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Mark's Remarks3 Reasons Offering Compassion is Good for the Body
It stimulates feelings of gratitude It stimulates the secretion good body chemicals, which reduces the impact of stress on the body It stimulates the brain to respond in a healthy and beneficial way See Richard E. Boyatzis, Melvin L. Smith and Nancy Blaize,...
3 Positive Results from “loosely monitoring” Lower Level Employees
Learning is improved. More personal growth occurs. A better chance for a positively innovative workplace. Dennis Campbell, Marc J. Epstein, and F. Asis Martinez- Jerez, “The Learning Effects of Monitoring,” The Accounting Review, 86, no. 6, (2011): 1909-1934....
3 Negative Effects of Close Supervision on Lower Level Employees
Close supervision creates a fear of mistakes. A fear of mistakes generates a workplace culture of excessive caution. A workplace culture of excessive caution grows stale with little innovation. Dennis Campbell, Marc J. Epstein, and F. Asis Martinez- Jerez, “The...
3 Advantages to the Morning Star Company’s Culture of Self-Management
“Lower costs” “Greater initiative” “Higher Loyalty” See Gary Hamel, “First, Let’s Fire All Managers,” Harvard Business Review 89, no. 12 (December 2011): 48-60.
3 Disadvantages of a Workplace Culture that Has Too Many Managers
More expense “Slow decision making” The alienation of those working under the managers See Gary Hamel, “First, Let’s Fire All Managers,” Harvard Business Review 89, no. 12 (December 2011): 48-60.
3 Factors that are Foundational to Societal Prosperity
Trust, democracy, and the rule of law Stephen Knack; Paul J. Zak, “Building Trust: Public Policy, Interpersonal Trust, and Economic Development,” 10 Sup. Ct. Econ. Rev. 91 (2003)