by Kare Anderson | May 9, 2019 | Friendship, Likeability
Your attentive glance, warm nod and early smile. How much do such behaviors affect others? Enough to surprise researchers. When students in a study watch even brief (two, five or 10 second) glimpses of strangers expressing these positive actions on soundless video...
by Kare Anderson | May 4, 2019 | behavior, Friendship
Real Conversation Is Akin To Catching A Fish Until you find the lure and hook on which someone will bite, you won’t pull them closer. You are talking to yourself. Soon they may show irritation or worse, or go on a mental vacation. Whether you’re attempting to get...
by Kare Anderson | May 1, 2019 | behavior, conferences, Connecting, Meeting Planners, Meetings
What makes a conference truly stand out from others? It’s not necessarily how much money was spent but how many positively memorable and meaningful moments the attendees recall. If you run a store, tourist attraction or other facility, some of the tips you read...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 29, 2019 | Connecting, Friendship, Likeability, mutuality matters
Suppose a colleague gives you a compliment as you meet her in the hallway and then another person accidentally bumped you in passing. You will respond more quickly and strongly to being bumped than to being complimented, even if the person who knocked into you...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 25, 2019 | behavior, Collective Clout, Leadership, mutuality matters
Perhaps your most valuable skills in our often tumultuous, fast-changing world are the capacity to recruit and/or strengthen apt teams of diverse individuals to innovate or capture certain kinds of opportunity or solve certain kinds of problems better and faster...
