Personal Development

The Creativity Era – a new paradigm for business

Eric Kirstetter, Rick Eager, Michaël Kolk, Daniel Roos

Faced with a growing need for businesses to renew their strategies, are we now entering the creativity era?

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Are You Wasting Your 10,000 Hours?

David Burkus

Do we always capitalize fully on the time we devote to learning and practicing? Not necessarily!

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The Five Traps of High-Stakes Decision Making

Michael C. Mankins

What are the most common traps that face decision-makers?

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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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When Work Gets Personal: Managing Emotional Employees

Some advice to better manage intensely emotional situations that occur in the life of each team.

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La charge mentale de travail : un concept qui reste indispensable, l'exemple de l'aéronautique

Caroline Martin, Sylvain Hourlier, Julien Cegarra

A detailed analysis of mental load management by plane pilots and air-traffic controllers.

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The History of Happiness

Peter N. Stearns

A salutary perspective on happiness as a personal or societal ideal.

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Changing the Conversation in Your Company

Boris Groysberg, Michael Slind

Shifting from unilateral communication to truly cross-functional exchanges across the organization.

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Conversation Starter: How Intimate Are You?

Boris Groysberg, Michael Slind

Establish a relaxed environment conducive to open and sincere discussion.

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