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Mark's Remarks3 Things You Can Do with a Story
Build a bridge from the right part of the listener’s brain to the left. Summon the listener to natural invest in the story. Grease the wheels for the listener to find more than one lesson in the story. See: Jerry Biberman, Satinder Kumar Dhiman, and Joan Marques,...
3 Characteristics of the Type A Personality in the Workplace
The Type A personality is still linked to “high work performance and accomplishment.” Because of this, the Type A personality still contains an allure in many organizations. The Type A personality includes a “hostile” component that will more likely contribute to high...
6 Things You Can Do with Your Family While Staying In
Eat together Read together aloud Play a game together Sing Karaoke together Talk with each other Handwrite notes together to grandparents or to the elderly
3 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...