by MAI Team | Career, Conflict, Happiness, Teamwork, Uncategorized
“O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!” -Songs and Poems by Robert Burns Or, roughly translated for the non-Scots among us: Oh would some power the gift give us, To see ourselves as others see us. In other word: Know thyself....
by MAI Team | Changing our Minds, Coaching, Conflict, Finance, Generosity, Happiness, Learning, Love, Marriage, Optimism, Perseverance, Positive Core, Relationship with Money, Teamwork, Uncategorized, Willpower
Megan and Michael returned the following week with a file folder full of brochures and an excel spreadsheet called “Wedding.” “We went to six different places,” Michael said, gesturing to the folder. “Everything from hotels to specialty wedding venues to halls. There...
by MAI Team | Anxiety, Career, Coaching, Conflict, Conflicting Ideas, Gratitude, Happiness, Learning, Love, Marriage, Optimism, Positive Core, Relationship with Money, Teamwork, Uncategorized, Willpower
The next time we got together, Michael and Megan had done their homework. Their combined figures showed that Michael was making $42,000 a year and Megan was earning $55,000. Their total monthly take-home pay was $6,228. Target Percentage Target $ on Combined After-tax...
by MAI Team | Anxiety, Changing our Minds, Coaching, Conflict, Conflicting Ideas, Emergenetics, Emotional Intelligence, Feedback, Finance, Flourish, Flourishing, Gratitude, Learning, Love, Marriage, Perseverance, Positive Core, Relationship with Money, Strengths, Teamwork, Uncategorized, Values, VIA
When we met again two weeks later, Megan and Michael were both looking a little frayed around the edges. “Honestly!” Megan exploded, as soon as we sat down. “You’d think it was everyone else’s wedding! Michael’s mother has sent us her guest list of 250 people, every...
by MAI Team | Business, Career, Employees, Flourish, High Performance, Positive Psychology, Team Dynamics, Team Performance, Teamwork
Last week an article by Edward Lawler III titled Preventing the Loss of Key Talent was posted on Forbes. Ed Lawler and his Center for Effective Organizations has been recognized by Fortune and other publications as one of the leading management research...
by MAI Team | Emotional Intelligence, Feedback, Positive Psychology, Team Dynamics, Teamwork
Positive Psychology suggests that how we deal with each other’s good news may be more important than how we deal with problems and crises. That’s right. Celebration trumps Commiseration. Your spouse comes home and announces they have received a raise. Do you say:...