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Multitasking’s Pygmalion Payback December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance, Training No comments

Multitasking not only undermines our output by half and increases errors by 50% it also establishes an enduring expectation of frustration. Once employees are acclimated to the idea that the “appearance of being overloaded is expected” then we are well attuned to finding our place in the pack. We quickly adapt to “our part”. It is a part our primitive predecessors perfected* we do as others do and soon believe as others believe...

Insulted by Incivility January 28, 2013 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Positive Deviance No comments

According to the 2012 U.S. Agency For International Development Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey Results more than 70% of federal employees feel that under-performers are not being managed effectively. When asked to respond to the statement “in my work unit, steps are taken to deal with a poor performer who cannot or will not improve” only 27.9% responded positively.

Underachievers in any system can be a challenge, and even more so in highly regulated and unionized environments...