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Managing in a Hybrid World: Surveillance vs. Outcome Focus

Your Brain at Work

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The Effects of Power on the Brain

Researchers found that even a little bit of power like the team lead changes your brain in three ways. The first thing is you think of people as essentially objects for your goals and you stop mentalizing people as people. You're much less likely to notice people might be reacting badly to your micromanagement because you're, you know, very optimistic. And another one is you're thinking in a more abstract way, more at vision level, and less about the actual details of what's happening. These three things happen even in very small amounts of power.

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