"We find comfort among those who agree with us; growth among those who don’t." - Dr Marty Nemko, U.S. career coach About This Week's Chat A characteristic that I love seeing in other people is self-honesty. However, that places a responsibility on me to be self-honest, too. Otherwise, I compromise my integrity. So, let me […]
"Every life is a canvas and every interaction is a brush, therefore we’d be wise to consider how we handle the paint.” – Craig D. Lounsbrough, U.S. author and counselor About This Week’s Chat: Scene 1, Take 1 It's Tuesday morning. Justin walks into the office and, as he always does, greets everybody with a […]
Turning a Blind Eye "There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true," Margaret Heffernan says in her book, "Willful Blindness." It is often easier to ignore the truth than to look it squarely in the eyes. To stare reality in […]
Tom Schuller’s book "The Paula Principle" picks apart why some women don't rise through the ranks as quickly or easily as their male peers. As we will see, there can be many reasons for this, including the obvious one, discrimination. On that topic, Schuller ran into some discrimination of his own when he was looking for […]
"Listen and lead - or get out of the way!" That's the stark message from employees and younger executives to their digital leaders. An emerging generation of Millennial executives is feeling distinctly underwhelmed by the ability of middle and senior managers to drive innovation in a digital economy, according to new research. Research firm Oxford […]
Professor Herminia Ibarra has coined a new word: outsight. She says it's the opposite of insight, which she defines as "the flash of knowledge that comes on inside." Outsight, then, "is the external perspective you get from doing new and different things with new and different people. It helps you see your role differently, it […]
Very few of us would admit it, but we are all biased. Research shows that all of us are naturally drawn toward people like ourselves and are more loyal to them, which inevitably makes us biased in their favor. This kind of in-group versus out-group dynamic is not just based on how we look. According […]
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We’ve all heard of “bring your child to work” days, but have you ever thought about bringing your parents to work? Yesterday, I discovered an initiative called LinkedIn Bring in Your Parents day, which was encouraging businesses all over the world to invite their employees to do just that. But when I shared the post […]
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