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The Upside of Inverting Your Organization December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance

This is a MUST READ for anyone serious about giving your front line team FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY.

Recognized as the 2008 the “Number One Best Employer in India” by Hewitt Associates and Business Week. HCLT is propelled by a leadership style described by Fortune Magazine as “The World’s Most Modern Management” CEO Vineet Nayar has been singled out by the London Business School as “the leader of organizational Innovation”...

Hiding Behind Hierarchy December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance No comments

This article is part of group conversation involving several dozen contributors in the Step into the Spotlight LinkedIn group. I like the group be case the members have the audacity to engage. It is not cacophony of communication but a community for thoughtful conversation. This portion applies to nonprofits but the debate could be applied to everything from corporations to countries.

The simple debate is culture before transparency or transparency before culture...

Recycling the Same Old Issues? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Green Solutions, Peer Powered Performance No comments

I am a recycling Neanderthal; I get confused about what goes where, do tops stay on, what kind of plastic is or isn’t recyclable, especially if there are bins or labels I may be unfamiliar with. Truth be told if I am in a hurry and can’t quickly decide (or don’t have my reading glasses) I give it my best guess and in they go. Reflecting on my sorting conundrum I realized this is exactly like the process nonprofit boards and staff go though.

The distribution of board/staff responsibilities ...

Illusory Superiority: The Lake Wobegon Effect December 15, 2021 Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Social Smarts No comments

Prompted by the article from NonProfit Times When Board Members Just Don’t Get It my wife shared (she is the brains) I was inspired to add my own thoughts for the purpose of understanding the power of humor in revealing our illusions. Who better to fill our hearts with laughter while challenging our minds to wonder than Garrison Keillor.

Most of us can imagine his melodic voice as he lovingly describes his mythical hometown as a place “where all the women are strong, all the men are good lo...

Can images improve honesty? November 11, 2012 Emotional Intelligence No comments

This is the same kind of question asked to researchers in the “Defending Your Research” section of the September issue of Harvard Business Review. The research under question surrounded the changes in levels of honesty when reminders of children are present. Using items like teddy bears, cartoons and coloring books in a laboratory-controlled setting, researchers found that participants were 20% more honest in test taking and showed significant improvements in “morality” in their commun...