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Minor Questions of Life: Teams, groups, executives, and the psychodynamics of unconscious urges
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Minor Questions of Life. A space to reflect on some of the 'minor questions of life' - some profound and some far from it. Friday, June 18, 2010. Teams, groups, executives, and the psychodynamics of unconscious urges. These tools were originally known as "defence mechanisms", though today they are often refered to as "coping strategies". This is an important difference and understanding why can help us understand an important aspect of psychodynamics generally. The Ego is the part of our mind responsible...
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Minor Questions of Life: A very quick introduction to Psychodynamics
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Minor Questions of Life. A space to reflect on some of the 'minor questions of life' - some profound and some far from it. Monday, June 07, 2010. A very quick introduction to Psychodynamics. You'll never be any good", "You're so naive" and so on. If they don't have robust ways of coping with this unconscious self-criticism, then they are likely to be depressed and unlikely to have reached the position they have. So, our senior manager may well have these scripts playing, but they've developed com...I'll ...
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Minor Questions of Life: What will YOUR wake up call be?
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Minor Questions of Life. A space to reflect on some of the 'minor questions of life' - some profound and some far from it. Wednesday, June 16, 2010. What will YOUR wake up call be? The following abstract illustrates typical situations that arise in the course of my work with leaders - it should go without saying that permission to quote has been given, names have been changed, and a few details tweaked to preserve confidentiality. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 169; 2006-2010 Graham Wilson. Teams, g...
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Minor Questions of Life: Tips for professional business development seminars
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Minor Questions of Life. A space to reflect on some of the 'minor questions of life' - some profound and some far from it. Thursday, May 13, 2010. Tips for professional business development seminars. Tips for professional business development seminars. 2 Prepare and practice your contribution. Iron out mannerisms. record yourself and hone your story. I stopped counting the "you knows" at the event on Thursday, when it reached ten in one minute! 3 Make sure that you've got a couple of excellent case studi...
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Minor Questions of Life: What is the 'point' of personal development?
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Minor Questions of Life. A space to reflect on some of the 'minor questions of life' - some profound and some far from it. Monday, May 03, 2010. What is the 'point' of personal development? Do you visit a coach or therapist to grow? Can people who are 'happy' in themselves benefit from coaching or therapy? If someone is 'doing alright' why should they consider personal growth and emotional development? From a recent online group discussion. Truly not wishing to seem obtuse, but (here it comes) isn't the ...
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Minor Questions of Life: Papal visit outrage - it ain't what you do, it's the way people react to it
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Minor Questions of Life. A space to reflect on some of the 'minor questions of life' - some profound and some far from it. Sunday, April 25, 2010. Papal visit outrage - it ain't what you do, it's the way people react to it. With apologies to Sy Oliver, Fun Boy Three and Bananarama. This morning's shock news. Is that Foreign Office staff, keen to make the Pope's visit to the UK a success brainstormed such ideas as. Launch a "Benedict" brand of condoms. Apologise for the Spanish Armada. Bless a gay marriage.
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Minor Questions of Life: Writing (and speaking) made easy - Part 3 - The Sales Model
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Minor Questions of Life. A space to reflect on some of the 'minor questions of life' - some profound and some far from it. Friday, November 06, 2009. Writing (and speaking) made easy - Part 3 - The Sales Model. The selling process is broken down into five steps, remembered by the acronym, AICDC. A simple one liner or a short paragraph, that grabs the attention of the reader/listener. It can be provocative, informative, questioning, challenging, but it HAS to grab their attention. It shouldn't lie...This ...
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Minor Questions of Life: How projection undermines even polished performers
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Minor Questions of Life. A space to reflect on some of the 'minor questions of life' - some profound and some far from it. Wednesday, July 07, 2010. How projection undermines even polished performers. Gordon - how projection undermines even polished performers. In the industry, his name was well known and highly regarded - indeed he was seen as the natural successor to the CEO. Of course, anyone on the executive team knew that this would never happen - given his way of treating them. Gordon would then ta...
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Minor Questions of Life: The use and abuse of power at work - Association (4/21)
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Minor Questions of Life. A space to reflect on some of the 'minor questions of life' - some profound and some far from it. Tuesday, March 30, 2010. The use and abuse of power at work - Association (4/21). By association, we gain personal worth without necessarily having to do anything in particular to deserve it. We rely on the body with which we are associated to perform and we bask in that glory. In many situations, the assumption is made that it is at the time of joining. Officers in the Army have a r...
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Minor Questions of Life: The Dalai Lama explains why social media work so well
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Minor Questions of Life. A space to reflect on some of the 'minor questions of life' - some profound and some far from it. Thursday, June 03, 2010. The Dalai Lama explains why social media work so well. In order to network effectively we need to be able to both empathize with others and to receive human kindness from them. People of power often struggle to do either but once they can they are able to exceed even the heights they have already achieved. It is that it doesn't work that way. Now, if you take...