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...
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- Jun 20
- 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
- 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 30
- 7 min
Why Do We Need Tenure? Have You Ever Heard of Galileo?
Many years ago, when I was a highly opinionated undergraduate student in Speech Communication at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, I explained...
- May 2
- 6 min
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 12
- 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
- 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.
- Mar 28
- 3 min
The Age of Feminism (or Should I Say "The Ageism of Feminism"?)
I went to visit my Grandmother last week. She told me that my new book, Sexual Harassment and Organizational Culture, reads like a novel...
- Mar 21
- 4 min
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...
- Mar 14
- 6 min
A Tale of Two Men (As Told by A Woman)
Let me start with a confession. I have been in a bit of trouble lately. Yep, as a woman, apparently I am not supposed to have opinions on...
- Mar 1
- 6 min
What is Your Superpower? It is Time to Put Your Privilege on the Line.
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...
- Feb 21
- 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
- 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 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.
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