It seems like each election cycle we are faced with the same dilemma: we are forced to choose between two flawed candidates. Is this the best we can do?

How to understand the complex blend of social skills that make up social intelligence.

Parenting style has big impact on how children develop into adults, and there are important implications for their future success.

3 ways to manage working from home.

How to develop your emotional and social skills.

Explore actionable tips for engaging your team effectively.

How to prepare for and manage conflict.

Beauty is definitely more than skin deep.

The psychology of flourishing in the workplace.

Current work on the psychology of followership and leadership.

Here are the most common reasons that people hate their jobs, ranging from bullying coworkers, bad bosses, and lack of work-life balance. What can be done about it?

Let’s face it. Many people are out for themselves – trying to get ahead, to take advantage, and to get as much as they can. When does looking out for Number One go too far?

Current work on the psychology of followership and leadership.

Are our pets really as smart as we believe, or are our perceptions biased? Research suggests some answers.

There has been quite a lot of research on how to detect lies, but which types of people are most successful at deception?

What to do if you are being bullied at work, and nobody seems to see it.

Learn about leader humility and why it matters for team success.

How to use body language and master nonverbal communication.

Recent research on the advantages and disadvantages of AI chatbot relationships.

Common sense tells us that intelligence (what we call “verbal” or “academic” intelligence, and what is represented by the Intelligence Quotient, or IQ), should always give us an advantage, but under c...

What are you going to do with your psychology major? Find out here.

How to play the workplace politics game while being fair and effective.

If you want to know what leaders should NOT do, just ask their employees. I know, I tried this in my class as an exercise, and a short discussion of how bosses screw up, turned into a long one, and ve...

Could a confused eyewitness or a vengeful partner send you to prison?

How emotions and behaviors can "infect" others.

The importance of social connections for health and well-being.

Body language, or nonverbal communication, is not a formal language like verbal communication. There are, however, subtle nonverbal cues that often occur out of awareness that can have a powerful impa...

This “intelligence” may be far more important than emotional intelligence.

The social psychology of mood change often involves strategies that are rewarding to ourselves and others.

Many people believe that charisma is some special gift bestowed on a very few lucky people. However, after more than a third of a century researching charisma, we better understand what makes a person...

Have you ever been ripped off, conned, cheated, or lied to, and never saw it coming? Afterward, did you say: "How could I have been so stupid?" These are the psychological reasons we are so easily foo...

Here are the nuts and bolts of effective leadership.

Try these simple strategies to break up and psychologically reset during your busy workday.

Here are descriptions of some of the specialty areas within Psychology, along with some questions to help you decide which career might suit you best.

Living and learning at work.

These nonverbal cues can have a profound effect on others.

Some misconceptions about differences between leaders and managers—and evidence that the distinction doesn't make sense.

Which emotions reveal a person's innermost thoughts and self-evaluations?

We often read about motivational strategies – how to get people motivated to work, to engage in self-improvement, or just to get off the couch and engage in life. Yet many people use completely ineffe...

What are we missing in most leadership development programs? A lot.

Developing emotional skills is critical to forming and maintaining good relationships.

Have a problem in the workplace? Employees are taught and told to go to Human Resources. HR is supposed to be the advocate of the worker, but I often hear: “They didn’t do anything." “They made me fee...

How can you become a more effective listener?

Can savoir-faire lead to success in social relationships and careers?

The psychology of disagreeing with a boss, peer, or loved one.

Developing as a leader doesn't have to be done alone. Here are suggestions for why leadership development should be a team sport.

Very often, song lyrics refer to everyday life, love, and relationships, and raise interesting psychological questions. Here are some popular rock song titles/lyrics and the psychological research beh...

Which nonverbal cues are interpreted by others as seductive? How good are people at communicating seduction to others?

What are the four cornerstones of leader credibility?