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A New Year Calls for New Questions
Ditch the goals and get to work on a list of compelling questions. Questions have a curious power to unlock new and positive..
The Surprising Power of Growth Mindset in Reducing Stress
Exercise and meditation can reduce baseline anxiety, but don’t address the cognitive causes of stress. Growth mindset may hold a solution.
Leadership in Applied Psychology: Three Waves of Theory and Research
This review focuses on leadership research with an emphasis on articles published in The Journal of Applied Psychology.
A New Way to Become More Open-Minded
95 percent of people rated themselves as more open-minded than average, which, of course, cannot be true!
How to Build Empathy in People, from a Psychologist’s Trip to the Hospital
The more you help employees see each other as individuals, the stronger your entire team will be.
How Social Threats Create Toxic Cultures, and What You Can Do About Them
Leaders who stay aware of these five domains can create more psychological safety at work.
The 1 Book That Transformed Microsoft’s Culture from Cutthroat to Creative
When CEO Satya Nadella took over Microsoft, he started defusing its toxic culture by handing each of his execs a 15-year-old book by a psy..
How Consultants Project Expertise and Learn at the Same Time
When you reframe feeling impostor syndrome as managing learning-credibility tension, you turn it from a psychological flaw into a vital sk..
How to Develop Empathy for Someone Who Annoys You
How can you do that with a colleague who rubs you the wrong way? How can you foster curiosity instead of animosity?
Why Too Much Experience Can Backfire
Sometimes expertise gets in the way of making the right call.