The Trouble with Epidemics
COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, is a real epidemic by medical standards and may become a pandemic over time. The problem requires the immediate attention and cooperation of global [...]
We Are Not Innately Cruel or Kind
Forbes senior contributor Kathy Caprino provides an instructive list of damaging managerial behaviors in her recent article “If You’re Engaging in Any of These Actions, You Shouldn’t Be a Manager.” [...]
A Simple Hello
Many managers reported that communicating appreciation seemed really complicated. Some had trouble balancing it with developmental feedback and feared sending mixed messages to employees. Some were concerned that their efforts [...]
The Misguided Stigma of Kindness
In personal relationships, kindness is one of the attributes we actively seek; it strengthens bonds and signals authenticity. Pursuing friendships for their kindness feels perfectly natural. We wouldn’t want to [...]
What Self-Awareness Isn’t
In our last blog, I discussed the personal benefits of monitoring and correcting our own behavior in the workplace, illustrating ways in which a program of self-management can maximize insights [...]
Self-Management as Self-Interest
In the Harvard Business Review article “How to Move from Self-Awareness to Self-Improvement,” Jennifer Porter describes a client who dominated and consumed meetings with his input. He rarely listened, and [...]