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Conflicts in clinical teams can be an enormous barrier to providing patients with optimum care. Not being able to resolve conflicts leads to anxiety and poor trust among healthcare practitioners, leading to more errors at work than professionals who do not have conflicts. This can lead to adverse outcomes and compromise their work and the quality of patient care (Sexton …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
We need people in our workplace who can connect with others, who display empathy and understanding, (and) who understand emotions. More than ever, emotional intelligence is not just a ‘nice to have but a core capability for the future.’’ -Pip Russell, Strategy, innovation, and commercial operations vice-president, Schneider Electric (Capgemini, 2022) Intelligence is what helps us learn, process, adapt, and …
The US’s Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), in its February 2022 data, has suggested an increase in workplace romance due to the hunkering of employees down a home. Surprisingly, what is considered a taboo has been openly accepted in the workplace. You would be surprised to know that 75% of those who participated in the SHRM study said they …
‘Dieselgate’: The famous emissions scandal case of Volkswagen During 2010, the U.S. Environmental Pollution Agency (EPA) issued new guidelines for auto manufacturers to reduce emissions. Many companies complained about the increased costs but eventually met the new standards of EPA . In April 2016, the EPA discovered Volkswagen (VW) cheated the testing system and failed to meet the new standards. …
