Book Review: Good Boss, Bad Boss
In an email exchange, Professor Robert I. Sutton (author of the highly acclaimed book, “The No Asshole Rule”) asked me if I was...
- Jul 6, 2010
Job Insecurity and Employee Health
The New York Times ran an article (Luo, 2010) that talked about job loss and adverse impacts on health. What’s most intriguing were the...
- Jun 11, 2010
Leadership, Southwest Airlines, and Malice in Dallas
Note: If you have trouble viewing the video, you can watch it on YouTube. This is a hilarious video (watch his aerobic workouts) produced...
- May 7, 2010
3 Primary Goals of People at Work
In “The Enthusiastic Employee” authors Sirota, Mischkind, and Meltzer (2005), working under Sirota Consulting, surveyed 2.5 million...
- Apr 30, 2010
April 30 The Fall of Saigon
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A North Vietnamese tank crashes through the gates of the Presidential Palace in Saigon, Vietnam on April 30, 1975. The taking of...
- Apr 26, 2010
Gender and Leadership – Does It Matter?
I come across the topic of gender and leadership quite a bit and thought I would share what I found after researching this subject. The...
- Apr 22, 2010
7 Reasons Why Employees Leave
In “The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave (2005),” Leigh Branham outlined seven reasons why workers quit or leave their jobs: Reason #1:...
- Feb 5, 2010
Implementing Change and Overcoming Resistance
[NOTE: This post was updated November 2016] In “Leading Change,” John Kotter (1996) outlined an 8-Stage Process to Creating Major Change:...
- Feb 1, 2010
Elements of Corporate Cultures
In “Culture by Default or by Design?” Edmonds and Glaser (2010) talk about the challenge of describing the culture of an organization. In...
- Jan 17, 2010
What Really Motivates Employees
In an article titled, “What Really Motivates Workers” in the January-February 2010 issue of the Harvard Business Review, Amabile & Kramer...
- Dec 18, 2009
Being Attractive Helps Get You Hired
[NOTE: This post was updated October 2017] When making decisions about whether or not to hire prospective job applicants, interviewers...
- Dec 13, 2009
People with a Situational Value System
[NOTE: This post was updated March 2022 for freshness & accuracy.] Many years ago, while waiting for a show at a nice hotel in Dallas, my...
- Dec 11, 2009
Workplace Incivility Hurts Employees & Businesses
Workplace incivility is defined as “the exchange of seemingly inconsequential inconsiderate words and deeds that violate conventional...
- Dec 9, 2009
Hyperactive Workplace
This is part II – Hyperactive Workplace – of a 2-part series on Dr. Robert Holden’s book, “Success Intelligence: Essential Lessons and...
- Dec 7, 2009
Manic Society
Today, I’ll be doing part I – Manic Society – of a 2-part series on Dr. Robert Holden’s book, “Success Intelligence: Essential Lessons...