On the Insurrection of the Capitol

Privilege of Color or Not Being Taken Seriously? A response to The New Yorker article entitled “The Capital Invaders Enjoyed Privilege of Not Being Taken Seriously” by Masha Gessen **This article is in response to the article published by The New Yorker...

OBM Business Hour #5: Emotional Intelligence

Listen and subscribe on Anchor.fm, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.  In this episode, we discuss Emotional Intelligence, a hot topic in organizations for the past several years. While this term has become more and more popular, it is largely flawed from a scientific...

What Do Your Values Say About Your Leadership?

Patrick Lencioni may have said it best in his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (2002), when he stated “If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any...

Inclusion Should NOT be a Priority

Thirty to forty years ago organizations were just beginning to focus on diversity. Since then many people think progress has been made to diversify the workplace and now organizations are focusing on diversity and inclusion, and if they are really savvy, equity....

5 Tips to Creating an Inspirational Vision, Mission, and Values

Everyone wants to wake up each morning and look forward to the activities of the day. No one wants to wake up and dread going to work, but, unfortunately, too many people do just that. They wake up, wishing they didn’t have to go to work and spending the rest of the...