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The Open Office Debate Misses the Point

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Kristine Woolsey |
Strategy - Leadership - Management |
Fri, 03/14/2014 - 19:58

Dr. Rebecca Bigler, director of The University of Texas at Austin’s Gender and Racial Attitudes Lab, has done a number of experiments with preschoolers and colored T-shirts. In one, she took a classroom of 4 and 5 year olds and put half in red T shirts and the other half in blue T shirts . The children wore these colored T shirts for three weeks but teachers were instructed not to notice or mention the colors in any way. At the end of the three weeks, children were asked to evaluate the skill, abilities, characteristics, and intelligence of each group.

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Five Neural Leadership Practices for CEOs

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Michael Vaughan |
Strategy - Leadership |
Fri, 03/14/2014 - 07:04

It’s an exciting time for brain science, which has become a source of buzz in CEO circles. As CEOs grapple with tight competition, workforce issues, slimming margins, technological advancements — all while trying to filter out interfering noise from the Internet, smart phones, and various media — many are turning to neural leadership practices to keep their businesses on the fast track to productivity and profitability.

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Employee Communications: Tips for Keeping Your Team on Message

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Cynthia Kay |
Management |
Thu, 03/13/2014 - 01:14

With so much of the focus these days being placed on a company’s external messaging, it can be easy to lose focus on your internal communications with employees. The fact is, even excellent ideas don’t amount to much if you can’t communicate the finer points of them to your team.
Here are some tips for effective internal communications.

Be Concise
Nothing tests people’s attention spans like a rambling, long-winded speech. If you’ve got a point to make, communicate it to your team with clear, declarative language, and save the pomp for your memoirs.

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Five Ways to Separate Fact from Fantasy

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Linda Henman |
Management |
Wed, 03/12/2014 - 23:01

Baloney and blarney share more than similar letter configuration. Each denotes a kind of communication that serves the speaker but not the listener. More sweetened and humorous, blarney uses flattery to deceive and beguile, while baloney does both without the witty flavor. But the outcome remains the same. The listener has not been well served by the exchange.

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Six Things Entrepreneurs Must Do Before Going It Alone

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Guest Blogger |
Entrepreneurship |
Wed, 03/12/2014 - 21:46

DJ Muller, President, WebLink International

I started my first company when I was 14 years old selling student-scheduling software that ran on the Apple IIe to school systems around the U.S. Within a year, I had sold about 30 copies at $69 a pop – which is good money when you are 14 and your biggest expense is getting your mom to take you and your friends to a movie.