The United States Senate and the House of Representatives recently approved the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. The legislation will prohibit employers and health insurance companies from discriminating against or refusing coverage to individuals based on the results of genetic testing. It is expected that President Bush will sign this bill.
The power of praise to influence human behavior is well accepted and based on the behavioral sciences. Now we have physiological proof as well. Researchers are mapping what happens in the brain during social interactions using technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography as well as wave analysis. Scientists can study neural… Read More Scientific Proof — Praise Matters!
Discoveries based in neuroscience about human behavior come out every week and include breakthroughs with real impact on workplace management. Researchers are exploring the concept of “reappraisal” which is the ability to look at a situation and change your interpretation of it. If you hear your boss stomping down the hall, instead of concluding quickly… Read More The Brain at Work