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The Anxiety of Learning

Michael Lee Stallard

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit The Anxiety of Learning Published by Michael Lee Stallard on July 7, 2010 03:21 am under knowledge flow Here’s a link to a brilliant interview of Edgar Schein entitled “ The Anxiety of Learning.&# why is everyone smiling?

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Employee Relationships is a Serious Employer Responsibility

HR Digest

They imply the presence of a psychological contract or an informal, unwritten commitment in the employer-employee relationship, a concept that was earlier defined by Schein (1988). HRM principles indicate that defining the company’s ethics and values can make maintaining a harmonious workplace that much easier.

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True Leaders Believe Dissent Is an Obligation

Harvard Business Review

Edgar Schein, professor emeritus at MIT Sloan School of Management and an expert on leadership and culture , has spent decades studying the attributes that define great executives. Schein once asked a group of students what it means to be promoted to the rank of manager. Sadly, that kind of humility is all too rare.

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