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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...

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...

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 27, 20237 min read

Defeating the Boogeyman: Six Strategies Leaders Use to Create a Culture of 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...

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...

Jun 6, 20236 min read

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...

Apr 4, 20235 min read

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 21, 20234 min read

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, 20235 min read

Destroy Your Organizational Culture in Three Easy Steps!

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

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