Category Archives: Psychology
The Value of Intangibles
Building on the piece on Managing Intangibles, I’m planning on adding some further examples of the increasing significance of intangibles in management. The first comes via the Bradman Group and CIO Magazine and is titled “9 Reasons Why Application Developers … Continue reading
A strong link between poor leadership and the risk of serious heart disease
Via the BBC, the Swedes are linking leadership to health and ultimately, mortality. Its certainly an interesting way to look again at the famed ‘work life balance’! Inconsiderate bosses not only make work stressful, they may also increase the risk … Continue reading
More on Recruitment Methods
Following on from an earlier post, Robert Cenek raises the question ‘Can Job Turnover be Predicted?’ To me, it seems that Robert’s line of thinking runs in parrell to the earlier post, particularly when he writes; Can Job Turnover be … Continue reading
A Consensus on Recruitment Methods?
An interesting article and comment from HR Magazine highlights the lack of consensus over appropriate selection methods (also see Personnel Today). There are some pretty startling figures in here too, along with the editorial comment; Popular recruitment methods are useless … Continue reading
Blending and Conceptual Integration
I’ve been doing some research on creativity and problem solving and have come across the idea of Blending. I think its a neat idea and one that possesses a great deal of power and application. Blending is a concept which … Continue reading
Some relationships are more equal than others
Meg Ellis made some comments on our 4G and Myers Briggs/MBTI posting . The MBTI reported type code is a beginning point for people to determine their “best fit” type. They may behave differently from what their preferences are. Life … Continue reading
A Cacophony of Quantification
Many psychometric reports will feedback a series of numbers, graphs and sten scores in a cacophony of quantification. While one cannot underestimate the impact of a good visual aid, I am often left asking the question ‘what do these numbers … Continue reading
4G and Myers Briggs/MBTI
Myers Briggs (or MBTI) is possibly the most popular psychometric is use today and there is no shortage of people who write about this model. Given, however, some of the similarities between Myers and 4G, people often ask what the … Continue reading
Leadership Theories
I’ve been doing some research into leadership theories and have found what I think is a useful matrix and approach for categorising much of what is already out there. The matrix is from the work of Arthur G. Jago and … Continue reading
People like Good Working Relationships
People like good working relationships and actively seek them out! This idea has clear implications for team building and team effectiveness. By combining this with 4G and the ability to predict relationships, I think there are some interesting new ideas … Continue reading
