Francine with her best friend Tux. Francine excels at digging deep. Meet Francine and her best friend Tux. Francine came to the farm a...

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...

Alright. We have another woman running for the President of the United States. Not only is she a woman, but she is Black and Indian. You...

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By Michael Kramer and Debbie Dougherty When I first started working at the University of Missouri, I had a work mentor and role model. ...

I want to share some really good news. This past November, my book, Sexual Harassment in Organizational Culture, won both the book of...

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...

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...

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.

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...

By Fionna Clark and Debbie Dougherty Last week, I arrived early to my undergraduate organizational communication course to find two women...

Sometimes, when traveling, you meet the most interesting people. Like, twenty plus years ago, I was on a plane heading to a conference...

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...

If my Facebook and LinkedIn feeds are accurate barometers of women’s (and some men’s) leisure activities, we have pretty much all watched...

You can learn how to weave courage into your organizational culture. These six challenges provide an excellent roadmap toward 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...

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“Hello customers/clients/employees/constituents, this is organization X and I want you to know that we value Fear. Yep, we do everything...

Many years ago, when I was a highly opinionated undergraduate student in Speech Communication at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, I explained...