Women Leaders | Dr. Debbie Dougherty

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...

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?

Destroy Your Organizational Culture in Three Easy Steps!

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

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.

What is Going on with this "Man Thing"?

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

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...

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...

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,...

The Word of the Year for 2023 is. . .

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

Sexual Predators Flourish in a Carefully Crafted Field of Silence

Not only am I a scholar and a consultant, but I am also a farmer. My family raises sheep. One of the things you learn quickly as a sheep...

Gratitude: I See You Being Amazing

In honor of Thanksgiving, I thought this week’s blog should focus on the good things in life. In particular, the people who make my life...

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...

Powerful Women are Objects of Suspicion

“Hey Women, Be Strong. (But if you are, we will threaten to kill you)” Where’s Nancy? Where’s ___ (insert name of any powerful woman...