Are You Missing Vital Information Due to the MUM Effect? (Video and Podcast)

Last updated on: October 13, 2020 at 5:08 am By Gleb Tsipursky

Company cultures and top leaders may unconsciously penalize subordinates who bring them bad news. This dangerous judgment error is called the MUM effect and it creates an atmosphere of secrecy that leads successful companies to stagnate and deteriorate. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, which describes the danger of missing vital information due to the MUM Effect. Video: “Are You Missing Vital Information Due to the MUM Effect?” Podcast:... Read more

How Can You Thrive During This Pandemic?

Last updated on: October 6, 2020 at 2:59 am By Gleb Tsipursky

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our routines and lifestyles. While being shut mostly in your home or observing infection prevention guidelines when leaving the house, chances are you might be finding it difficult to adapt to the changes of the past few months. And yet, we all have to find a way to survive and thrive in the pandemic. Liz, a coaching client of mine, had a difficult time adjusting to the COVID-19 reality. As an executive in... Read more

New Survey Gives Insight On Your Shopping Choices

Last updated on: September 29, 2020 at 4:15 am By Gleb Tsipursky

Why do you buy what you buy? Are your purchases for the right reasons? Research shows that people overestimate their logical decision-making when purchasing, and instead make many irrational choices in their shopping. We think we shop based on our self-directed goals. In reality, we are shaped very strongly by our external context: the environment crafted by advertisements and salespeople, as well as website and store layouts. People overestimate their ability to keep their impulses in check, a tendency... Read more

8 Steps to Protect Your Career During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Last updated on: September 21, 2020 at 5:24 am By Gleb Tsipursky

COVID-19 has disrupted many areas of our lives, including our careers. With so much uncertainty, having a stable job and career is more important than ever as you prepare for many possibilities. Several key industries have been uprooted and unemployment numbers have jumped to an all-time high, giving people good cause to be concerned. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to strengthen and protect your career during these uncertain times to survive and thrive in the COVID-19 coronavirus... Read more

How to Prevent Conflicts Across Age Divides (Video and Podcast)

Last updated on: August 26, 2020 at 4:18 am By Gleb Tsipursky

In order to prevent conflicts across age divides, organizations need to avoid dangerous judgment errors. That’s the key take-away message of this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show. Video: “How to Prevent Conflicts Across Age Divides” Podcast: “How to Prevent Conflicts Across Age Divides” Links Mentioned in Video and Podcast Here’s the article on How to Prevent Conflicts Across Age Divides The book Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best... Read more

The Deadly Threat of COVID-19 Misinformation in Mainstream Media

Last updated on: August 18, 2020 at 1:23 am By Gleb Tsipursky

The mainstream media news sources that you consume can kill you – or save you. That’s the fundamental insight of a powerful new study about the impact of watching either Sean Hannity’s news show Hannity or Tucker Carlson’s Tucker Carlson Tonight: one saved lives, and the other resulted in more deaths, due to how each of these hosts covered the pandemic, and the resulting COVID-19 misinformation. This research illustrates the danger of falling for health-related misinformation due to... Read more

Build Strong Stakeholder Relationships Through These Three Social Intelligence Methods

Last updated on: August 7, 2020 at 2:42 am By Gleb Tsipursky

Strong relationships with your organization’s stakeholders will go a long way in helping you forecast and identify problems, as well as formulate and roll out effective solutions. However, these kinds of relationships are not built overnight. Aside from identifying your key stakeholders and learning the truth about them, you also have to keep the connection by making them feel understood. Once you have already established a connection with your stakeholders, maintaining it will largely depend on assuring them, on... Read more

The Trap of Getting Back to Normal in the Pandemic

Last updated on: July 31, 2020 at 4:19 am By Gleb Tsipursky

As the vast majority of companies rush to reopen, they’re falling into the trap of “getting back to normal.” They’re not realizing we’re heading into a period of waves of restrictions once again, due to many states reopening too soon. Indeed, some of the states to open early onward have already reimposed some restrictions, showing that as I predicted way back at the start of the pandemic, we will be facing rolling waves of restrictions and shutdowns, and need... Read more

How Your Household Can Survive and Thrive During This Pandemic

Last updated on: July 18, 2020 at 6:23 pm By Gleb Tsipursky

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has changed life as we know it, as well as how we manage our households. While being shut mostly in our homes or observing infection prevention guidelines when leaving our house, it can be pretty hard to grapple with the reality of the world in which we now live. And yet, this is what we must all do to survive and thrive in this new abnormal. Same Home, Different House Rules? Susan, an... Read more

What Is Unconscious Bias (And How You Can Defeat It)

Last updated on: July 7, 2020 at 8:21 pm By Gleb Tsipursky

How do you defeat unconscious bias? First, you need to know what it is. Unconscious bias (also known as implicit bias) refers to unconscious forms of discrimination and stereotyping based on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, ability, age, and so on. It differs from cognitive bias, which is a predictable pattern of mental errors that result in us misperceiving reality and, as a result, deviating away from the most likely way of reaching our goals. In other words,... Read more