organizational communication | Dr. Debbie Dougherty

Oct 293 min read

Should Women be Leaders? or Should they Step Aside and Let Men Lead?

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...

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 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...

May 2, 20236 min read

Professor Trauma is Real

Last night I had a nightmare. I dreamed that I did not have time to read Francie Smith’s (who graduated at least 10 years ago)...

Apr 12, 20235 min read

Can Men Control their Sexual Impulses? Are Women who Flirt and Walk Away Sexual Harassers?

Dear Dr. D.,What do you call it when a young woman flirts and teases a young man, getting him all aroused, then laughs and runs away,...

Apr 4, 20235 min read

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

Mar 28, 20233 min read

The Age of Feminism (or Should I Say "The Ageism of Feminism"?)

I went to visit my Grandmother last week. She told me that my new book, Sexual Harassment and Organizational Culture, reads like a novel...

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...

Mar 14, 20236 min read

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...

Mar 1, 20236 min read

What is Your Superpower? It is Time to Put Your Privilege on the Line.

What would have happened if Superman had decided that everyone can fly if they really want to? Or, "if you just punch harder, then you...

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

Jan 31, 20234 min read

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.

Jan 24, 20236 min read

What is Going on with this "Man Thing"?

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

Jan 17, 20235 min read

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...

Jan 10, 20235 min read

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...

Jan 3, 20233 min read

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,...

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