Category: Employees/Individuals
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Don’t Let Personal Branding Stifle your Authentic Voice
There is a battle brewing between the concepts of Personal Brand and Authentic Voice. If you’ve been paying attention at all (and I’m sure you have) you’ve seen the articles and the individuals touting personal branding. Everyone from Tom Peters to Seth Godin to Dan Scwabel is online telling you how to create your personal…
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When Employee Branding Hurts
Employee Branding, done well, can be a great tool for the organization. The organization gets employees to behave in ways that are aligned with the organization’s desired brand message, and employees get a sense of connection to the brand and what it stands for, as well as a little bit of empowerment for making these…
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Authentic Playlist at Misogyny Free Prom
A shout out to my girlfriends at Bust magazine, home of the GirlWideWeb and all things hip & 3rd wave feminist . They share the news today of an advocacy movement by The Women’s Health and Issues Club of the high school in Arcadia CA, which has resulted in a prom music playlist that is…
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Black Men & the Glass Elevator: Research to Remember
Often, when managers consider how men and women fare differently in the work of paid work, they make simple distinctions between the genders: Women are like this , men are like that . Then, they extrapolate from this simple distinction how a person’s gender will shape her or his career success. Racism & Sexism don’t…
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7 Core Principles for Authentic Engagement
Apologies to the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation, but I’ve stolen your great presentation to the Obama Administration’s Open Government Directive group. I’m applying it to decision-making processes within authentic organizations…. Tell me how well you think it works. In previous posts about layoffs, alternatives to layoffs, and organizational decision-making processes, I’ve argued that…
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Working Moms Go Viral
… And I’m not talking about Swine Flu. MomsRising.org is spreading a virus . .. it’s their "Mother of the Year Award" video, and I got one! Hooray for me! Mom of the year! Does it matter that every other working mom is also receiving the "Mother of the Year Award" too? Heck no, I…
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On the importance of Flair
The origin of “flair”? Every Organizational Behavior scholar’s favorite cult flick: Office Space.