According to Luft (in all of his optimism), there is the opportunity for something wonderful (even magical) to occur—resulti…

There is no one right way to conduct performance appraisals. However, despite the need for individualized procedures, we don…

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I describe appreciative processes in this essay that fulfill many if not all the twelve functions of effective feedback. …

[Note: This essay builds on work that was published in Rosalind Sun and William Bergquist, The Word for World is Work. This …

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William Bergquist, principal investigator for the Pathways to Sleep project, has prepared a summary report concerning result…

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Eliza Yong, Psy.D., Jayan Warrier, Psy.D. and William Bergquist, Ph.D. [Note: This is an edited excerpt from Awakening Sprin…