by Scott Anderson | Nov 9, 2015 | Coaching, Playing Big, Workplace Issues
In 2008, Scientific American published a study by Paul J. Zak on The Neurobiology of Trust. Using an experimental task called “the trust game,” researchers found that “oxytocin, a hormone and neurochemical, enhances an individual’s propensity to trust a stranger when...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 23, 2015 | Coaching, Personal Enrichment, Workplace Culture
It’s just a fact: teams that don’t trust each other are incapable of performing to their highest possible standards. Teams that do trust each other rise above many of their limitations and innovate with relative ease. Earlier this week I wrote about why trust is so...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 21, 2015 | Coaching, Playing Big, Workplace Issues
As the organizational dynamics of the American business continue to shift, one of the major points to be aware of for leaders is the fact that over time, the balance of power has shifted from lying almost entirely with the employer to a place where employees now wield...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 16, 2015 | Coaching, Leadership
One of the biggest secrets of effective coaching is perhaps that there is no secret. There are techniques and insights but no magic bullet, no gold ring. You will ask more questions than you will get answers, and sneaking bluntly, that is the point. In a recent Fast...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 14, 2015 | Coaching, Playing Big
Last week I wrote a blog introducing the concept of Workforce 7.0 in anticipation of my SalesTalk this Thursday evening at Verde Martin in Omaha. In that blog, I laid out the previous iterations of the American workforce and the major events that coincided with the...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 9, 2015 | Coaching, Playing Big
On October 15, 2015 I will give a talk for the October edition of Verde Martin’s SalesTalk. The talk is called “Leading in Workforce 7.0” and it draws on my recent research and thoughts on the future of work. If you’d like to attend, you can register for free here by...
