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The delayed effect of leadership coaching
Leadership Coaching Leadership coaching is a rapidly growing activity both within organisations and privately. As a result leadership coaching is attracting considerable research attention. Coaching is essentially a learning process aimed at transforming the coachees’ responses and thinking to issues. Like many learning events, often the learning outcomes tend to get measured either during or […]
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Psychological entitlement could be stopping you get promoted
Ever had a promotion turned down? Social norms and a sense of entitlement could be the reason … Ever wondered why you or someone else didn’t get promoted when they should have done? This not uncommon situation, where someone who deserves to be promoted ends up getting blocked, occurs regularly in many organisations and it […]
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Does project management certification improve performance?
Project management certification has become a burgeoning area of business across the globe for both universities, professional project management associations and private companies. As a result of the increased professionalisation of project management, many professional associations and bodies have laid down prescriptions of ‘best practice’ that members need to show that they can apply. But […]
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The Top Ten Research Topics / Research Trends 2019-2020
A look at the latest (people and organisations) research topics and research volumes for 2019 – 2020, Most popular research topics 2019 – 2020 Looking at our own stats and research volumes, the top 10 most popular research topics covered this year have been: Organisational culture and climate (by far the most searched for […]
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How important is having a purpose in life and income?
The importance of income Just how important is having a purpose in life compare to money? Whilst money isn’t everything, a number of previous studies from 2012, 2014 and 2018 found that income is still an important predictor of individual sense of well-being and life satisfaction. This finding has been replicated around the world and […]
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Decision-making and self-control – the cost
Self-control and decision making Do you feel tired or even exhausted after making a lot of decisions or having to make important decisions and choices? It takes self-control and emotion regulation but it also comes at a cost. This could be the reason… Making decisions and choices requires a level of self-control and emotion regulation. […]
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List of the research briefings we sent to members last month
Here is a selection of research briefings we sent out to members last month. Every one of these are based on research published in the last 3 months… Detecting lies is not as easy as we think it is Employee voice in unethical management situations – it all depends on how the manager sees your […]
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What is the expertise reversal effect?
The expertise reversal effect refers to how novices and experts learn. When novices are learning they don’t have a mental framework or schema about the subject. In other words they don’t understand how everything fits together and relates to each other, or how to critically think about the topic. Experts on the other hand do. […]
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How worrying changes our intolerance of uncertainty
77% of the population worry daily Previous research has found that approximately 77% of the population worries about an average of three things on a daily basis. However, 2% of the population has been found to have excessive and uncontrollable worrying, to the extent that it harms their health. Excessive worrying is a primary feature […]
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The 8 primary features of practical leadership and management wisdom
Introduction Wisdom isn’t the most popular subject in organisations, in leadership and management development programmes or in research circles. Part of the problem is that many people see wisdom as some abstract unobtainable concept that has few practical outcomes. This view is probably a mistake. The research numbers Just a quick look at the number […]
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