The solvable problem with Self Evaluations
I have a vivid memory of a self-evaluation from my undergrad days at McGill. We had to take a writing course, which must have been[…]
All I really need to know I learned in… Business School?
Every once in a while you will see the “Everything important I learned in Kindergarten” claims that list insights like: clean up after yourself, share[…]
Oral tradition and written word in the workplace
Bloomberg published a fascinating article on a potential transition from society’s reliance on the written word to a society that works more heavily in spoken[…]
The Feedback Context – Developing and Evaluating
When it comes to performance, the question “How are you doing?” can start a very rich discussion. Do you really want to know? Do we[…]
We have a diversity problem? Who says?
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[…]
Re-writing Unwritten Rules – Is this the change we want?
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[…]
The rules by which we roll
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[…]
Do the Right Thing – Sorry Spike, it’s not that easy…
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.[…]
How it really works… are you sure you want to know?
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.[…]
Early warning signs
Corporate culture is at once pervasive and invisible. Anyone who has worked in more than one organization (or suffered through a merger) can attest to[…]