Several months ago, one of my colleagues posted an article into a shared space at work, the title of which was along the lines of “27 More Reasons You Suck.” I have a love-hate relationship with articles that have numbers in the title. It feels like they are constantly raising the bar on all the …
Several years ago, I had a chance to visit the training facility of a large airline. It was a fascinating day, for a number of reasons. I was writing the other day about how office space design reflects and reinforces the company culture, and this place was another example. Our hosts for the day met …
When your company decides to reorganize, how do they tell the people who are affected? Do they have one on one conversations with the people who are involved, the people at all levels, explaining why it’s happening, how it impacts them, and give them a choice in the decision? Or do they get everyone in …
Several times I’ve worked for people who were leading from a place of fear. There was the guy who basically knew he had his job only because of his relationship with his boss. He was afraid to allow anyone who worked for him to make decisions. At one point, he entered into an agreement with …
My sister’s birthday is this weekend, and my niece’s, too – lucky sis went into labor on her birthday. Birthday’s have always been important to my sister. They’re also important to me but they take on some kind of weird, mystical importance to her, as if by constructing the perfect birthday celebration, she will, through …
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