Intolerance of Ambiguity is a Sign of an Authoritarian Personality

“Contradictions do not perplex the logician. They arise because there are more rules to an open game than can be known.” Donald Kingsbury  The title of this article is in fact a quote from Theodor Adorno, a German philosopher and . . .

Is Cultural Intelligence Enough to Repair Trust?

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“Culturally intelligent innovation begins with changing our impulse from Why can’t you see it like I do? Help me see what I might be missing!” David Livermore

Applying Social Intelligence to Repair Trust

“Trust is given to you by other people. You have to give them the basis for giving you their trust.” Onora O’Neill Trust is fragile and easily broken.  If, for example, a manager tries but fails to deliver the promised . . .

Building Trust

“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.” – P. Coelho Everybody wants to be seen as trustworthy to their team as the level of trust . . .

Partnering with Employees to Uncover Motivation

Some of us feel that we are in control of our environment, of our job and of the tasks within our jobs, whilst others feel that we are controlled by our job. Those not feeling in control may feel powerless . . .

Aligning company’s interest with self-interest

For most of us, self-interest is a synonym of selfishness and self-serving behaviour. If a colleague defines her/his co-worker as “looking after her/his self-interest”, it’s rarely a compliment and is said in a depreciative tone. In his Ted talk, Adam . . .

Employers mental disorders and strategies to cope

We associate “Mental ill-health at work” with coworkers’ bouts of anxiety or depression. Rarely does “CEO suicide” or “entrepreneurs burnout” come to mind. It might be because leaders’ mental vulnerability is even more taboo than employees mental stability even if . . .

What is your mental health strategy?

“Mental health…is not a destination, but a process. It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going.” Noam Shpancer. Have you already experienced a strong feeling of anger? or excessive fear or worries? or confused thinking? Maybe you forgot to . . .

Encouraging the quiet voices to be heard

“The more freedom we give to Introverts to be them, the more likely they are to come up with their own unique solutions to problems.” Susan Cain Since 2012, over 20 million people have viewed and listened to Susan Cain’s . . .