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Featured Instigator – John Stoker

Lead Change Blog

He has a BA in English and Philosophy, a Master’s of Organizational Behavior (MOB), and a Juris Doctorate degree (what he calls “big speak” for attorney). Previous Featured Instigators: November 2015: Sean Glaze. After finishing his MOB degree, John worked for a few companies.

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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

Journal of Organizational Behavior , 41 (1), 67–80. Rhetorical Tools in Organizational Culture. Rhetorical Tools in Organizational Culture. The post Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change appeared first on mikecardus.com. Communication Studies , 60 (3), 315–330. Robinson, H.

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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

Or look at a shorter, more visual chart on doomsday forecasts predicting the end of the world (including revised dates — also wrong) published by The Economist in 2015. Organizational behavior reflects leadership team behavior. One of the classic books about the forecasting fallacy was written by Dan Gardner.

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Alexander Throckmorton Comes of Age

Strategy Driven

On September 25, 2015, Warner Brothers released The Intern: Experience Never Gets Old starring Robert de Niro and Anne Hathaway; written, directed, and produced by Nancy Meyers. The September 2015 edition of Chief Learning Officer Magazine featured an article called Don’t Undervalue Older Workers by Lynn Schroeder. All rights reserved.

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Leaders, Want To Master Innovation? Then Get Funny!

Tanveer Naseer

Galinsky (2015). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 131 (November), 162–177. Sources: Beard, A. 2014) Leading with Humor, Harvard Business Review, May, Available at: [link] [Accessed: 18 October 2017] Catmul, E. 2008) How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity. Harvard Business Review, September, Vol.

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Why Are You Always Late?

Coaching Tip

Source: The Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2015. One involves predicting how long it will take to get something done based on past experiences. Another is breaking down a task into very detailed steps. So if you have an 18-second gap…that difference can add up over time,” Dr. Conte said.

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How Should Change Leadership and Common Good Intersect?

Thin Difference

Workplace deviance, organizational citizenship behavior, and business unit performance: The bad apples do spoil the whole barrel. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 25 (1), 67-80. When politics meets ethics: How political skill helps ethical leaders foster organizational citizenship behaviors.

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