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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Whether leading meetings, managing newsletters, or handling internal communications, having a platform ensures that voices are heard and not stifled.

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shorts.11 | Goal-Setting and Group Performance

LDRLB

The most interesting finding to me was that “egocentric goals (aimed at maximizing individual performance) undermine group performance, whereas groupcentric goals (aimed at maximizing the individual contribution to the group) enhance group performance” (p. and Arends, L. and Arends, L. Full citation: Kleingeld, A.,

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shorts.008 | Does Pay Level Affect Job Satisfaction?

LDRLB

For employers, the authors suggest three important implications (p. Nothing will poison a satisfied workforce faster than the perception of unfair and disinterested management practices. This post originally appeared on Positive Organizational Behavior. For employers, the authors suggest three important implications (p.

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shorts.009 | Servant Leadership and Team Performance

LDRLB

This study of 570 employees and 80 upper level managers representing 95 separate teams once again demonstrated that team potency leads to team performance. Team potency , defined as shared confidence in the team’s general capabilities (p. Team potency, defined as shared confidence in the team’s general capabilities (p.

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shorts.005 | Cycle of Success Spiral

LDRLB

This post originally appeared on Positive Organizational Behavior. is an Associate Professor of Management in the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), where he teaches courses in organizational behavior, leadership, and personal branding to both undergraduate and MBA students.

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shorts.006 | Organizational Support & Engagement

LDRLB

But employees also need to believe their work is manageable. This recent research also showed a link between perceived organizational support and engagement. Individuals feel safe in organizational contexts perceived to be trustworthy , secure, predictable, and clear in terms of behavioral consequences….Individuals

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Do Older Workers Have Bad Work Attitudes?

LDRLB

The researchers found that “older workers have more favorable job attitudes (and/or less unfavorable job attitudes) than younger workers do, even though for some attitudes the difference is small or negligible” (p. organizational commitment, loyalty) attitudes. Age affected 27 of the 35 task-based (e.g. Simmons, Ph.D. Simmons, Ph.D.

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