Responding to Disrespect
Jim Stroup, one of my new favorite bloggers, riffed off of yesterday's post about respect. He points out that if we're going to talk about respect in the workplace, we will have to talk about emotions. The feeling of res ...
Monthly Archives: October 2007
What Does Respect Look Like?
There is a nice post on the FC Experts blog about respect. It's nothing earth-shattering, and I imagine most would agree:Respect is important; it is a bond that works both ways. Respect the individual and she will respec ...
Distinctive Versus Pissed Off
Virgil quite rightly pointed out in a comment to my post last week that pissing people off just for the sake of pissing people off is not a good idea. I was referring to Kevin Holland's post that was arguing not really i ...
Reaching Your Potential
There was an interesting discussion on an association listserver yesterday that started with a discussion of bereavement policies, and ended up talking a bit about human nature, the difference between work and fulfillmen ...
Who Have You Pissed Off Lately?
Thanks to Kevin Holland for his blog response to yesterday's post. He is generally in agreement, but I couldn't help repeat this quote:You either want to be THIS, or you don’t. Before you decide that’s what you want to b ...
Speaking the Truth
The October HBR has an interview with Rory Stewart, who has been involved in trying to do rebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a remarkable person who has done amazing things, but I was struck by one part of the int ...
Leaders as Special Individuals
I recently discovered an interesting blog called Managing Leadership, by Jim Stroup. His last several posts have been a series that is challenging the notion that there is some kind of distinct leadership personality, th ...
The Informal Organization
Jon Katzenbach is a co-author of one of my favorite books, The Wisdom of Teams. He was a consultant at McKinsey and then created his own firm, Katzenbach Partners. They have recently released a report, titled The Informa ...
Good Reading
The Wall Street Journal announced the winners of their “Top Small Workplaces” for 2007, and then they asked the winners to recommend books for others who wanted to create great workplaces. The full list is here. Four of ...
What About Love?
Tom Peters has a very interesting point on his blog about the basic principles that underlie all the good management books out there. He argues that the basic principles get less attention than do the newest programs in ...