Hey Managers, If Your Organizational Culture is a Web, are You the Spider or the Fly?
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?
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- Feb 14
- 5 min
Destroy Your Organizational Culture in Three Easy Steps!
Here are some of the ways that organizational leaders inadvertently damage their organizational cultures.
- Feb 7
- 4 min
Where do these Wicked Workplace Problems Come From?
How do we recognize wicked problems, like sexual harassment? This blog provides advice about how problems become embedded in an organization
- Jan 31
- 4 min
Damned if You Do. Damned if You Don't. The Paradox of Femininity
The paradox of femininity makes it impossible for women to be judged as good, or even as good enough.
- Jan 24
- 6 min
What is Going on with this "Man Thing"?
This blog uses personal stories and the children's movie "Rescue Heroes" to describe traumatic masculinity.
- Jan 17
- 5 min
The Unique Person Syndrome
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...
- Jan 10
- 5 min
Women in the Big Tent
By Debbie S. Dougherty Has anyone else found the questions about what is a woman kind of weird? I mean, usually people obsess about...
- Jan 3
- 3 min
Andrew Tate Does not Care About Your Politics.
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,...
- Dec 27, 2022
- 5 min
The Word of the Year for 2023 is. . .
The Word of the Year for 2023 is Let's do This Thing.
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
Find Your Joy? Tis the Season to Be Jolly? That is a Lot of Pressure!
Has anyone else noticed the gathering pressure to find #joy? There are books, and articles, and speeches, and blogs, all suggesting that...
- Dec 13, 2022
- 3 min
Adored, Dreaded, Loved, and Loathed: Do you have a Predator at the office Holiday Party?
One of the most adored, dreaded, loved, and loathed events is just around the corner. I am talking about the annual workplace parties.
- Nov 15, 2022
- 4 min
Woman at Work? Must be a Prostitute.
Shortly after posting my first blog a few weeks back, I received the following message from a stranger: I would like to say that this...
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
Oh my dear, you misunderstand. We are not angry. We are furious.
Women, Injustice, and the Anger Gap After reading my last blog post, a friend of mine reached out to share an experience she had while...
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