Category: Research Insights

In the Eye of the Beholder: What the Research Tells us about Why You Can’t Please Everyone

By Lucy Sullivan on Wednesday March 27, 2019

As a lifelong “people pleaser,” I can attest that there is a paralysis that comes with trying to please everyone all of the time. Saying yes to one person may mean saying no to another. Being the life of the party may be charming to one person, while it makes another person feel invisible. It’s […]

The Higher the Climb, the Bigger the Stretch: How Effective Leadership Changes as Leaders Ascend

By Lucy Sullivan on Sunday January 13, 2019

We’ve all heard some version of the Peter Principle: that in a hierarchical organization, every employee will rise to the level of their respective incompetence. It assumes that employees possessing the skills need to excel in a given position will be promoted to the next “rung” on the corporate ladder, which will require different skills; […]

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