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Power Dynamics and the Formation of False Memories in the Workplace

CO2

Source : Festinger, L. Training and Education : Continuous Learning : Emphasize the value of lifelong learning. Leadership Training : Offer training for leaders on empathetic leadership, active listening, and the psychological aspects of memory. A theory of cognitive dissonance. Stanford University Press.

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Culture – The Secret To Helping Align Organizational Goals

Tanveer Naseer

Next, train people in the new behaviours, have management model them, and provide feedback loops so that people can see how their behaviours get results. First, identify strategic goals and the behaviours necessary to execute them. The more positive feedback people get, the more the behaviours get reinforced. Dr. George H.

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The Fatal Flaw with Anger Management Programs

Harvard Business Review

Psychologist Leon Festinger, working in the mid-1950''s, began the formal study of how we come to feel what we feel in what is known as cognitive dissonance research. Festinger exposed volunteer subjects to two experimental conditions in his studies.