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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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Why Great Leaders Get Angry–and Show It

Why Great Leaders Get Angry–and Show It

Think about remarkably successful entrepreneurs. They’re logical. They’re rational. In the face of crisis or danger or even gross incompetence, they remain steely-eyed, focused, and on point. They don’t get angry–or at the very least they don’t show their anger....

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Why You Should Encourage Conflict

Why You Should Encourage Conflict

Conflict is necessary for change; just make sure your team is fighting for the right ideas. If you are not generating the right type of conflict, your organization may lack innovation. Many of today’s organizational leaders avoid conflict because they’ve been trained...

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Anger Management Tips & Tricks: Lessons From Apple CEO

Anger Management Tips & Tricks: Lessons From Apple CEO

Anger Management Insights from Apple CEO Tim Cook It seems that Apple CEO Tim Cook is quite capable of getting angry without getting stupid, which is no small accomplishment. At a recent shareholder’s meeting, Cook was pressed by representatives of a conservative...

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Overcoming Failure of Leadership: Accountability Tips

Overcoming Failure of Leadership: Accountability Tips

Dallas Morning News / USA Accountability and the Failure of Leadership When it comes to accountability, the devil is in the details. Be explicit in your communication or be prepared to disappoint or be disappointed. That’s the message from Henry Evans, who makes his...

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5 Signs Your Organization May Have A Learning Disability

5 Signs Your Organization May Have A Learning Disability

Hi, my name is Henry Evans and our team gives organizations a competitive advantage. As consultants and thought partners we are sometimes in the painful position of watching our clients repeat limiting behaviors in a way which makes us scratch our heads. Why is it...

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5 New Tools for Career Success

5 New Tools for Career Success

When we went out looking for the new skills that can help you succeed in today’s workplace, we figured that technology would play a big role. We didn’t figure it would play the only role. Sure, one of today’s most-valued hard skills is making a computer do your...

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5 Business Books You Should Read This Spring

5 Business Books You Should Read This Spring

Why? They’re great. And they’ll help you become greater. I promise they’re all good:1. Step Up: Lead in Six Moments That Matter, by Henry Evans and Colm Foster. You lead all day, every day, but some moments really matter, and what you do in those moments makes all the...

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