February 27, 2016
MILLENNIALS WHO EXHIBIT “RELATIONAL AGGRESSION – involving a relationship with a loved one in which actions harm feelings or damage social status (often spreading rumors, backstabbing or publicly embarrassing friends) – apparently demonstrate the toxic effects of domineering helicopter parenting…... Continue
Weekly Report 16-09
February 20, 2016
‘INFORMAL’ MEDIATION IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY EFFECTIVE MANNER OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION – a process of coaxing parties to focus on “surfacing the agenda” to ensure that each party listens and fully hears the other’s core issue(s) – which then facilitates... Continue
Weekly Report 16-08
February 14, 2016
• PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, ESPECIALLY OF MILLENNIALS, OFTEN HAS ADVERSE RESULTS, with employees feeling “less inspired and motivated after the appraisal episodes.” Surveys find the principal reason for this to be the traditional focus on activity – i.e. what the person... Continue
Weekly Report 16-07
February 6, 2016
MILLENNIALS GENERALLY “VIEW AND EMBRACE SOCIALISM MORE POSITIVELY THAN CAPITALISM, their faith undermined in our economic system… Much of the blame goes to ‘crony capitalism’ – which is when government provides special favors to some people or businesses, and picks... Continue
Weekly Report 16-06
January 30, 2016
WORKPLACE ‘ACCOUNTABILITY’ IS NOT REALLY ABOUT “taking the blame when something goes wrong, it’s about “taking initiative and strategic follow-through… to deliver on a commitment with responsibility to the outcome.” The key to holding people accountable mostly involves clarity as... Continue