by Leo G | Jan 9, 2019 | Change Management, Leadership, Organizational culture
Most of us think that change is necessary and sometimes inevitable but at the same time, many of us also think that it can be highly problematic, or hard to implement. So, what do we do? We try to plan, control and make it as smooth as possible; nonetheless, change...
by Leo G | Dec 13, 2018 | Organizational culture, Teams
When there is no trust, four crucial and potentially negative consequences likely to occur at the workplace are: 1. Lack of efficiency. Employees will not work efficiently: they will be reluctant to make decisions given the lack of trust in, and a backing by...
by Leo G | Jun 7, 2018 | Leadership
The way you interpret things, frame your actions and determine your results. In 1939 George Dantzig, a doctoral student was late for his advanced mathematics class in Berkeley. He had fallen asleep after studying much of the night before. When he arrived in his...
by Leo G | Jun 7, 2018 | Organizational culture
I had just graduated from college with a major in organizational psychology and I was hired by a nationwide Real Estate company as a psychologist responsible for recruitment and personnel selection. I was happy, and everything was going very well, until one day… The...
by admin | Nov 18, 2017 | Leadership
We work so hard to be successful but then success becomes our enemy. This is what happened to Travis Kalanick, Uber’s founder, who resigned a few days ago. In our linear and binary logic of dual and opposite thinking, we have associated success as good and...
by admin | Nov 18, 2017 | Change Management
There are different approaches to learn how to dance or how to change. Some people learn the steps: one and two, turn left, one step forward, one step back, etc. and some others would rather feel the music before learning the steps. I belong to the latter group. For...
