Are male friendships harder?

Male friendships

Hard to directly compare, but worth looking at some research. Continue Reading

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Trying times: The “let me off the hook” problem

Trying times

Don’t make it about you; make it about them. Continue Reading

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Branding strategies: Many marketers are clueless here

Branding Strategies

Stop screeching about ‘branding strategies’ in all-hands meetings when, in fact, you just want to talk about process and guidelines. They’re very different things. Continue Reading

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Why your decision-making process is skewed

Decision-making process

Most companies (and individual senior leaders) have terrible decision-making processes in place. They often focus short-term, chase shiny pennies, and a host of other things. Why is this? How can it get better? Continue Reading

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The ‘We’re so understaffed’ myth

Understaffed

Your company’s probably NOT actually understaffed. You probably are just using the people you do have incorrectly, or letting them skate on true responsibilities. Continue Reading

Has employee loyalty finally died?

Employee Loyalty

You’d reckon the answer is yes (for many people). But why? And what does it mean? And how can companies react and maybe get a strategic advantage back from it? Continue Reading

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End the deification of the workaholic

Workaholic

The workaholic culture will never end, and especially among males — but we can at least reduce the ways we deify it and treat it as vain-glorious, no? Continue Reading

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The vital necessity of flexible work schedules

Flexible Work Schedules

Flexible work schedules are so logical as a concept. But — most organizations totally whiff on how to do this properly. Why? And how could it get better? Let’s talk about this openly. Continue Reading