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

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...

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...

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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Sticks and Stones may Break your Bones, but Sexual Harassment Leaves Scars.

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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?

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

How do we recognize wicked problems, like sexual harassment? This blog provides advice about how problems become embedded in an organization