The importance of language cannot be overstated. Language can be a powerful tool in our workplaces, used for better or worse. Unfortunately, we too frequently…
Category: Culture
Arianna Huffington has always wanted to change the world for the better. Her reputation for being empathetic is well-known and world-class. She shows over and…
Deloitte Insights’ recent research paints a grim, if not bleak, picture of well-being. Leaders, in particular, appear to be oblivious to not only the low…
I was waiting for someone to leave a meeting room a few years back. I could only make out their head behind the window next to the…
A very serious question: do you live to work or work to live?
Having spent two decades fighting the battle of corporate language from within at two huge organizations, I learned this: First, new language that is abnormal…
While vaccines are progressing, the reality is employees are feeling a lot like astronauts on a space station. What does NASA do to help their employees cope?
In Episode 3 of “Management Musings,” I’m delivering the weather forecast. Yep, the corporate culture weather forecast for this week and the next five months…
The pandemic has certainly taught us one thing about organizations: we don’t need as much physical space for work to happen. We’re currently witnessing the…
I recently left the corporate world. After working roughly 20 years in mega-large companies with revenues in the billions I am now a company of…
A few weeks ago Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed, killing all 157 people on board. Ever since, the makers of the 737 MAX aircraft, Boeing,…
What a mess. Wells Fargo is an unmitigated disaster example of culture, and senior leadership gone wrong. Its board of governors is now in the…
