Who is the TIF Making Your Organizational Culture TAH?
Did you hear the news about the Miss USA debacle last week? Apparently, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA gave up on their dreams, leaving the...
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- Feb 13
- 3 min
Love More, Love Bigger, Love Better--This is my Challenge to You
Growing up, I had always been told that love was to be limited to a life partner, to family, and maybe to a few pets and a best friend....
- Jan 16
- 5 min
Award Winning Book? Two Awards! How did that Happen?
I want to share some really good news. This past November, my book, Sexual Harassment in Organizational Culture, won both the book of...
- Jan 2
- 5 min
Don't be a Jerk: Words to Live By in 2024
It all started with my cat. Yoda is one of those hairless cats and he is not very nice. Oh, he is nice to me. As I write, he is snuggled...
- Oct 31, 2023
- 2 min
Your Workplace is Scary, and not Just on Halloween Night
It is Halloween, my friends, and the ghouls are about, the children are dressed up and the treats are all out. You sit by your front...
- Oct 17, 2023
- 5 min
Looking for the Messiah
Let's all agree on a few truths. We are not going to find the savior on the internet. We are not going to find the savior in politics.
- Aug 30, 2023
- 5 min
Someone I love Told me Climate Change is a Hoax. We Must Confront our Climate Blind Spots
Sometimes, when traveling, you meet the most interesting people. Like, twenty plus years ago, I was on a plane heading to a conference...
- Aug 23, 2023
- 5 min
Ken Represents Flat Earth Masculinity
One of my readers reached out to me and asked me to write about Ken. He had strong feelings he couldn't put into words, so I promised...
- Aug 15, 2023
- 5 min
Hey Barbie, Where are Your Mama and Grammy? The Erasure of Older Women.
If my Facebook and LinkedIn feeds are accurate barometers of women’s (and some men’s) leisure activities, we have pretty much all watched...
- Jul 11, 2023
- 7 min
Weaving Courage into Your Organizational Culture
You can learn how to weave courage into your organizational culture. These six challenges provide an excellent roadmap toward courage.
- Jun 27, 2023
- 7 min
Defeating the Boogeyman: Six Strategies Leaders Use to Create a Culture of Courage.
Part three of a four part series on fear and courage in organizations. Last week I promised that, as much as I love Stephen King as an...
- Jun 20, 2023
- 6 min
Crafting the Boogeyman: Six Strategies Leaders use to Create a Culture of Fear.
Part 2 of a four part series on fear and courage in organizations Yesterday I went to see the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse movie...
- Jun 6, 2023
- 6 min
Is there a Monster Under the Bed? Organizational Culture and the Ethic of Fear.
“Hello customers/clients/employees/constituents, this is organization X and I want you to know that we value Fear. Yep, we do everything...
- May 23, 2023
- 6 min
Hey Bud, This Frog's for You! An Allegory in Three parts (with advice for Bud Light at the end).
Once upon a time, in Frogland, the greatest frog nation on earth, there were frogs. Throughout time, and every year, the frogs in this...
- May 9, 2023
- 6 min
Thoughts and Prayers? I Have Thoughts about Prayers.
William, a six year old child, is now the only remaining member of his family. They were all shot. With a gun. Lots of people were shot...
- Apr 25, 2023
- 6 min
Dear Politicians, Another Black Child was Shot in the Head. Now will you step back from the Ledge?
Was Ralph a threat? No. Of course not. So why did this White man shoot Ralph? The most obvious answer is implicit bias. He assumed that
- Apr 12, 2023
- 5 min
Can Men Control their Sexual Impulses? Are Women who Flirt and Walk Away Sexual Harassers?
Dear Dr. D.,What do you call it when a young woman flirts and teases a young man, getting him all aroused, then laughs and runs away,...
- Apr 4, 2023
- 5 min
Sticks and Stones may Break your Bones, but Sexual Harassment Leaves Scars.
Sticks and Stones may Break your Bones, but Sexual Harassment Leaves Scars.
- Feb 21, 2023
- 4 min
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?
- Feb 14, 2023
- 5 min
Destroy Your Organizational Culture in Three Easy Steps!
Here are some of the ways that organizational leaders inadvertently damage their organizational cultures.
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