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The Importance of Nonverbal Communication
Tagged with: Amy Cuddy, Body Language, nonverbal communication
Posted in All, TED Talks & Other Videos
Posted in All, TED Talks & Other Videos
Conflict resolution: Dividing 17 by 3
Tagged with: Conflict Resolution, Willian Ury
Posted in All, Conflict Resolution, TED Talks & Other Videos
Posted in All, Conflict Resolution, TED Talks & Other Videos
“The Tipping Point: How little things can make a big difference”
Epidemics. A brilliant view of how epidemics happen, Author Malcolm Gladwell (2002) highlights why change occurs so rapidly.
“The Power of Habit” TEDx
Tagged with: Motivation, Positive Psycology, The Power of Habit, Willpower
Posted in All, Motivation, TED Talks & Other Videos
Posted in All, Motivation, TED Talks & Other Videos
“The Power of Habit”
The Power of Habit. Do you ever wonder why, in some instances, we do what we do and how we perform some tasks without putting forth much thought? Charles Duhigg revels scientific research explaining …
Tagged with: Change, Charles Duhigg, Motivation, Positive Psychology, The Power of Habit
Posted in All, Bibliography, Motivation
Posted in All, Bibliography, Motivation
“Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action”
“loyalty comes from the ability to inspire people.” – Simon Sinek Inspiring Famous innovator of The Golden Circle, Simon Sinek empowers readers with the tools to inspire your workforce starting with “why” we do what we do.
The Happiness Advantage
Greatest Power of the Happiness Advantage “The person we have the greatest power to change is ourselves” (Achor, 2010, p. 199). “Once we start capitalizing on the Happiness Advantages in our own lives, the positive changes quickly ripple out” (Achor,…
Tagged with: Organizational Change, Positive Psychology, Positive Psycology, Shawn Achor
Posted in All, Bibliography
Posted in All, Bibliography
City of Montrose Consumer Analytics
Why Data Analytics? The competitive business market in which we operate presents many challenges that inhibit our ability to plan strategically directly from intuition and experience. Successful businesses are utilizing the power of data and technology to predict future market…
Tagged with: Business Development, City of Montrose, consumer analytics, data analytics, strategic planning
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Embracing Organizational Change
Why Change Fails. Step foot inside any organization and you may notice certain levels of resistance regarding progression. Through review of the following articles, we learn executive leaders are heading in one direction, while the rest of the organization remains…
Intrinsic Motivation
What Drives Motivation? This is a great morning TED that elaborates on last weeks discussion about motivation. What do you think? Is intrinsic motivation important in the workplace?
Tagged with: Daniel H. Pink, Intrinsic Motivation, Motivation, TED Talks & Other Videos
Posted in All, Motivation, TED Talks & Other Videos
Posted in All, Motivation, TED Talks & Other Videos
What Motivates You?
Are you solely motived by money? If you think so, watch this clip. I have followed Dan Pink since reading his book Drive, then A Whole New Mind. This YouTube video discusses the fundamental basis behind Drive—Motivation. It answers the…
Tagged with: A Whole New Mind, Daniel H. Pink, drive, intrinsic, Motivation
Posted in All, Motivation
Posted in All, Motivation
Horse Quotes
Carrots and sticks are not always the best motivators. If you have read Drive by Daniel H. Pink, you might agree. When you observe horses trained with traditional carrot and stick methods, you will notice that once you take the carrot…
The MC Voicing Publication
While serving Colorado Mesa University (CMU) Montrose as their student government senator, it became evident that we were in need of a publication to promote our accomplishments. The fall 2013 semester, Director Montoya of the CMU Montrose campus and President…
Adaptable to Change
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” – Charles Darwin
Posted in All, Change Management
