by Kare Anderson | Jul 3, 2020 | Article, behavior, Collective Clout, greater good, image
Apart from honing their top talent, guess what Atul Gawande and Richard Branson have in common? They have two vital and intertwined traits in this increasingly complex world where we are drowning in information. They’ve sharpened their ability to be quotable and to be...
by Kare Anderson | May 17, 2020 | behavior, Cooperation
When things go wrong, we tend to blind ourselves to other’s feelings. We are more likely to fall into a destructive behavioral trap. Sadly, when we do, we cannot be empathic. We weaken that human bond that’s vital to re-grouping and resilience. These blinding mindsets...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 21, 2020 | Article, behavior, Connecting, influence, Leadership, Likeability, Values
Perhaps one of the most vulnerable of moments is when someone criticizes you. If the person who criticizes you knows you well, and if she makes their comments in front of other people, she can cut deep. The scalpel of her comments can be surgically rapid and close to...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 8, 2020 | behavior, Caring, Choice, Collective Intelligence, Connecting, Friendship, Give Back, inspiration, Likeability, mutuality matters
Joe Lee was sitting at a table, rapidly counting rain jackets in a small room somewhere above the sumptuous lobby of the Jamaican hotel where I was to speak at a global corporate conference the next morning. I did not know who he was then, although he looked familiar....
by Kare Anderson | Dec 27, 2019 | Article, behavior
First Ask Rather Than Tell “Have you or a friend, or family member ever had an MRI or CT scan?” Asking that three-part question pulls listeners into relating that topic to their life. Sam Horn, author of Got Your Attention?, suggests that such questions are more...
