Learning

The Neurochemistry of Positive Conversations

Judith E. Glaser, Richard D. Glaser

Deciphering the physiological mechanisms associated with emotions.

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The Authenticity Trap for Workers Who Are Not Straight, White Men

Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Should we fit into the mold of the dominant leadership model or should we stay true to ourselves? A dilemma that is all the more acute for leaders coming from minorities.

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Real Leaders Have Real Lives

Stew Friedman

Replicate what works well in your work to your private life, and vice-versa.

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Debunking the Myths of the First 100 Days

Roselinde Torres, Peter Tollman

How to simultaneously find your feet, make a good impression, inspire trust, identify challenges and design an action plan integrating the specific characteristics of the company in the space of roughly three months?

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Negotiating with Emotion

Kimberlyn Leary, Julianna Pillemer, Michael Wheeler

How to place yourself in a propitious emotional state before a negotiation.

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A Better Return on Self-Awareness

David Zes

An analysis of 7,000 employee self-evaluations from 450 publicly quoted companies that shows a correlation between the level of self-knowledge of the employees and the stock-exchange performance of the company.

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Developing Global Leaders

Pankaj Ghemawat

Dispel some misconceptions about how best to develop international leaders.

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Le burn-out chez les expatriés

Marie-Pierre Parlange

Watch out for the risks of expatriation-related burnout.

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Enquête sur le bonheur personnel et professionnel en 2012

A pan-European study on the benefits of wellbeing at work for the company, as well as on the factors that influence it.

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Survival of the most self-aware

J. Evelyn Orr

An anaysis of the results of several thousands of 360° evaluation, underlining the scale of the lack of self-knowledge, even at the highest positions

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