Feeling powerful is linked with happiness and intrinsic motivation, which means leaders need to be comfortable enough wielding theirs to allow their teams some autonomy. By Janet Choi (Chief Creative Officer, iDoneThis) People who feel powerful are happier, according to a recent study published in Psychological Science. Researchers found that authenticity is what connects power and [...]
Posts Tagged "Power"
Feel More Confident And Powerful In 60 Seconds (Body Language)
July 18, 2012 – 8:00 am
Maximize your chance of making a great first impression and having your audience engaged in what you’re saying. By Kelly Studer (Career Stylist, Kelly Studer Consulting) Harvard researcher Amy Cuddy discovered ways for people to feel more powerful through simple tweaks to their body language. By practicing a few different “power poses” prior to a [...]
Just How Powerful Are You?
May 1, 2012 – 12:21 pm
Case in point: Crowdsourcing solutions often allow us to include voices and talent we’ve never heard before. By Nilofer Merchant (Contributing Writer, Harvard Business Review) When you write online, no one checks to see if you have a journalism degree before they start to read. If you experience an earthquake and want to report on [...]
