A friend told me about a co-worker who has problems at work due to being overly conscientious. When the colleague sees something wrong at work, she reports it to her…
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Do Not Use Punishment, Except as a Last Resort
Posted by jmalouff | Behaviour Modification, Emotions, Human Thinking and Behavior, Learning, Strategies for Teachers, Work | No CommentsAustralian schools don’t smack pupils anymore. As years pass, fewer and fewer parents smack their children. I was never punished at all as a child, except that my mother tried…
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Leaders Stink after Three Years
Posted by jmalouff | Human Thinking and Behavior, Organizational Psychology, Work | No CommentsYou may have heard the expression that fish and guests stink after three days. I have put “three” in a new saying: Leaders stink after three years. If you want…
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I have been occupying myself thinking about different occupations. Some occupations are more respected than others. What occupations do you consider most deserving of respect? Least deserving? If you…
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Dealing with Bullying in the Workplace
Posted by jmalouff | Human Thinking and Behavior, Organizational Psychology, Problem solving, Social psychology, Work | No CommentsI learned about bullies at the same time I learned about algebra. When I reached six feet tall in year 9, schoolyard bullies stopped bothering me. I enjoyed life without…
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Years ago management guru Laurence Peter said something profound: In organizations, employees rise to their level of incompetence and then stay there. This process now is known as the Peter Principle….
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Do you enjoy your job? If so, the job likely has most or all of these characteristics: Challenge. We want a reasonable amount of challenge in our work. Too much…
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