Something really weird happened this summer. I am talking really weird. My husband got sick and his doctor called him to see how he was...

Sometimes, when traveling, you meet the most interesting people. Like, twenty plus years ago, I was on a plane heading to a conference...

Many years ago, when I was a highly opinionated undergraduate student in Speech Communication at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, I explained...

Last night I had a nightmare. I dreamed that I did not have time to read Francie Smith’s (who graduated at least 10 years ago)...

Sticks and Stones may Break your Bones, but Sexual Harassment Leaves Scars.

I went to visit my Grandmother last week. She told me that my new book, Sexual Harassment and Organizational Culture, reads like a novel...

I have been in a lot of pain lately. Not the existential kind. The physical kind. It has been going on for close to five months and I am...

One of the most ridiculous, mean spirited things that we do as a society is blame victims for being victimized. Victim blaming is a well...

What would have happened if Superman had decided that everyone can fly if they really want to? Or, "if you just punch harder, then you...

If organizational cultures are webs of meaning, then who weaves the web? Who is caught in the web? Are managers the spider or the fly?

Here are some of the ways that organizational leaders inadvertently damage their organizational cultures.

How do we recognize wicked problems, like sexual harassment? This blog provides advice about how problems become embedded in an organization

The paradox of femininity makes it impossible for women to be judged as good, or even as good enough.

This blog uses personal stories and the children's movie "Rescue Heroes" to describe traumatic masculinity.

By Debbie S. Dougherty I am sorry to have to tell you this, but we are not as special as we think we are. The problem isn’t that we think...

By Debbie S. Dougherty Has anyone else found the questions about what is a woman kind of weird? I mean, usually people obsess about...

A friend of mine told me she loved my blog, but could not share it because she lived in a conservative community. I was surprised,...

The Word of the Year for 2023 is Let's do This Thing.

Has anyone else noticed the gathering pressure to find #joy? There are books, and articles, and speeches, and blogs, all suggesting that...

One of the most adored, dreaded, loved, and loathed events is just around the corner. I am talking about the annual workplace parties.