The Psychology of Knowledge Management: Uniting the Majority Through Communities of Practice

2019-12-06T06:49:26-04:00

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Why Your Negotiations Are Doomed (And How to Rescue Them)

Last updated on: December 6, 2019 at 6:49 am By Gleb Tsipursky

Negotiators, even professional ones, make surprisingly many wrong decisions that doom negotiations that should have succeeded. Many of these mistakes relate to overestimating how well they can read the feelings and thoughts of other parties in the negotiation, as well as the extent to which the other party can read their feelings and thoughts. For instance, research shows that negotiators who sought to conceal their desires did a better job than they thought they did. In turn, those who tried... Read more

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2019-12-06T06:53:11-04:00

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Your SWOT Analysis is Broken (Here’s How You Can Fix It)

Last updated on: December 6, 2019 at 6:53 am By Gleb Tsipursky

Isn’t it wonderful to have certainty, confidence, and clarity about what you’re going to do going forward? In the context of our increasingly disrupted, globalizing, and multicultural world, business leaders greatly appreciate the security and comfort of clear-cut strategic plans for the future. After all, following our in-the-moment intuitions frequently leads to business disasters, and strategic plans help prevent such problems. Tragically, popular business strategic analyses meant to address the weaknesses of human thinking through structures and planning are deeply... Read more

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2019-12-06T06:54:02-04:00

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Are You Falling for the Myth of “Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail”?

Last updated on: December 6, 2019 at 6:54 am By Gleb Tsipursky

You probably heard the business advice of “failing to plan is planning to fail.” That phrase is a misleading myth at best and actively dangerous at worst. Making plans is important, but our gut reaction is to plan for the best-case outcomes, ignoring the high likelihood that things will go wrong. A much better phrase is “failing to plan for problems is planning to fail.” To address the very high likelihood that problems will crop up, you need to plan... Read more

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2019-12-06T06:56:21-04:00

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What True Leaders Know About Emotional Intelligence

Last updated on: December 6, 2019 at 6:56 am By Gleb Tsipursky

True leaders at any level of the totem pole show their leadership primarily through emotional intelligence, knowing and managing their own emotions. After all, the only things we can control in life are our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and if we can manage those, we can lead our organizations from anywhere in the hierarchy. If we know about how our minds work, we can be intentional about influencing our own thinking and feeling patterns. We can evaluate reality more clearly,... Read more

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2019-12-06T07:29:18-04:00

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8 Key Steps to Effective Leadership Decision Making to Avoid Disasters (Videocast and Podcast of the “Wise Decision Maker Show”)

Last updated on: December 6, 2019 at 7:29 am By Gleb Tsipursky

Avoiding disastrous decisions and maximizing success through effective leadership decision making involves: 1) Deciding the decision criteria 2) Weighing the importance of criteria 3) Grading your options using the criteria 4) Checking with your head and gut 5) Sticking to your choice This is the key takeaway message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes the technique for Avoiding Disastrous Decisions. Videocast: “Avoiding Disastrous Decisions via Effective Leadership Decision Making” Podcast: “Avoiding... Read more

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2019-12-06T07:37:22-04:00

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8 Key Leadership Decision-Making Process Steps to Making the Best Decisions (Videocast and Podcast of the “Wise Decision Maker Show”)

Last updated on: December 6, 2019 at 7:37 am By Gleb Tsipursky

In order to make the best decisions, follow these decision-making process steps: 1) Identify need for decision 2) Get relevant info 3) Decide goals 4) Develop criteria 5) Generate a few viable options 6) Weigh options 7) Implement decision 8) Revise implementation and decision as needed That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Guide, which describes the 8-Step Process for Making the Best Decisions. Videocast: “8 Key Leadership Decision-Making Process Steps... Read more

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