How is Your Culture Weathering the Pandemic? A mentor of mine once said that he liked it when things didn’t go smoothly because it gave the opportunity to show what leadership was willing to do to address challenges. His philosophy always made sense to me, so I was not surprised […]

Are Zero-Tolerance Harassment Policies Effective? Recently, I was facilitating a course on anti-harassment and was asked if I supported zero tolerance harassment policies.  Frankly I think I surprised myself as much as the rest of the class when I vehemently responded, “absolutely not.”   Before we go any further, let’s […]

Are you prepared to deal with infectious diseases? We’ve all been there, you’re in a meeting with that person who is obviously not feeling well.  There’s a battle to see who scores the seat at the table which is the furthest away from the sick person.  This year, with the […]

Are Bullies Better Bosses? We’ve all been there before. Bob says he is being bullied by his boss and it’s creating a hostile work environment. When you ask what the leader says to him, he says: “He gives me a hard time for not meeting my goals!”   You ask […]