Hitler Never Took a “7 Habits” Class
We talked the other day about a growth mindset among your employees. Though we like to think employees inherently have a growth, rather than fixed, mindset, that is not necessarily the case. Things change, and you need to remember that your team can always be learning and developing, even if they happen to forget that. […]
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- Jul, 11, 2016
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Jul, 11, 2016
Fixing a Fixed Mindset
Do your employees really know everything? Or do they just think they do? If it’s the latter, they may be stuck in a fixed mindset, and if so, that’s no good for you. Dr Carol Dweck of Stanford University is a leading researcher studying the idea of “mindset.” She suggests that Mindsets are beliefs — […]
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- Jul, 08, 2016
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Who’s Your Muse?
Back when I was teaching at Georgetown University in Washington DC, I was walking one day through the neighborhood around the campus and passed by a small architectural firm that I had passed by dozens of times before. This time, though, as I glanced through the windows I noticed photos on the wall, older black […]
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- Jul, 06, 2016
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Stay Fit
Every country has its own way of dealing with health care. Maybe your country provides it to everyone, or maybe you as an employer provide insurance or other coverage for your employees. Whether you are paying for it or not, you have an incentive to help your employees stay healthy, trying to prevent illness rather […]
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- Jul, 04, 2016
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How Many Chances to Cheat?
I took my undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia, where we took the concept of honor, and the Honor System, very seriously. UVA is highly regarded for its strict (and completely student-run) honor system, with one sanction for students found guilty of an honor violation: expulsion. The idea behind that was simple. When a […]
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- Jun, 29, 2016
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