Motivation is important in most settings. As you can read in this blog post, motivation is a key factor in enacting behavioral change on a personal level. It is even trickier to motivate people in the workplace because it requires understanding how to motivate different kinds of people on a daily basis. When thinking about motivation, there are…
If you’ve ever decided on a great New Year’s resolution just to give up by February, you know that establishing new habits is hard. A lot of the time, it doesn’t even matter how small this new habit is. As you can probably imagine, this means that changing someone else’s behavior is even more challenging. According to…
Change management is something that we often hear about, and more often than not, we hear about how difficult it is to achieve. But what exactly is change management? In simple terms, change management is preparing companies (and the people in those companies) for changes within their organization. There are…
When thinking about personality, one of the most common distinctions that people make is the one between introverts and extraverts. As you can read in this blog, the boundary between the two isn’t that clear-cut. Nonetheless, there are some key differences between introverts and extraverts that can play out in the workplace. Extraverts might be more likely to enjoy fast-paced events of meeting new people,…
If you’re like a lot of people, you’ve probably thought about whether you’re an introvert or an extravert. When you try searching it, there are countless results about tests you can take and information you can read to try to figure out it out. This mass of information makes the true difference unclear, especially because a lot of this information is not that reliable.…
In a Swedish podcast episode, which you can listen to here, Qaisar Mahmood discusses diversity in the workplace, explaining that while it is essential, it also comes with a price. “Diversity and Inclusion” efforts have become more common, but most of the time they don't do much (and if done incorrectly, they can even be harmful). If asked, most employers…
Personality tests are everywhere. Whether it’s “What kind of fast food am I?” or something more serious, a lot of people love using these quizzes either for fun or to learn more about themselves. Most of the time, these personality quizzes are just harmless fun. If your results on the fast food quiz aren’t accurate, there’s no real…
When it comes to group development, researchers have proposed many different models. One such model is Susan Wheelan’s Integrated Model of Group Development, which proposes that group development can be broken down into four main stages. Each of these stages can be likened to a stage of human development. Dependency and Inclusion (“childhood”) – When…
In 2010, 33 people were trapped in a collapsed mine in Chile. For the first 17 days, the situation might have seemed hopeless from an outside perspective. But, unbeknownst to the outside world, they persevered and shared ideas. By day 17, they made a borehole through which they could receive food, medical supplies, and outside communication. On day 69, all miners were pulled…
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