What makes strangers connect or not?
An interesting article recently appeared on BBC.com: What makes strangers click? It is a well-known principle of psychology that we like those who are most like ourselves. In this article the work of Columbia University psychologist Maya Rossignac-Milon is discussed. She asserts there is a second factor; it is not just with whom we’re talking – but what we’re talking about. The secret of good relationships is to try and make sense of the world together. She believes successful.....
Read MoreSelfish And Combative People Don’t Actually Get Ahead At Work
Image of the von Hammerstein-Equord management model This was the title of a recent article by Emily Reynolds in the Research Digest of the British Psychological Society that you can access here. The article quotes a 14-year longitudinal study from the University of California Study by Cameron Anderson that tracked 457 university graduates over 14 years. The students was first given a Five Factor Model (FFM) personality test. Then fourteen years later, when those participants wer.....
Read More200911 Does Self-Control Increase Your Psychopathic Tendencies?
I always thought the opposite but then I read this article from the BBC. How self-control can actually unleash your dark side On reflection, I still think the opposite. In 2017 I presented I formally presented the 7MTF model at the Sixth International Congress for Emotional Intelligence held in Oporto. You can read the paper here. While developing the 7MTF I realised that what best corresponded to Regulator EQ component was low levels of Neuroticism in the Five-Factor Model (FFM).....
Read MoreTemperament causes the downfall of another CEO.
There was an interesting article in The Weekend Australian, 5 September by Joyce Moullakis, Why QBE had to cut short CEO’s tenure, about former CEO of QBE Insurance, Pat Regan, who was forced by the QBE board to resign a week ago. I found it interesting, not because the article was about his sexual misconduct but because what it revealed about Regan’s temperament. In the article Moullakis lists a number of employee descriptions about Regan: “Super and ultra-competitive” .....
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