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5 Toughest Personalities at Work and How to Manage Them
Running a business would be easy if only you didn't have to manage people. The bigger your company grows, the smaller the likelihood that everyone in it will be easy to supervise. As the boss you always (or almost always) have the option to terminate anyone who is truly a drag on your company. When faced with a problem personality, most of us do one of two things: We either confront the person head-on, leading to escalating hostility, or else avoid dealing with him or her and leave the problem to worsen. There's a better way, according to Judith Orloff, M.D., assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA, and author of "The Ecstasy of Surrender." "Let go of reactivity," Orloff advises. Here's a look at five of the most challenging personalities Orloff has encountered, and how to manage them effectively: 1. Narcissists have an inflated sense of their own importance and crave constant attention and praise, Orloff explains. What's a good role for a narcissist? 2. 3. 4. 5.
How to discover your life purpose in about 20 minutes
How do you discover your real purpose in life? I’m not talking about your job, your daily responsibilities, or even your long-term goals. I mean the real reason why you’re here at all — the very reason you exist. Perhaps you’re a rather nihilistic person who doesn’t believe you have a purpose and that life has no meaning. Here’s a story about Bruce Lee which sets the stage for this little exercise. If you want to discover your true purpose in life, you must first empty your mind of all the false purposes you’ve been taught (including the idea that you may have no purpose at all). So how to discover your purpose in life? Here’s what to do: Take out a blank sheet of paper or open up a word processor where you can type (I prefer the latter because it’s faster).Write at the top, “What is my true purpose in life?” That’s it. For those who are very entrenched in low-awareness living, it will take a lot longer to get all the false answers out, possibly more than an hour. Give it a shot!
The One Word that Can Kill a Friendship
There’s this word you use all the time. It’s a seemingly harmless word — it’s close to meaningless, really — but it’s slowly, subversively tainting your relationships. Look back over any recent texts and emails you’ve sent to friends. If they look something like this, you’re caught on this word’s lure. “I’d love to hang out! “Sorry I didn’t get back to you earlier! “What’s going on with me? You guessed it. To be clear, there’s nothing wrong with actually being busy — people can certainly have many obligations and still maintain great relationships. Let’s discuss the top three reasons it’s time to be done with “busy,” and three ways to replace it with something better. Everyone is busy. That being said, just because “busy” is not a word that generates closeness, that doesn’t mean you can’t communicate the same thing in a way that does generate closeness. Be specific. Try saying goodbye to “busy” and see what happens! © Kira Asatryan. Guy with two phones photo available from Shutterstock
Mirror Neurons
Mirror Neurons PBS air date: January 25, 2005 ROBERT KRULWICH: Hello again. Gaze into a mirror, and what do you see? Well, I see my face, of course. We humans are really good at reading faces and bodies. Ask yourself, "Why do people get so involved, so deeply, deeply involved, with such anguish, such pain, such nail biting tension over football?" COMMENTATOR: The Cleveland Browns are gambling on defense. ROBERT KRULWICH: Why are we such suckers for sports? Well, as it happens, scientists have an explanation for this strange ability to connect. DANIEL GLASER: It had never been found on a cellular level before. ROBERT KRULWICH: A set of brain cells, found on either side of the head, among all the billions of long branching cells in our brain, these so-called "mirror neurons," have surprising power. DANIEL GLASER: What we've found is the mechanism that underlies something which is absolutely fundamental to the way that we see other people in the world. (NEURON FIRING): Clack, clack, clack. V.S.
The Science Behind How Leaders Connect with Their Teams
Research shows that in leaderless groups, leaders emerge by quickly synchronizing their brain waves with followers through high quality conversations. Simply put, synchrony is a neural process where the frequency and scale of brain waves of people become in sync. Verbal communication plays a large role in synchronization, especially between leaders and followers. On the surface, brain synchrony seems easy to understand. Motivation to synchronize matters (Presence): Communicators who synchronize easily are motivated to do so. Being “present” starts with consciously deciding to synchronize. Deep self-connection enhances synchrony (“Wholeness”): Warren Bennis wrote, “Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. One way to increase interpersonal synchrony is through a technique called “reverie”. Leaders can also achieve this sense of “wholeness” in a subtly different state called mind wandering.
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RFQ RFT RFP RFI - Procurement Processes Negotiation Experts - Tendering
Clients and newsletter readers have asked that we demystify the meaning behind each of the following procurement terms: RFI, RFQ, RFT and RFP. These processes have steadily grown in popularity in procurement and purchasing, especially amongst larger buying organisations. Sadly proper training is often not given on which process to use and in how to effectively use each process. RFI – Request for Information An open enquiry that spans the market seeking broad data and understanding. RFQ – Request for Quotation An opportunity for potential suppliers to competitively cost the final chosen solution(s). RFT – Request for Tender An opportunity for potential suppliers to submit an offer to supply goods or services against a detailed tender. RFP – Request for Proposal Sometimes based on a prior RFI; a business requirements-based request for specific solutions to the sourcing problem. Request for Information (RFI) Request for Quotation (RFQ) Request for Tender (RFT) Request for Proposal (RFP) Advice
Negotiation Strategies & Skills Course - Negotiation for Executives
Management and Leadership Dates: Jun 10-11, 2014| Oct 28-29, 2014 Certificate Track: Management and Leadership Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Tuition: $3,300 (excluding accommodations) Program Days (for certificate credit): 2 Negotiation is a daily practice within business organizations. Q&A with Jared CurhanJared Curhan, the program Faculty Director, shares his thoughts on what defines a successful negotiation process. The MIT Edge True to the deeply analytical and quantitative MIT style, the material in this program is based on extensive scientific research by Professor Curhan and his colleagues. Join the MySloanExecEd Community Group for this program to network with past, present, and future participants. “Successful negotiation is about communication. Prof. In this program, participants will learn how to: Powerful negotiators are valued at all levels of an organization. “People who establish great relationships have more people who want to negotiate with them.
