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TED@NYC: The Power of Negative Thinking
Bookstore self-help sections are laden with volumes telling us to lean in, act confident, or fake it until we make it. Although research shows there are benefits to glass-half-full thinking, it also links overconfidence to outcomes ranging from increased traffic accidents to the recent financial crisis.
Late Night Succession Planning
Nope, I’m not talking about brewing a pot of coffee and plotting out the future of your organization in the wee hours of the morning. When “Late Show” host David Letterman announced he was retiring after more than 32 years on the air, network executives moved quickly to announce his replacement, reportedly spurred by concerns… Read more »
Everything is Awesome!
[Spoiler Alert – This will pretty much ruin The LEGO Movie for you if you haven’t seen it]
What Business Could Learn From the NFL Combine
Cheeky Lists & Quirky Quizzes: Buzzfeed appeals to our personality
With content ranging from 17 Maya Angelou Quotes That Will Inspire You To Be A Better Person to quizzes like Which Sandwich Are You?, BuzzFeed continues to gain followers and disrupt work flow.
High Potentials: Are You Doing It Wrong?
“High Potentials – Are you doing it wrong?” asks Hogan Assessment’s Ryan Ross in his presentation at Mentis Consulting’s Hogan Summit 2013. This in-depth talk focuses on identifying candidates most likely to help meet the future leadership needs of your company.
Ask @DrTCP
A Q&A with Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic | Creativity vs. Innovation
Spanning the Skills Gap
In our ebook 5 Things Keeping HR Up At Night, we identified succession planning as one of HR practitioners’ major concerns moving into 2014.
Men should brag less, and women need to brag more
An article published in Psychology of Women Quarterly provides another clue to why women are so grossly outnumbered by men in the upper ranks of corporate America: they don’t brag enough.