Great Leadership By Dan

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4 Ways to Change the Energy Conversation!

Great Leadership By Dan

Sandy Pentland and Daniel Olguin at MIT’s Human Dynamics Lab outfitted five executives with devices that recorded data on their social signals – not what they said, but their tone of voice, gesticulation, proximity to others, personal energy, and more. And yet, we tend to avoid a deeper conversation about the energy experience.

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Building Trust Through Behavioral Integrity

Great Leadership By Dan

Employees are more proactive, more present, and more productive with the application of their discretionary energy. ? According to Deloitte’s 2010 Ethics & Workplace Survey, one-third of employed Americans planned to look for a new job when the economy stabilized. Those customer behaviors generate higher profits.

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Mental Maps: Why We Build Them and Why We Sometimes Need to Change Them

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These mental maps are shortcuts that save us the time, energy and risk that we would otherwise have to face if we tackled each problem from scratch without relying on the benefit of our accumulated experiences. A surgeon, for instance, accumulates mental maps that help him or her pre-plan which actions to take in various patient scenarios.

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Ten Years After Ford’s Spectacular Turnaround, What Alan Mulally Reveals About Brand-Inspired Cultural Revolution

Great Leadership By Dan

Within a year, the entire organization's energy toward the Ford brand had been reinvigorated and executives throughout the company had begun to adopt Mulally’s focused and data- driven approach. In 2010, Motor Trend named one of Ford’s newest cars, the Ford Fusion, “Car of the Year.” And the company posted annual profits of $6.6

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