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| When — and How — to Keep a Poker Face at Work | Maintaining a poker face doesn't necessarily mean suppressing your feelings or being dishonest. It simply means practicing emotion regulation by being aware of your facial expressions and body language—and using them strategically. How do you know when to put on a poker face? Try these practical strategies to interrupt your inner eruption. The better you can self-regulate, the easier it will be to express your emotions in a way you feel proud of. | | | | | | How to Become More Adaptable in Challenging Situations | In unfamiliar, high-stakes situations, we're hard-wired to default to the mechanisms that we've relied on the past. However, new situations often can't be met with old solutions. This is the adaptability paradox: When we most need to learn, change, and adapt, we are most likely to react with old approaches that aren't suited to our new situation, leading to poorer decisions and ineffective solutions. Here's how to better overcome the obstacles posed by our old habits. | | | | | | How AI Is Helping Companies Redesign Processes | The idea of business process reengineering is making a comeback, this time driven by artificial intelligence (AI). AI enables better, faster and more automated decisions, allowing companies to improve efficiency and produce better outcomes. Companies — from banks to industrial firms — are already using AI to transform their processes. Here's how. | | | | | | Become More Comfortable Making Bold Decisions | Leaps of faith make great scenes in a movie, but in real life they fill us with stress and uncertainty—two emotions that are not comfortable for the human brain. To face down our discomfort, we can take advantage of a revealing data set that we often ignore: our past decisions. Looking back at our decision-making history allows us to see patterns that we might not otherwise notice, thus providing a crucial perspective for understanding (and solving!) complex and unique current and future problems. | | | | | | How to Equip Your Team to Problem Solve Without You | In trying to "protect" their teams, many managers become what the authors refer to as "umbrella managers": well-intentioned leaders who want to protect their teams from all inclement organizational weather. But this type of leadership comes with a heavy price for the manager, the team, and the organization. Here are several key mental shifts umbrella managers should make to move from protecting their employees to supporting them. | | | | | | |
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