Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Click here to view the embedded video. In the workshops we teach, we use stories of great leaders in business, government, the social sector and sports who inspired people to do what’s right. This is a best practice to strengthen the positive effects of an organization’s identity (i.e. mission, values and reputation). Check out this outstanding TED video of Stanford psychology professor Philip Zimbardo speaking on the topic of how culture encourages or discourages evil.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Here’s new research from two Princeton professors that concludes the bottom line to increase one’s happiness is “improve your relationships.” Check out an article about it at this link.

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Article 246

Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 7, 2011

This post is a continuance of my prior post on evil in organizational cultures. The “dark triad” — psychopaths, narcissists and machiavellians — represents a small part of the population. What unties this group of destructive personalities is that they lack empathy for other human beings and care only about themselves. Some end up in correctional institutions while others end up in leadership positions where they create dog-eat-dog cultures or cultures that are indifferen

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