Fear in the workplace operates like an invisible predator. By diverting teams’ energy towards self-defence, it undermines co-operation and ultimately costs organizations dearly.
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Humility is a virtue that many people admire but far fewer practice. A scholar describes how a professional crisis made him look inward and rethink his concept of success.
When a hobby becomes something larger, with a focus on improving skills and developing deep knowledge, it can deliver surprising rewards.
Charm can open doors but ego slams them shut. An escape-room experiment shows how the wrong kind of confidence can quietly sink a team.
There’s nothing wrong with the pursuit of excellence at work. But research suggests creativity can suffer if leaders fail to create psychological safety – particularly by expressing anger.
Boring, pointless, ‘could have been an email’. Poorly planned meetings sap our time and waste resources, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
The theories behind building a strong team performance.
New research reveals star scientists contribute surprisingly little to scientific discovery.
Most workers have experienced a bad team meeting. To run a good and effective one, managers need to make staff feel safe expressing ideas – even if they’re outside the box.
Start-up success isn’t just about finding the right product or underserved market, personalities matter too.
Collaboration is often promoted as a tool for harnessing collective intelligence. But sometimes working solo is the best option.
One longitudinal Australian study found children who drop out of sport between eight and ten years are at greater risk for social and emotional problems compared to those who continue in sport.
How to be more productive and efficient when working on multiple projects.
As COVID gradually recedes and attention focuses on economic recovery, good leadership is essential to help companies and their employees navigate a post-pandemic future.
If universities produce graduates who can work effectively in a team, the healthcare system will be strengthened and this would improve the health outcomes for patients.
People are getting together online to brainstorm solutions to some of the challenges the pandemic has created.
Understanding isolation’s effects on regular people, rather than those certified to have ‘the right stuff,’ will help prepare us for the future, whether another pandemic or interplanetary space travel.
Research shows smartphone use disrupts an essential facet of human connection – eye contact.
There is a more effective approach to team-building than obstacle courses. It doesn’t even necessarily involve the whole team.
Some people are better team players than others, but people with goal-oriented and manipulative personality traits can undermine collaborative efforts and affect the team outcome.
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Assistant Professor, School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University
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PhD researcher in elite team psychology, University of Sussex
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Assistant Professor of Management, University of Delaware
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Professor of Strategy, King's College London
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Scientia Professor of Evolution, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Law, Macquarie University
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Professor of Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University
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Doctoral Student, University of Florida
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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Bath
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Associate professor in psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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University of Southampton
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Researcher, University of Iowa
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Adjunct professor, UNSW ; University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Public Policy and Management at the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University
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Professor of Organisational Ethnography, Cambridge Judge Business School