by Kare Anderson | Aug 28, 2016 | Connecting, mutuality matters
Who Are You Becoming? After winning several music awards one year, Carlos Santana was asked by an eager young entertainment reporter, how he felt about “this belated recognition after so many years as a professional musician.” In an apparent non sequitur, Santana...
by Kare Anderson | Jul 23, 2016 | Co-Create, collaboration, Connecting, mutuality matters
If successful scientists “have often been people with wide interests,” as Cambridge University professor William Ian Beardmore Beveridge concluded in The Art of Scientific Investigation, then you, too, might make more breakthroughs by seeking more varied people and...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 11, 2016 | behavior, Connecting, Likeability
In a study I dub “Are you powerful or not?” guess what category you might fall into? At Northwestern and Stanford, here’s what happened. Two professors, Adam Galinsky, Professor of Ethics & Decision Management, Northwestern University and Joe Magee, of the Wagner...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 11, 2016 | behavior, Connecting, Friendship
Are you quotAble? Or do people stop listening before you stop talking? Being heard and frequently quoted is essential to attracting more opportunities and friendships. Without that talent you may be rich, smart, well-connected, well-intentioned and hardworking yet you...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 1, 2016 | behavior, Book, Collective Intelligence, Connecting, mutuality matters, Persuasion
It’s probably no surprise to you that we most admire those who exude the right balance of strength and warmth, even if the notion runs counter to Machiavelli’s famous view that, “It is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both.” Like to learn how? If you’re...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 23, 2016 | behavior, Caring, Connecting
What should you do when things get tense in a group, and you’re tempted to make snide comments or worse? Why, turn to humor, of course. It can crack the fractious mood, drop the growing wall between us and even bring us closer. Yet only the right kind of humor can...
