Management, Vol. 3: The People Mechanics
[ COMING SOON ] People are the most complex and unpredictable variables in any organization. This volume dismantles sterile HR clichés and provides clear coordination protocols: from optimizing team dynamics to radical, battle-tested approaches—such as securing and eliminating toxic elements only after completely extracting their vital knowledge.
What’s in it for you: Chapter by Chapter
Motivation, Needs & Engagement+
Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory
Vroom’s Expectancy Theory
Nudge Theory
Variable Rewards
Gamification
Emotional Labor
Psychological Contract
Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
Enrichment vs. Enlargement
Stay Interview
Feedback, Communication & Radical Candor+
Radical Candor
Active Listening
Reflective Listening
Empathetic Listening
Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
7C Model of Communication
Para-verbal Communication
Non-verbal Language
Sarcasm and Irony
Sarcasm
Storytelling in Business
Visual Harvesting
Pacing and Leading
Spiral of Silence
Team Dynamics & Psychological Safety+
Psychological Safety
Tuckman Model (Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing)
The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team (Lencioni)
Cognitive vs. Affective Conflict
Belbin Team Roles
Bus Factor
Knowledge Hoarding
Grapevine Communication
Tacit Agreement
Communities of Practice
Crowdsourcing
Role Playing
Shadowing
Job Rotation
Leadership Styles & Situational Models+
Situational Leadership Model
Situational Leadership II (SLII)
Management by Objectives (MBO)
Management by Walking Around (MBWA)
Managerial Grid (Blake & Mouton)
Tone at the Top
Delegation Through Skill & Will Matrix
Soft vs. Hard Power
The 5 Bases of Power (French & Raven)
Sovereign Leadership (Sovereignty)
Contextual Intelligence
Directing vs. Supporting Styles
Talent, Growth & Career Architecture+
Competency Framework
Competency Mapping
360-Degree Feedback
9-Box Talent Matrix
GROW Model (Coaching)
Kirkpatrick Model (Training Evaluation)
Kolb’s Learning Styles
Behavioral Interviewing
Talent Pipeline
Dual Career Ladder
Onboarding / Offboarding Cues (linked to HR Operations)
Diverse & Inclusion (D&I)
Diversity as Advantage
Neurodiversity
Success for Success (Reward Bias)
Power, Politics & Dysfunctions+
Adverse Selection
Agentic State (Milgram)
The CYA Syndrome (Cover Your Ass): The Excuse Factory
Deindividuation
Digital Micromanagement
Dilbert Principle
Foot-in-the-Door
Love Bombing
Office Politics
Peter Principle
Proximity (Milgram)
Red Herring
Reciprocity (Cialdini)
Screening
Social Phishing
Transactional Analysis (PAC Model)
Triunghiul Dramatic (Karpman Drama Triangle)
Under-promise, Over-deliver
Modern Work & Digital People Mechanics+
Digital Labor
Digital Nomadism
Zoom Fatigue
Bandwidth (Communication Channels)
Polanyi’s Trilemma (Tacit vs. Explicit Knowledge)
Digital Sovereignty at Work
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