Earlier this month, Chris MacDonald wrote about diversity programs and why they fail. The list of reasons includes breeding resentment toward the marginalized group for[…]
Sports as a metaphor for business fits well for me, so imagine my delight at Chris MacDonald using the Odor/Bautista brouhaha as a starting point[…]
Let’s describe “an organization” as a collection of people with some degree of shared purpose (what we are doing) interacting within norms of some similarity (how we[…]
Earlier this month the Financial Post magazine did its feature on MBA programs part of which was MBA alumni commenting on how their education contributed[…]
The Schumpeter column of The Economist took a run at diversity this week with the hypothesis that fatigue is big part of the problem. This[…]
Long before Spike Lee’s movie, the concept of “do the right thing” was familiar to people both in the workplace and in other facets of life.[…]
“..You just don’t get it Admiral, do you?.” (Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to Admiral George Madsen) Finding new protocols Negotiating without dealing directly Remembering what is[…]
“..the first guy through the wall…it always gets bloody, always.” (John Henry to Billy Beane) How things change Getting people on board Defining performance and[…]
There is lots of talk about “getting on the same page,” but in most work situations some level of conflict persists and can vary from[…]
Service organizations that rely on a great deal of informal collaboration may be in for a rough ride when their employee base becomes increasingly millennial.[…]