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The Pitfalls of Personality Tests

Online personality tests are used extensively for employee selection and development at all levels. To gain maximum value from such an investment, it helps to be aware of some of…
WJM Coach of the Month - Richard Sackett, Ph.D.

Richard Sackett brings over 20 years of experience in guiding leaders’ development, particularly in the areas of Executive Presence, Communication, Influencing Style and Leadership Skills. His background as a Licensed…
How to Make Executive Coaching Stick

Executive coaching works best with adequate follow up. Without it, long-term commitment to personal change can be short lived. The effort to find just the right coach is wasted if…
Communicating in a Crisis: Lessons from Missing Flight 370

Since disappearing nearly two weeks ago, speculation regarding the whereabouts of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 has been rampant. Families of the passengers have suffered from long delays in getting information.…
WJM Coach of the Month - Alan Siegel, Ph.D.

WJM Senior Coach Alan Siegel has been coaching senior leaders and high-potential executives for over 25 years throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. As an organizational psychologist, he…
Help Your Leaders Win Gold in 2018

After an impressive short program in Sochi last week, 19-year old figure skater Jason Brown from Highland Park, Illinois, put himself into medal contention in his debut Olympics. If he…

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

In 2002, Daniel Kahneman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics, quite an achievement for a non-economist. Considered by some the most influential psychologist alive today, Kahneman was a founding father of modern behavioral economics. Thinking Fast and Slow is a culmination of Kahneman’s research of the many ways we fall victim to compelling cognitive illusions. In this tour of…