The Human Factor: Unleashing the Power of Psychological Factors for Effective Communication and Collaboration in Teams

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Being a part of any work team, a certain amount of knowledge and skill set is required. But, it is not only limited to that. In this era of betterment mentally, the psychological aspects known as Human Factors are equally significant. These factors make working in collaboration with people more accessible and better, resulting in growing productivity, individually and as …

The Art & Artist of Peacekeeping: Strategies can be followed for Conflict Management

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“A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.” – John C. Maxwell Management and leadership are two terms that become very common as we grow up. We first encounter these concepts in the classroom, both in school and college, and later in organisational settings, where we see very few …

Cracking the Code of High-Performing teams: Psychological Strategies for building effective team dynamics in the Workplace

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The APA (American Psychological Association) defines performance as “any activity or collection of responses that leads to a result or has an effect on the environment”. However, in the current fast-paced and result-oriented business world, performance can’t be equated with simply a result or an effect. It has to be a good, rather exceptional result for you to be qualified …

Beyond Words: The Power of Emotions in Teamwork and Strategies for effective collaboration

Team IIBP Anveshan, Business Psychology, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Employee wellbeing, Issue 35, Leadership Development, Organizational Development, Talent Management, Team Effectiveness, Training and Development, Volume 4

Emotions illuminate various levels of human engagement. In daily life, human interactions are influenced by both positive and negative emotions. Interaction between humans requires the coexistence of emotions. Team building requires emotional intelligence, according to Randy Taran’s book “Beyond Words”. A team’s success is dependent on emotional intelligence, as demonstrated in the book “Beyond Words,” while the opposite can lead …

The Curse of Knowledge

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It happened four years ago. But I still remember it as if it is happening right now. Maybe I was so embarrassed that my brain captured a live video and saved it safely. I was working with a start-up company as an HR and I was sent to Delhi along with my IT team of seven people to pitch our …

Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder and the Fear of Being a Fool

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Having an eye for detail puts the task in focus, but when the eye refuses to blink, the entire picture is blurred. This is a glimpse into how individuals with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) struggle to finish tasks at hand. OCPD falls under Cluster C of personality disorders and includes symptoms that often tend to interfere with normal functioning, …

The Psychology of Self-Handicapping: Why Intelligent People Sometimes Sabotage Their Own Success

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The concept of Self Handicapping was introduced by Edward Jones and Steven Berglas in 1978 to answer the question of why people tend to sabotage success or outcomes they seem to value the most. It refers to putting a barrier to one’s own success where in an event of failure is attributed to a lack of ability being diminished because …

The Dangers of Groupthink: When collective intelligence leads to poor decision making

Team IIBP Anveshan, Business Psychology, Corporate Social Responsibility, Organizational Culture, Social justice, Volume 4

To be human is to be part of a group in one way or another. And in most cases, belonging to a group also means having to take some collective decisions. Have you ever observed people keeping their thoughts or opinions to themselves because they differ from that of the group? Have you ever refrained from challenging a certain decision …