authors: Adam Galinsky, Maurice Schweitzer | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
Ed Catmull
One of the things about failure is that it’s asymmetrical with respect to time. When you look back and see failure, you say, ‘It made me what I am!’ But looking forward, you think, ‘I don’t know what is going to happen and I don’t want to fail.’ The difficulty is that when you’re running an experiment, it’s forward looking. We have to try extra … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Ed Catmull | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior, Success / Failure
Pedro J. Pizarro
Human beings are incredibly perceptive. And they seem to be more perceptive when they look at people above them than when they look down.
Content: Quotation | Author: Pedro J. Pizarro | Source: The New York Times | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Perception, Personality / Behavior
Bill Green
You sacrifice and you’re a victim, or you sacrifice because it’s the right thing to do and you have pride in it. Huge difference. Simple thing. Huge difference.
Content: Quotation | Author: Bill Green | Source: The New York Times | Subjects: Attitude, Character, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
Scott Crabtree
There’s a common assumption that you will be happy when you are successful. But the reverse is actually true, and not just anecdotally. Hard neurological science supports the idea that happy people have more capacity to succeed. And beyond that, that happiness is not a genetic mandate, or a product of circumstance. It’s a choice.
Content: Quotation | Author: Scott Crabtree | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Career, Personal Development, Personality / Behavior, Success / Failure
Marc Andreessen
On a micro level, everybody likes a new product, a new TV show, new software, a new smartphone. At that micro level, people love change. At the macro level, we hate change. Big, new ideas that challenge preconceptions make people really angry.
Content: Quotation | Author: Marc Andreessen | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Customer Related, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
Quy Huy
Human beings’ temporal awareness includes a personal, subjective sense of continuity between past, present and anticipated future. If that internal flow of events is crudely interrupted and nothing promises to restore it, we tend to resist. Even the most obviously necessary improvements will meet forceful opposition.
Content: Quotation | Author: Quy Huy | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Change Management, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
Richard Ryan
Unfortunately, so often when people try to motivate others they take responsibility rather than helping the person find responsibility themselves.
Content: Quotation | Author: Richard Ryan | Source: University of Rochester | Subjects: Management, Motivation, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
William P. Barnett
The fear of being a fool is stronger than the hope of being a genius. So we tend to shy away from non-consensus moves, because we understand the world will look at our errors as if we’re a complete idiot.
Content: Quotation | Author: William P. Barnett | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior
Robert McKee
… what attracts human attention is change. […] if the temperature around you changes, if the phone rings — that gets your attention. The way in which a story begins is a starting event that creates a moment of change.
Content: Quotation | Author: Robert McKee | Source: Medium | Subjects: Attention, Marketing / Sales, Personality / Behavior
Randall S. Peterson
Narcissists can be disastrous for groups and organizations alike, because they typically want complete transformation even when the system is not broken. But when those narcissists are communal, it can temper much of the downside of narcissism. Instead of avoiding narcissists, organizations may be better served in selecting the right type of narcissist. Our research suggests that finding communal narcissists could bring the best of … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Randall S. Peterson | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior, Teamwork