“Coaching for Leadership: How the World’s Greatest Coaches Help Leaders Learn”, edited by Goldsmith, Lyons and Freas. This is a collection of essays by some of the top executive coaches in the country. It provides a chance to view leadership coaching from a number of perspectives. Some are excellent, and some are little more than … More Book of the Week: Coaching for Leadership
I recently wrote about building up a resource for Change knowledge here within this very Blog. Finally I got the time to deal with some basic psychological questions of Change. I am looking forward to be able to share those insights on “Change Psychology” with you, here. Groupthink Irving Janis developed a study on group decision making called Groupthink Theory. It is based … More Change Psychology: Groupthink
I recently wrote about building up a resource for Change knowledge here within this very Blog. Finally I got the time to deal with some basic psychological questions of Change. I am looking forward to be able to share those insights on “Change Psychology” with you, here. Description Groups tend to behave in many ways like individuals, making decisions in similar ways. However, … More Changy Psychology: Group Attribution Error
I recently wrote about building up a resource for Change knowledge here within this very Blog. Finally I got the time to deal with some basic psychological questions of Change. I am looking forward to be able to share those insights on “Change Psychology” with you, here. Description Extrinsic motivation is when I am motivated by external factors, as opposed to the internal … More Changy Psychology: Extrinsic Motivation
I recently wrote about building up a resource for Change knowledge here within this very Blog. Finally I got the time to deal with some basic psychological questions of Change. I am looking forward to be able to share those insights on “Change Psychology” with you, here. Description When we do something that causes uncomfortable cognitive dissonance, we will have a greater tendency … More Changy Psychology: External Justification
I recently wrote about building up a resource for Change knowledge here within this very Blog. Finally I got the time to deal with some basic psychological questions of Change. I am looking forward to be able to share those insights on “Change Psychology” with you, here. Description People who are threatened will take one of two courses of action: danger control or … More Change Psychology: Extended Parallel Process Model
I recently wrote about building up a resource for Change knowledge here within this very Blog. Finally I got the time to deal with some basic psychological questions of Change. I am looking forward to be able to share those insights on “Change Psychology” with you, here. Description When we are trying to understand something, we will often build several candidate hypotheses as … More Change Psychology: Explanatory Coherence
I recently wrote about building up a resource for Change knowledge here within this very Blog. Finally I got the time to deal with some basic psychological questions of Change. I am looking forward to be able to share those insights on “Change Psychology” with you, here. Description People have expectations about how other people should and will behave. Their reaction to the … More Change Psychology: Expectancy Violations Theory
“Blue Ocean Strategy – How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant” is a book by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, 256 pages Take Aways Most corporate strategies grew from military models featuring direct confrontations When businesses directly compete, the battlefield becomes over-crowded so all participants suffer from reduced market share, growth and profits … More Book of the Week: Blue Ocean Strategy
I recently wrote about building up a resource for Change knowledge here within this very Blog. Finally I got the time to deal with some basic psychological questions of Change. I am looking forward to be able to share those insights on “Change Psychology” with you, here. Description As we constantly are predicting likely futures, we create expectations about future events. If things … More Change Psychology: Expectancy Theory
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