Run by People: The Psychological Reality of Business
January 22nd, 2012 // 7:22 am @ M.H. Nicholas
The notion a corporation is a person, shorthand to indicate that a corporation as an entity separate and distinct from the people owning it, has become the subject of great political fodder. The politicized nature, whether or not corporations have the individual rights of citizens (such as free speech), masks the fundamental operational flaw of the corporation: that it is never separate but rather comprised of people, oftentimes with interests differing from those of the business itself.
Category : Efficiency &Leadership &Managing and Being Managed &Perception Issues
Raw Honesty is Rarely the Truth
May 23rd, 2011 // 12:36 pm @ M.H. Nicholas
Some people consider it their moral imperative to tell people the unadulterated truth. Over-honesty, however, is as much (or more) a sickness as the sickness suffered by the pathological liar – although the liar may have more career upside potential. Being an “honest” person does not mean imposing a blunt truth, but rather conforming to the general conversational characteristics that embody conversational etiquette.
Category : Careers and Employment &Efficiency &Leadership &Perception Issues &Truth and Lies &Workplace Reality
Exceptionalism is a Stupidly Easy Achievement
May 22nd, 2011 // 11:59 pm @ M.H. Nicholas
To be exceptional simply requires doing what you say that you are going to do. This is the downfall for so many folks who could have been the most exceptional.
Category : Blog &Efficiency &Leadership &Managing and Being Managed &Perception Issues
Top Earners Are Least Productive
March 28th, 2011 // 12:53 pm @ M.H. Nicholas
Money does not drive efficiency. To the contrary, money is, for the most part, a terrible motivator. Employees who are paid less work are less efficient workers than those who earn more.
Category : Efficiency
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