All Posts for November, 2009

November 27th, 2009

Organizational Perception Charts

Materials:
Multi-Colored markers
3 flip charts per department
Objective:
For team members to explore their perceptions of the other departments and for departments to explore their perceptions of other departments.
Additionally for departments to explain their role to people who are not in …

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November 27th, 2009

A great post in Alan Weiss’s blog Contrarian Consulting
The power of being a solo consultant, not associated with a large organization.
-Michael Cardus is the founder of Create-Learning

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November 25th, 2009

The Virtual Office

How can organizations motivate virtual employees who work away from the traditional office?
Managing workers is particularly challenging, especially if they are not physically located near the main office.
Motivation determines how an individual engages in a work-related behavior. …

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Category: Leadership, Management
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November 22nd, 2009

A guest post from Nadia Fadonougbo – an Organizational Psychology Graduate Student

Ownership psychology / employee ownership is an idea that focuses on economic and moral concepts or perspectives.
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Those who are drawn to the economic view point sees it as the …

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Category: Management
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November 19th, 2009

A variation of Sticky Situation;
While facilitating the University of Rochester New York MBA students orientation (150 students at a time) I wanted to lead sticky situation to illustrate team work, as well as solutions to problems when working …

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