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Icebergs and how metaphors pervert our thinking

Mike Cardus

Recently someone asked if I knew of the iceberg metaphor for organizational behavior. Now, this may be ok with psychotherapy, BUT managers, consultants, and Organization Development professionals are not there to be your or the team’s therapist. Our metaphors help and hinder how we all work and make sense together.

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The Practical Insignificance Of Exceptional Management Research

LDRLB

If you want your group members to cooperate with each other as they work on their shared goals, you should ensure they are led by folks that understand and represent the group’s values and consistently treat all group members fairly. Anyone that is truly interested in management would look at those findings and think “duh!”.

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The Importance Of Working With People You Like

LDRLB

As I have reported here before , the research evidence consistently shows that individuals satisfied with their jobs are more committed, better organizational citizens, and even better performers. If you are a manager and you are not paying attention to job satisfaction, you are making a big mistake. Simmons, Ph.D.

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Seven Things to Expect From Your Narcissistic Employee

LDRLB

Surprisingly, there is very little research on narcissism published in the top management and industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology journals (e.g. Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior). Avoid hiring a narcissist if possible.

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Leading Teams Of Individuals

LDRLB

At the same time, leaders need to encourage cooperation and build trust among members to ensure that they work effectively as a team. (pp. When developing your future leaders, make sure they are learning how to manage both groups and the individuals in those groups. Related Posts at Positive Organizational Behavior.

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No Joke: The April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Managing this Carnival gives me a reason to connect with each of them, keep up with their blogs, and discover some new ones each month. Lots of managers spend 50 % of their time at work in meetings. Jesse Lyn Stoner from Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog presents Let's Stop Confusing Cooperation and Teamwork with Collaboration.

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Upbeat Music Can Make Employees More Cooperative

Harvard Business Review

In two experiments that I conducted with my colleagues Jubo Yan, Brian Wansink, and Bill Schulze (our paper is forthcoming in the Journal of Organizational Behavior), we discovered that participants were more cooperative (and less self-interested) in a group setting when they were listening to happy music.

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