Should Women be Leaders? or Should they Step Aside and Let Men Lead?
This question was texted to me by an unknown source a few days ago. It was accompanied by a video of a prominent football player and...
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May 214 min read
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...
Feb 133 min read
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 165 min read
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...
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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, 20235 min read
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.
Sep 26, 20236 min read
10 Years to Diagnosis (If You are a Woman).
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...
Aug 23, 20235 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20237 min read
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 20, 20236 min read
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...
May 23, 20236 min read
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 2, 20236 min read
Professor Trauma is Real
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)...
Apr 25, 20236 min read
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 4, 20235 min read
Sticks and Stones may Break your Bones, but Sexual Harassment Leaves Scars.
Sticks and Stones may Break your Bones, but Sexual Harassment Leaves Scars.
Mar 21, 20234 min read
How Should I Talk About My Pain?
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...
Feb 7, 20234 min read
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 24, 20236 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20235 min read
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...
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