Kim Payton, PhD
Organizational Psychologist

As we enter into this new year, there is a clear and palpable sense of impending doom descending on our country and around the world. ...

The human lifetime itself is a process with various phases and ups and downs which are important to understand if we are to build...

If we are seeking to create a more humane world, then we need to create workplaces that bring out and cultivate our true humanness. This...

The concept of emotional intelligence was introduced in 1965 By Daniel Goleman in his book “Emotional Intelligence”, or “EQ”. EQ has...

It is apparent to many that the current state of the world and humanity is one of great danger and, we hope of great opportunity. I see...

Recently, reflecting on the frightening degree to which human beings have become polarized across a wide variety of issues, I remembered...

The purpose of the work of building adaptive organizations is to bring out the best human qualities in people instead of sub-human...

Ego and Self at Work Over the forty years that I have worked as a consulting organizational psychologist, two things have become clear to...

We are familiar with taking care of the things that make up our everyday lives: our house, our car, our bodies, our relationships, our...

Sometimes I have the opportunity to ask as group “When did you experience working really well together?” Quite often the answer pertains...

We seem to have lost our way with leadership. “Leader” seems to have come to mean somebody who gets me what I want, or at least tells me...

One of the benefits of crisis is, we are reminded of the things that really matter. The social distancing imperative is revealing how...