Studies In Organization

It has been my experience that organizations fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of external communications. It is not to make the organization look good. (Believe it or not, experts in image management do make this mistake.) It is simply to provide facts, either directly or by making the appropriate connections. I remember when a respected reporter […]

There is something about Americans you can call basic human decency. We don’t believe in treating anyone like dirt. Maybe we don’t live up to that value all the time. But the values are there. In contemporary times, we say “diversity and inclusion” as a way of referring to the effort to ensure the workplace […]

I saved my timesheet for the next pay period before anyone else did. This caused confusion as everybody else only deals with the current pay period when time cards are due. The confusion meant two people had to interrupt their work to deal with me. Sometimes it’s good to improve your efficiency and organization. Sometimes […]

Back from some time off and feeling a bit overwhelmed, I wasn’t quite sure how to attack the problem of taming a chaos I can’t see. I decided to learn a simple but important task and did that. It took me too long though. Moving on I took stock of all the things I needed […]

Background: Immediate signs that this candidate was a winner: Questions and answers as I heard them (I walked in in the middle): Question: Tell me about a time you handled a difficult colleague. Answer: A colleague was talking too much and I asked her to help me take care of the guests by not talking […]

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Yesterday I was talking with a colleague about the different kinds of relational styles and how they affect us at work. I realize that the different styles of communication outlined in the “Listening Styles Profile” can actually make people feel like they’re being mistreated when they’re not being mistreated necessarily it’s just that they are […]

When you start a new job it’s very scary. You don’t know the people, you don’t know the land, and you don’t have any local currency —meaning resources or relationships—which to build or barter. What you do have are the lessons of the past, combined with observations of the present.  One thing I did not […]

You have to study the culture while also contributing to the culture at the same time. It helps to: By Dr. Dannielle Blumenthal (Dossy). All opinions are the author’s own. Public domain.