Everyone knows that when people feel good, they work better, are more creative and more productive. The ability to inspire positive feelings in others is a key leadership quality. Good feelings are like lubrication to the brain - mental efficiency goes up, memory is sharpened, people can … [Read more...] about The Art of Positive Emotions: What is Your Attribution Style?
Ethics
Leadership in Times of Uncertainty: Back to Basics
In the wake of tragedy, leaders are faced with challenges that stretch their abilities and skills. In this global economy of rapid change and increasing complexity, many leaders struggle to lead their companies in the right direction. Now, more than ever, there is increased uncertainty, more … [Read more...] about Leadership in Times of Uncertainty: Back to Basics
Leadership: Facing Moral and Ethical Dilemmas
We need a Nobel Prize in business, awarded to organizations that demonstrate how business effectiveness (meaning survival, market share, profits, and stock value) results directly from ethical behavior. A society that is not built on ethics - on fairness, freedom, and mature hearts and minds - … [Read more...] about Leadership: Facing Moral and Ethical Dilemmas
Sustaining Results: Balancing People, Values and Business
In the last few years several books have addressed why some companies are more enduring than others. What distinguishes the great from the merely good? Really great companies, even in bad times, place people and values first. The obsession with stock prices has obscured our vision and caused … [Read more...] about Sustaining Results: Balancing People, Values and Business
The Business Case for Happy Companies
There is no doubt that business success depends on highly motivated employees. Highly motivated employees multiply in organizations whose missions, leaders, and inner workings provide profound meaning and inspiration. —Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor, Marshall School of Business, … [Read more...] about The Business Case for Happy Companies