Would You Tell Your Boss They're No Good?

Shawn Lea wrote an interesting post over on the Acronym blog about the fact that managers overwhelmingly rate themselves as good managers, but their employees…not so much (92% versus 67%). One of the studies she quoted said that really only one third of managers will...

Would You Tell Your Boss They’re No Good?

Shawn Lea wrote an interesting post over on the Acronym blog about the fact that managers overwhelmingly rate themselves as good managers, but their employees…not so much (92% versus 67%). One of the studies she quoted said that really only one third of managers will...

Conflict Is Good

Check out this neat post on Signals v Noise about conflict being good for business. I like that they emphasize that you have to be careful about how you start the conflict:If you decide to stir the pot, be sure to do it in a mature way:Be sincere. Don’t make up...

Never Having to Say You're Sorry

I thought this post on the FCNow blog was interesting, and it touched on a pet peeve of mine: what they call the "non-apology apology." In extreme, it looks like this: I apologize if anything I might have said may have hurt or upset you in any way.All those...
Jamie Notter