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Motivation: To Do or Not to Do

Leading Blog

In comparison, other people are motivated by moving “toward” things that they want to achieve, accomplish, or attain. To identify people who are options-oriented, look for those who like to create, design, and develop. Some people are motivated by “away from,” that is, what they can avoid, prevent, or eliminate.

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Race Against Bias: Are we aware of our own unconscious bias?

HR Digest

For companies seeking to implement a workplace-wide awareness training, however, it is important to find out the kinds of unconscious bias and their influence on a person or group’s behavior. To be influenced by the way in which information is presented rather than the information itself. Confirmation Bias. False Causality Bias.

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5 Signs Your Organization Might Be Headed for an Ethics Scandal

Harvard Business Review

Corporations often approach ethics as an individual problem, designing oversight systems to identify the “bad apples” before they can turn the organization into a “rotten barrel.” And our explanations for ethical scandals are incomplete without a focus on group dynamics. Vince Streano/Getty Images.

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Recruitment Revelations: Exploring Psychometric Assessment Examples

HR Digest

The DISC Behavior Inventory : Focuses on f our primary behavioral traits : dominance, influence, steadiness, and conscientiousness, which help predict a person’s behavior towards others and the daily tasks they are suited for. Are you aiming to enhance recruitment, or are you focused on employee development?

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Why Your Customer Loyalty Program Isn’t Working

Harvard Business Review

Shoppers are rewarded for their loyalty to Walmart by having Walmart do comparison shopping for them. Or a two-thirds as profitable customer whose comments and critiques on Twitter and Yelp influence hundreds of prospects? Loyalty here is as much about ethics as it is business. A profitable repeat customer?

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When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers as Professionals?

Harvard Business Review

” Professionalism demands the capacity to internally organize and protect “professional practices from external influences.” Often its members join in a professional organization, local, state, or national, which enunciates standards and ethics of professional performance sometimes with the powers of enforcement.”

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The Big Picture of Business: The Realities of Networking

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in Running the business Financial People Business development Body of Knowledge The Big Picture No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. X Says I Can Pick Your Brain. He found other warm bodies.