Intelligence Is Overrated: What You Really Need To Succeed

". . .instead of exclusively focusing on your conventional intelligence quotient, you should make an investment in strengthening your EQ (Emotional Intelligence), MQ (Moral Intelligence), and BQ (Body Intelligence). These concepts may be elusive and difficult to measure, but their significance is far greater than IQ."

10 Ways to Motivate Anyone

". . .there is no cookie-cutter approach to motivating your people. What inspires one person may leave the next cold. When you understand an employee’s thinking and behavioral preferences, you’ll be able to maximize his or her enthusiasm. This will help you get your workforce aligned and moving in the same direction, and you’ll see incredible returns."

The Discontented Thirties

"According to a new research study by the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College, the people who are most satisfied with their jobs are older employees – those age 50 and up. The most dissatisfied? Those between the ages of 30 and 39."

Bosses Who Work Out Are Nicer

". . . bosses who hit the gym tend to be less abusive to their employees. That's according to a study in the Journal of Business and Psychology."

Why You Shouldn't Make Big Decisions After 3 p.m.

"Many people feel like they do their best work -- and are most focused -- early in the morning. Willpower is strongest then, before being depleted during the day. Research also finds that we're happiest in the mornings. . ."

Meetings Can Make You, Uh, Stupid

"To look at how meetings might affect our ability to think, the researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to watch people’s brains as they worked in a group setting, according to the new report published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B."

Study: Powerful People Tend to Overestimate Height

"The study, published in Psychological Science, looked at whether the psychological perception of power may cause people to feel taller than they truly are."

Would You Kill One Person to Save Five? New Research on a Classic Debate

"This dilemma is a famous philosophical conundrum that was originally called the 'trolley problem.' Now a team from Michigan State University's psychology department has used virtual-reality technology to test how we respond psychologically and physiologically when faced with this problem."

Group Therapy for Executives

"Decentralized, collaborative leadership requires talented leaders at all levels, not just a few powerful leaders at the top. This raises the question of how companies can develop this next generation of leaders. . ."

At Best Places to Work, Trust, Pride and Camaraderie Overshadow Pay

"The Great Place to Work Institute examines elements that make for a standout workplace and has released its first-ever list of multinational companies most successful at keeping their employees happy."

Survey: Birth Order Affects Job, Salary

". . .it turns out that first-born kids are the most likely to earn six figure salaries and hold a top executive position among workers with siblings, according to findings from jobs website CareerBuilder.com. Meanwhile, middle kids are the most likely to report holding an entry-level spot and earning less than $35,000, while siblings born last are the most likely to work in middle management."

Peer Pressure is Brain Hardwired

"A part of the brain associated with rewards showed higher activity when a person wins among peers, compared to winning alone, U.S. researchers say."

Leadership and Mental Illness

"In his new book, A First Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness, Ghaemi lays out the argument that leaders with some mental illnesses, particularly mania or depression, are often better in times of crisis."

Psychology of Making Near-Future Predictions

"With one of the first studies of its kind, researchers at Washington University say they are unlocking the process our brain uses to make these everyday near-future predictions."

Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?

Decision fatigue "is the newest discovery involving a phenomenon called ego depletion. . ."

Nice Guys Earn Less, Study Finds

"There are upsides to being nice in the office, such as being better liked by co-workers, the authors say, pointing to a raft of earlier studies. But the bottom line, according to four studies they conducted, is that 'agreeableness is negatively related to income and earnings.""

Study: Your Hostile Workplace May Be Killing You

"The 20-year study, by researchers at Tel Aviv University, sought to examine the relationship between the workplace and a person's risk of death . . . People who reported having little or no social support from their co-workers were 2.4 times more likely to die during the course of the study than those who said they had close, supportive bonds with their workmates."

Study: Narcissists Don't Make Good Leaders

"Narcissists rise to the top because people think their confidence, dominance and self-esteem make them good leaders -- but they're not, Dutch researchers say."

Women Take Different Risks Than Men

"Conventional wisdom holds that women take fewer risks than men but U.S. researchers say women take different kinds of risks than men, such as social risks."

Incivility a Growing Problem at Work, Psychologists Say

"'Workplace incivility' is on the rise, researchers said Sunday at the American Psychological Association annual meeting."