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carmenkolcsar
Sep 13, 20235 min read
Why So Much Misunderstanding?
(This article was originally published on LinkedIn) When thinking about life on Earth, one thread stands out with critical significance –...
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carmenkolcsar
May 30, 20232 min read
Navigating the Office Politics Maze
Have you ever found yourself caught in the paradoxical world of office politics? You know, that mysterious realm where nobody admits to...
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carmenkolcsar
May 30, 20235 min read
How Our Personalities Shape Office Politics
(this article was first published on LinkedIn) I rarely have a dialogue with someone without the office politics topic unseeingly...
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carmenkolcsar
May 8, 20232 min read
Impostor Phenomenon (Syndrome), Passion and Role Models
Feeling like an impostor can be tough, especially in competitive fields like science and technology, where perfectionism and comparison...
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carmenkolcsar
May 5, 20233 min read
The Dark Side of Self-Help Culture: Why Skepticism is Mandatory When It Comes of Easy Fixes
As someone who has written a few self-help workbooks, I'm the first to admit that self-help culture has its benefits. But as the industry...
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carmenkolcsar
Apr 27, 20234 min read
The Narcissistic Leader: Is It Good or Bad for Business?
Research suggests that narcissistic leaders may be more successful in certain situations, but also that they can harm their organizations...
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carmenkolcsar
Apr 24, 20233 min read
Quiet Please! Why Active Listening is Vital for Effective Leadership
As a leader, it can be tempting to think that the key to success is to talk, talk, talk. After all, you're the boss, right? Your opinion...
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carmenkolcsar
Mar 28, 20233 min read
[The Science Behind Storytelling] Serotonin
It was a typical Monday morning in the office, and Sarah was feeling down, with a big presentation to give later that week, worried sick...
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carmenkolcsar
Jan 21, 20232 min read
[Skills of the future] Creativity++ workbook is now published
This week, the Creativity enhancing workbook was published on Amazon (multiple markets) in paperback and hardback formats: US, UK,...
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carmenkolcsar
Jan 21, 20237 min read
Crazy Old Virals (3) - Skills proficiency & learning
Myth 1: 70:20:10 model provides an effective framework for organizational learning and development Fact: 70:20:10 model is based on...
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carmenkolcsar
Jan 18, 20236 min read
Crazy Old Virals (2) - Habits formation
Many myths about habit formation were dismissed by scientific research in the past decades, but they are still part of popular wisdom....
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carmenkolcsar
Jan 12, 20234 min read
Intelligence traps, delusions and a few cognitive biases
In a classic 1977 study, 94 percent of professors rated themselves above average relative to their peers. According to a more recent...
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carmenkolcsar
Jan 4, 20233 min read
Active listening
Scientific research suggested more than three decades ago that the average listening effectiveness is about 25% (1) and this is,...
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carmenkolcsar
Jan 4, 20233 min read
[Skills of the future] Active listening
Scientific research suggested more than three decades ago that the average listening effectiveness is about 25% (1) and this is,...
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carmenkolcsar
Dec 8, 20222 min read
[Skills of the future] Creativity
Artificial Intelligence already writes pretty good poems, generates decent sounds and music, and creates amazing visuals. The same...
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carmenkolcsar
Dec 6, 20223 min read
Crazy old virals
In 1943, Abraham Maslow, an American psychologist, published his work - "A Theory of Human Motivation”, in the Psychological Review...
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carmenkolcsar
Dec 2, 20222 min read
Laughter
Laughter releases endorphins* and this reduces pain and stress and contributes to the creation, strengthening, and maintenance of social...
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carmenkolcsar
Dec 2, 20221 min read
Daily list of gratitude
In the past 20 years, many scientists studied the influence of daily gratitude list practice on well-being, health, and quality of life....
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