Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2013

5 Things Successful People Do Before 8 AM by Lifehacker. Leon Festinger, the social psychologist that coined the term “ cognitive dissonance ” in 1957, makes this observation. Two Things All Good Leaders Do by @RonEdmondson. 10 New Year’s Resolutions for the Servant Leader by Mark Miller. 5 Topics Your Board Should Discuss.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

If people embrace and welcome change they can help drive rapid alignment of the organization’s resources for competitive success. Leon Festinger, the social psychologist, discovered that tension is caused when people find themselves engaged in behaviours that are making them successful yet running counter to their attitudes and beliefs.

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Goal Festinger Strategy Insurance 226

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

And it's true that outsiders, like Lou Gerstner at IBM , have sometimes been great successes. But many people counter that Klein had at least taught — and moreover, that much of his success piggybacked on reforms made by former Chancellor Rudy Crew. Do unpopular decisions diminish power?

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Tacit Knowledge Festinger Social Capital Education 11