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Best Practice: Stories to Encourage Good, Avoid Evil

Michael Lee Stallard

Check out this outstanding TED video of Stanford psychology professor Philip Zimbardo speaking on the topic of how culture encourages or discourages evil. This is a best practice to strengthen the positive effects of an organization’s identity (i.e. mission, values and reputation).

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Three Stops On The Search For Meaning

Lead Change Blog

Using the current lingo, he used neuroscience to engage both our cognitive and our emotional motivations. Frankl hit on this theme long before Philip Zimbardo divided his test subjects into guards and prisoners and discovered how easily we fall into our roles. Leadership Development Leadership Philosophy self-awareness Victor Frankl'

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Maintaining Physical, Social and Mental Fitness for Peak Performance

Harvard Business Review

As a leader responsible for developing leaders, I find this notion of leveraging energy for improved results intriguing. Whether our aim is to build adaptive and resilient organizations, motivated and engaged team members, or growth minded individuals, each requires deliberate effort, dedicated practice, and energy.