What Does Being Decisive Say About You?
Harrison Monarth, CEO & Founder, GuruMaker
Conviction Over Conformity
Jan-Benedict Steenkamp, Professor, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Shaping A Working Life That Brings Joy
Jonas Altman, Founder, Social Fabric
Posture Is Power
Andie Kramer & Al Harris, Communication & Gender Bias Experts, www.andieandal.com
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When I was in my twenties, I endured an especially cruel boss while working at a law firm near Atlanta. I also experienced harassment from a female co-worker who was 20-years my senior while working at a manufacturing plant in the Midwest.
There are two general systems in the brain for decision making: a slower, more deliberate system and a faster one that is based more on instinct. The faster system is supported by deeper structures that have existed in the brain for a long time.
However, King’s devoted following can be attributed to more than his powerful words. True to the tenets of servant leadership, he put his followers ahead of himself. His own life was immensely burdened, yet he stayed the course.
Our inner drive rests on three innate psychological needs that shape your behavior. They are autonomy, relatedness, and competence. When these three criteria are met, you’re well poised to continually grow and discover meaning.
As we discuss in the second edition of Breaking Through Bias: Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work,1 you can positively affect the way you feel about yourself by the way you hold yourself.
The notion of acceptance as a critical leadership skill may seem strange. Leaders are supposed to set direction, create a vision for the future and inspire others to help create that future. What does acceptance have to do with that?
Another common mistake people make is not putting their goals down in writing. Writing takes the wish or the dream and makes it instantly serious. And making it serious is a critical step to turning it into reality.
Like a tick that instantly latches on and continually sucks the blood right out of you, criticism takes a bite out of your sense of value and will stay latched on until you pull it off.