The Good Cop, Bad Cop Technique
Perhaps my last post on assholes and policing got me thinking about the word cop, but in any case, I don't think I've talked much
December 13, 2009
Perhaps my last post on assholes and policing got me thinking about the word cop, but in any case, I don't think I've talked much
This the opening page of MIT Professor John Van Maanen's delightful and insightful article It is about the meaning and power of the word "asshole"
I wondered out to look at the mail, and there it was, the result of Gretchen's Rubin's year long quest to make herself happier. "The
I was reading through an old but still spot-on book by my friend and co-author Jeff Pfeffer, The Human Equation, which provides an evidence-based case
Gretchen over at The Happiness Project has a great list of eight signs that you are boring another person. They are all wonderful, but I
Guy Kawasaki has applied his usual charm and delightfully twisted sense of humor to develop a list of 10 candidates to run GM. Here are
I want to thank everyone for the great comments on my last post, which raises the question: Is the only effective way to deal with
I was just reading a compelling and heavily research based by psychologist Robert Hogan called Personality and the Fate of Organizations. In Hogan's chapter on
Today's Wall Street Journal has a simply brilliant argument by management theorist and guru Henry Minztberg titled "Get Rid of Executive Bonuses." I think it
Dan Pink makes a compelling case in his Ted Talk that financial rewards undermine performance in tasks that require creativity and complex problem-solving. As he
I have been digging through old emails, as I had fallen behind do the press of my book deadline and other craziness, and came
Jeff Pfeffer has an inspired post over at BNET in which he reviews the evidence — and tells some evidence-based stories — about how companies