Smarter Faster Better- Book Review

Book Review: Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg I want to tell you I read this book but being in school with two classes each semester most of my reading is required text books and many (many, many) research articles. So how do I fit in…

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Work Engagement – Get it now

 

It is hard to measure an employee’s engagement but there is a feel to it. You know when you are engaged in a task, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re happy -you are focused on it and looking forward to the outcome. There are four main ‘feels’ to engagement which are: the feeling of urgency, being focused, having intensity and enthusiasm. 

These components together create an engaged person especially at work. When you have this winning combination the work that is produced is at its best, its engaged work with a person who took time to put complete focus into it with a level of intensity on achieving their goal and enjoyed the feeling of doing and completing. This recipe has other benefits as well, such as people who get this feeling tend to be persistent in this type of behavior and they take on new challenges with a positive mind. They also are more likely to expand their roles at work and more able to adapt to the changes occurring around them. It can be a win win situation because people want to feel engaged and companies want their employees to be engaged. The result is better work and more efficiency.
Here is an article from US News I found interesting on 12 ways to be an engaged employee and help you gain self-efficacy on work engagement. I hope you enjoy! http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2015/04/22/12-ways-to-be-an-engaged-employee

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Workplace Engagement

The article link below is about employee engagement and how to help measure if you are engaged at your current position. It describes how engagement is having a connection with the company you work with, which is some kind of organizational commitment that gives you an attachment or purpose to your work (Macey & Schneider, 2008)….

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The Unethical Outcome of Groupthink

After reading about ethics in small groups there was something about groupthink that got me thinking. What is groupthink and what is its effect on ethics? Groupthink may be defined many ways but Irving Janis who coined the phrase defines it as “a collective pattern of defensive avoidance” (Sims, 1992, pg. 651). This meaning that…

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Leadership: Theory and Practice by Northouse Book Review

I am working on my masters on psychology in leadership (From Penn State University) and this book is our staple. Lucky for me it is a great read in general. It discusses all the different styles and types of leadership and addresses issues that surround leadership. I have learned so much with this one book…

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Building a Team for Success

A small tidbit I wrote for my company newsletter, hope you find it useful. We do not work alone in our business. It takes the whole team to make our business a success. We all play our parts and the more those around us know our strengths and how we work the more valuable we…

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Archetypes…Hero? Warrior? Innocent?

Archetype…Which one defines you the most? I have always been an advocate on learning how we function and process and also learning about those around you. When you know how you process information and what your emotional responses are to situations you have better control over what happens in your life. Learning about how those…

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Being a Team Player!

Here is a muse on being a team player I wrote for a company newsletter…hope you enjoy! Being a part of a team is an important aspect of work life. It is rare for us to work solely alone never depending on anyone else. It is crucial for success in our business to be a…

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Meaningful Workplace

I will post uplifting posts that I put into my organization’s newsletter I write monthly. I hope you enjoy them as much I enjoy writing them! In my endeavor for knowledge of business and the inner works of a successful company, I have come across ample amounts of information. In all this information I find…

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Every One should have a lesson on Positive Psychology

I have never been a negative person; I am an optimist to the fullest. A couple semesters ago I took a positive psychology class and I realized that even being optimistic I had a lot of work to do.  It’s crazy to think that most of us going for a psychology degree will study in…

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