Dr. Robert Cialdini, recognized as the world’s leading expert on social influence, recently recorded a 15-minute video for Big Think, explaining how he discovered the 6 universal mechanisms of social influence. After the video, I’ll share a persuasion cheat sheet I put together based on his book Influence: Science & Practice.
Robert Cialdini’s 6 Principles of Influence: Video + Cheatsheet
by David Godot on January 20th, 2010 § 5
Transformational Leadership In Mental Health Administration
by David Godot on January 3rd, 2010 § 0
The transformational model of leadership has gained considerable traction among leadership theorists and researchers over the past few decades. It appears to be a fairly reliable and unitary construct referring to a set of leadership behaviors which are associated with a variety of positive organizational outcomes. In this paper we will briefly detail the behaviors included within the transformational leadership model. We will review some of their benefits for organizations in general and health care organizations in specific. Finally, we will argue that a transformational leadership model offers unique benefits in the field of mental health, and should therefore be considered best practices for mental health service administrators. Throughout our discussion, we will attempt to make the subject matter directly applicable to mental health administrators by suggesting similarities to existing psychological concepts and opportunities for implementation in a mental health setting.
Re-Branding Psychology: Why Therapists Have Got It All Wrong & What We Can Do About It
by David Godot on August 23rd, 2009 § 1
The field of psychology is suffering a crisis of identity which is devaluing its services and damaging its practitioners. The problem, in my opinion, is the paradigm of mental health versus mental illness. “Mental illness” is a terribly stigmatizing descriptor, and “mental health” is not a sufficiently attractive construct to warrant the average person subjecting themselves to the stigma of association with the mentally ill.
Welcome Influencers!
by David Godot on August 20th, 2009 § 0
Welcome to the influence & persuasion group blog on Chicago Psychology. This community blog is for sharing and discussing the latest research, theories, and insights into the ways that individuals develop and transmit beliefs and opinions. You can post your own ideas about persuasion psychology and comment on the ideas of others.
Participating is very simple: once you’ve set up your free account on ChicagoPsychology.org, just join the Influence & Persuasion group and then ask a group administrator to grant you access to post on the Psychology of Influence group blog. This will allow you to post your own thoughts and ideas, experiences, announcements about new findings or events, or anything else you think is relevant to this fascinating topic. Other members will be able to post comments on your post, or write their own separate posts in response.
An account on ChicagoPsychology.org also allows you to create your own free web site or blog to promote yourself and your practice, or to just share information and ideas that you think others will find interesting or helpful.
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