How to Convince Someone Using This Simple Writing Tip
Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger’s latest research shows how a simple writing shift can make anyone more persuasive.
Make Numbers Count: How to Translate Data for Your Audience
In this interview with podcast host Matt Abrahams, Chip Heath talks about ways that data and statistics can be used to illuminate — or obscure — our message.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Chip Heath, Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips
If You Want to Change the World, You Need Power: Part 2
Cultivate your network and think strategically to rise in your career.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Jeffrey Pfeffer | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
How to Master the Seven-Step Problem-Solving Process
Structured problem solving can be used to address almost any complex challenge in business or public policy.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Charles Conn, Hugo Sarrazin, Simon London | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Management, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips
What the Pros Know About Public Speaking
Can anxiety be good for you? How do I start and end my talk? Graduate School of Business Lecturer Matt Abrahams shares what he knows about crafting meaningful presentations that make lasting impressions.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Communication, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips
Designing Persuasive Charts
Even small decisions can have a big impact.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Scott Berinato | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips
‘Originals’: How Anyone Can Become a Trailblazer
A new book by Wharton management professor Adam Grant challenges our assumptions about what it takes to generate and champion original ideas in ourselves and others. In Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, Grant reveals what we can learn from entrepreneurs and other trailblazers to help us think differently and to make our voices heard.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Adam Grant | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Innovation, Personal Development
Tom Wujec: Got a wicked problem? First, Tell Me How You Make Toast
Making toast doesn’t sound very complicated — until someone asks you to draw the process, step by step. Tom Wujec loves asking people and teams to draw how they make toast, because the process reveals unexpected truths about how we can solve our biggest, most complicated problems at work. Learn how to run this exercise yourself, and hear Wujec’s surprising insights from watching thousands of … [ Read more ]
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Tom Wujec | Source: TED Conferences LLC | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Carmine Gallo: Three Secrets All Inspiring Messages Share
Carmine Gallo shares the three simple secrets all inspiring messages share, and how inspiring executives and entrepreneurs tell their brand or product story in a way that’s understandable, memorable and emotional.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Carmine Gallo | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Personal Development
Leadership Is a Contact Sport
Developing as a leader is a difficult endeavor. It’s not easy, but I’ve developed a leadership development model that has now proven to work with thousands and thousands of people. This model is just eight steps: Ask, Listen, Think, Thank, Respond, Involve, Change, Follow Up.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Marshall Goldsmith | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Personal Development
Adding Too Much Value
A classic problem of smart, successful people is Adding Too Much Value. This bad habit can be defined as the overwhelming desire to add our two cents to every discussion. Adding Too Much Value is common among leaders who are used to running the show. It is extremely difficult for successful people to listen to other people tell them something that they already know without … [ Read more ]
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Marshall Goldsmith | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Personal Development
Deborah Gruenfeld, “Acting with Power”
Is it more important to say the right thing or act the right way? Professor Gruenfeld provides compelling research about how we perceive power in our relationships, examining the words we use, non-verbal cues and the ways in which we communicate. She shares how we can most effectively get our message across.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Deborah H. Gruenfeld | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Keith Ferrazzi – Why Relationships Are Crucial to Success
In this interview, Keith Ferrazzi talks about the importance of making a people plan; how to learn to become more generous with those around you, and what to do when your generosity is met with skepticism.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Adam Grant, Keith Ferrazzi | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Career, Personal Development
Workshop: Compelling and Confident Communication
Communication is critical to success in business and life! Concerned about an upcoming interview? Anxious when asked to provide your thoughts during a meeting? Fearful of giving a presentation? Then, you are not alone. Many of us are uneasy about speaking in public. Matt Abrahams delivers a workshop designed to provide you with several practical techniques you can use to communicate more confidently.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Personal Development
The Shape of Spectacular Speech: An Infographic Analysis of What Made MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Great
The poetics of presenting, or why beautiful metaphors are better than beautiful slides.
Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Maria Popova, Nancy Duarte | Source: Brain Pickings | Subject: Personal Development
Givers vs. Takers: The Surprising Truth about Who Gets Ahead
A colleague asks you for feedback on a report. A LinkedIn connection requests an introduction to one of your key contacts. A recent graduate would like an informational interview. New research from Wharton management professor Adam Grant reveals that how you respond to these requests may be a decisive indicator of where you will end up on the ladder of professional success. Grant recently spoke … [ Read more ]
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Adam Grant | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Michael Mauboussin on the ‘Success Equation’
How do we know which of our successes and failures can be attributed to either skill or luck? That is the question that investment strategist Michael J. Mauboussin explores in his book The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing. Wharton management professor Adam M. Grant recently sat down with Mauboussin to talk about the paradox of skill, the conditions for … [ Read more ]
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Michael J. Mauboussin | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Baba Shiv: How to Make Better Decisions
Baba Shiv demystifies the brain chemistry that controls our decision making, and explains how you can regulate it to make better decisions. He also uses the latest neuroscience research to answer the question, “Is it better to make decisions in the morning or the afternoon?”
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Baba Shiv | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Personal Development
Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012
This commencement speech by Neil Gaiman is mandatory listening for anyone who hopes to be creatively successful. [Hat tip to Tim Ferriss]
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Neil Gaiman | Subjects: Innovation, Personal Development
Thinking about the optimism bias: Tali Sharot at TED2012
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot comes on stage to discuss the “optimism bias.” It’s a topic that she’s been studying in her lab and she claims that 80% of us experience it. “It” being the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of good things happening to us. As she puts it: “we’re more optimistic than realistic, and we’re oblivious about it.”
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Tali Sharot | Source: TED Conferences LLC | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development