The Insurance of Assurance
Have you ever wondered why people love office gossip so much? Not the scandalous kind that includes details of our co-workers’ private lives, but the work-related kind that speculates on who’s getting what promotion or whether recent budget cuts will lead to layoffs?...
What’s the Difference Between Climate and Culture?
Working with a global financial services company presently, we are helping their leaders drive change in a rapidly changing, highly complex industry. Their leaders know they need to do two things exceptionally well in order to steer the titanic-sized organization in...
How Status Influences Your Performance
When you think of status, you may imagine luxury goods, a powerful title or your economic standing. But in everyday life, at work, with friends, even at home, our sense of personal status is something innately wired into our brain’s core circuitry. And it influences...
Why Your Brain Hates Performance Conversations
It’s no secret that performance review time brings angst to managers everywhere, not to mention those on the receiving end of those reviews. But why is that? Neuroscientists tells us our brains are wired to experience stress even at the thought of receiving – or...
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