Category: Dealing with People

Assholes are tolerated in corporations...if they are successful

02/16/10 | by Graham [mail] | Categories: Dealing with People
This study (excerpted here in the press release) shows that bullying and abusive leaders are often tolerated if they are perceived to be successful. This is is no surprise to me. I once had the misfortune (in 1999) of working for a Vice President at Sa… more »

Generational characteristics and leading/learning styles

05/14/09 | by Graham [mail] | Categories: Dealing with People
I got around to doing some reading one lunchtime this week about the differences between the active generations as defined by sociologists. The ones we all hear about are: Silents 1930-1945 Baby Boomers 1945-1964 Generation X… more »

Practical psychology from Al Bernstein

01/17/07 | by Graham [mail] | Categories: Dealing with People
Al Bernstein is one of my favorite authors. I have many of his books, including "Dinosaur Brains", "Neanderthals at Work", "Sacred Bull", "How To Deal With Emotionally Explosive People", and (my favorite)"Emotional Vampires". Here is one of his columns… more »

The limitations of Employee Surveys

02/23/06 | by Graham [mail] | Categories: Corporate Leadership, Dealing with People
Since I worked for my current employers, I have completed numerous Employee surveys. However, my patience with such surveys has become strained by the dysfunctional way in which the results have been processed, and how certain information cannot be revea… more »

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