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Cover -- Contents -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION and IDEA #1: How to turn theory into results -- PART 1: IDEAS ABOUT PEOPLE -- IDEA #2: If you fear losing, you're more likely to lose out -- IDEA #3: The hedgehog and the fox - why experts get it wrong -- IDEA #4: How fortune favours the beautiful -- IDEA #5: When you can skip that meeting -- IDEA #6: How to improve your memory -- IDEA #7: Nice gals finish last, nice guys aren't far behind -- IDEA #8: People are terrible at fractions -- IDEA #9: Why diverse support networks are crucial for success -- IDEA #10: When your gut instinct may be right -- IDEA #11: How good do you think you are? -- IDEA #12: The changing face of great working relationships -- IDEA #13: When not to take an overseas assignment -- IDEA #14: The virtues of exchanging favours -- IDEA #15: Going on leave? Mind the career gap -- IDEA #16: You are so clever! Flattery and the boardroom -- IDEA #17: Avoid choice overload: 'keep it simple, stupid' -- IDEA #18: Why we're anchored to what we know -- IDEA #19: The negative impact of the superstar -- IDEA #20: The value of caring -- IDEA #21: Take every email with a pinch of salt -- IDEA #22: Anger management: she needs it, he doesn't -- IDEA #23: Why emotional inconsistency is the worst trait in a manager -- IDEA #24: How to catch a feeling -- IDEA #25: The antisocial network -- IDEA #26: Why being boring can make you a brilliant CEO -- IDEA #27: How to tell if a leader is lying -- IDEA #28: Your willpower levels are precious and finite -- IDEA #29: The optimistic salesperson -- IDEA #30: Stress leads to poor decision-making -- IDEA #31: To opt in or opt out? -- IDEA #32: Rational man is dead. Salute the animal spirit -- IDEA #33: I can see your halo -- IDEA #34: To get to the C-suite, be a generalist -- IDEA #35: The two yous.
IDEA #36: Work stress? Go for a run -- IDEA #37: The power of peer pressure -- IDEA #38: The benefits of believing in immanent justice -- IDEA #39: It's lonely at the top -- IDEA #40: It's not what you said, it's how you said it -- PART 2: IDEAS ABOUT PERFORMANCE -- IDEA #41: Find out when you're in the zone -- IDEA #42: To really improve, just do it -- IDEA #43: To decide alone is to make a bad decision -- IDEA #44: If you can't measure it, it's likely to be rubbish -- IDEA #45: That's my (one) goal -- IDEA #46: Don't pretend you can always control your emotions -- IDEA #47: Boost creativity by making the workplace an emotional roller coaster -- IDEA #48: Escaping the cycle of responsiveness -- IDEA #49: Want to do the right thing? Wait a moment . . . -- IDEA #50: Online procrastination - the key to higher productivity -- IDEA #51: When customers will put up with rude service -- IDEA #52: It's easier to be forgiven than to ask for permission -- IDEA #53: Want to win? Start by losing (a little) -- IDEA #54: Working on an acquisition? Seller, beware! -- IDEA #55: How social networks share knowledge -- IDEA #56: I'm in charge - check my paycheque -- IDEA #57: Great performance, but I regress -- IDEA #58: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush -- IDEA #59: The hidden evil of stereotype threats -- IDEA #60: How to turn that black swan white -- IDEA #61: Kick the habit -- IDEA #62: The biology of risk-taking -- IDEA #63: Do you have a Pareto or a long tail? -- IDEA #64: Six seconds to land your dream job -- IDEA #65: Tell stories, not facts -- IDEA #66: How to avoid buying a lemon -- IDEA #67: Flawed headhunting -- IDEA #68: Do I have a choice? -- IDEA #69: What not to write -- IDEA #70: F**k that hurts! How swearing eases the pain -- IDEA #71: When you should turn that frown upside down -- IDEA #72: How to become Mr Charismatic, JFK-style.
IDEA #73: My greatest weakness? I'm a perfectionist . . . -- IDEA #74: Start up where you started from -- IDEA #75: How to expand time -- IDEA #76: Let's not pull an all-nighter -- IDEA #77: Keeping out the fifth column -- IDEA #78: How to pick your next leader -- IDEA #79: Repetition, repetition, repetition -- IDEA #80: Strike a pose, feel the power -- IDEA #81: Progress - the most important motivator of all -- IDEA #82: Elbow grease - the value generator -- IDEA #83: Getting creative? Get distracted -- IDEA #84: Avoid the planning fallacy -- IDEA #85: I think the question you're trying to ask is . . . -- PART 3: IDEAS ABOUT ORGANISATIONS -- IDEA #86: Why playing the game will get you ahead -- IDEA #87: Working from home or shirking from home? -- IDEA #88: The paradox of meritocracy - how doing right can lead to wrong -- IDEA #89: Power, CEOs, boards and extreme strategic deviance -- IDEA #90: The myth of CEO experience -- IDEA #91: Change, language and history -- IDEA #92: MBA students and the cheating bug -- IDEA #93: Is your office making you sick? -- IDEA #94: Strong culture, reliable performance -- IDEA #95: Strategy, leaders and leadership harmony -- IDEA #96: Need to manage a negative rumour? Challenge its credibility -- IDEA #97: How management myths are formed -- IDEA #98: Why you should offer surgery with a free lollipop -- IDEA #99: It's why, not what, that matters -- IDEA #100: Competition in the workplace -- IDEA #101: Face-time counts.
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