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There is a lot of argument around, for example, how much men and women are different. But data does not seem to support this theory. A massive meta-analysis of several hundreds of studies found that in 22 percent of cases women and men differed: men can throw an object further and faster than women ...
When high demands stretch employees skinny, it is not a surprising consequence that they often find it challenging to reserve time for the weekly company yoga session. If we consider the reports of Towers Watson’s Global Workforce Survey or Gallup’s Global Workplace Report about employee engagement ...
Even though we like smart leaders, we find that they typically fail to create a psychologically safe environment around themselves. This is not necessarily a problem, it is just that they have to decide everything, and sooner or later it becomes a bottleneck. This is how a clever person becomes a ba...
A high priority focus point at one of our clients is fostering work-life balance. Flexible working hours are emphasized during the hiring process, employees are taught how to create the balance for themselves, and it's even drilled into the heads of their managers that it's a core value of the compa...
It's been seven years (or eight since the first meeting) since then, we've rolled it out to a number of national and multinational companies, but perhaps we're most proud of the fact that it's being used beyond our borders. Companies such as AUDI's headquarters in Ingolstadt (after the Győr mot...
We can significantly improve the likelihood of success if we understand and accept some things about behaviour change.
There's a wide range of research on change, the funniest of which comes from researchers at Stanford University, who looked at 4 of the most popular weight loss programmes in America...
This is the second time that Gergely Koltányi (Nitrolearning) has had such an impact on me.
- First, when we met almost a decade ago and discussed the possible intersection of leadership development and digital learning. I picked up the term “microlearning” from him, which we then put into practi...
Ensure safety. Change your behaviour on both rational and emotional levels. If necessary, go into the details of a problem, understand it in its depth. Perhaps adding a new perspective will help the colleague to approach the situation differently. Stop occasionally and summarise what you have heard ...
We all have our own point of view on almost every situation or topic, this is how our brain works. Based on previous experiences or patterns it calculates possible outcomes regardless of knowing or being aware that the conclusion is right or wrong. It simply does it. Operating with questions is prec...
When they complain about performance issues in their teams, they quickly come to a popular saying that they hired adults and are not going to babysit a person with several years of experience. They don’t want to micromanage their team members.
- They often have far too little understanding of wha...
