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Friend or Foe? Decoding the Role of Workplace Pessimism

Friend or Foe? Decoding the Role of Workplace Pessimism

Harnessing the Power of Pessimism in Leadership and Team Success   Most of us know that pessimists can be a challenge to deal with in the workplace. As a leader, you need to manage pessimists by coaching them to see other options and helping them to reflect on...

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Boss Rage to Boss Power: Manage Anger, Lead Better

Boss Rage to Boss Power: Manage Anger, Lead Better

The Surprising Upsides of Managing Anger at Work If you want to get angry at work, it’s better to be a man. Sexist though this sounds, it’s a finding from a recently published study conducted by psychologists at Arizona State University. Women, it seems, may have been...

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Meet the CEO Coaches

Meet the CEO Coaches

Businessworld / India Citius, Altius, Fortius — that’s what India’s business chiefs need, and that’s what CEO trainers give The Gurus But who are these people who make the CEOs what they are or what they want to be — confident, assured, poised? Meet the CEO coaches....

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Become a Top Leader: 5 Must-Have Leadership Qualities

Become a Top Leader: 5 Must-Have Leadership Qualities

Great Leadership Qualities for Transforming Workplace Dilemmas Everyone faces dilemmas at work. Adept execs turn quandaries into accomplishments. How they proceed:   The Art of Lengthening the Fuse in Leadership Lengthen the fuse. We all work with difficult...

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Emotion and the Art of Negotiation: The Role of Anger

Emotion and the Art of Negotiation: The Role of Anger

Brief Summary of the BBC Podcast In a world where negotiations can shape the future of nations and businesses alike, the role of emotion, particularly anger, has often been a topic of debate. This discussion has become even more relevant following a series of intense...

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Honing to Perfection

Honing to Perfection

His company works with businesses and other organizations to help their top executives improve their performance. “We don’t like the word ‘coaching’ because it’s an extremely uncredentialed industry,” Evans said. “A large percentage of people calling themselves...

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Henry Evans and Colm Foster on Experiential Learning

Henry Evans and Colm Foster on Experiential Learning

According to Henry Evans and Colm Foster, “Learning a skill is very different from studying for a test or learning how to program a spreadsheet; it is experiential. That kind of learning primarily involves practice; to change your behavior, you must actively engage in...

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