Are You Becoming a Workplace Bully?

Are You Becoming a Workplace Bully?

3 commonly overlooked signs and what you can do about them.   Unfortunately, the times we are living in have made for some really unhappy, hurting, mean people. Yes, people are commenting more and more about the anger that they or others are experiencing right...
It’s About Access

It’s About Access

You know I have to say something. The Supreme Court’s recent decision on Affirmative action can’t go unanswered by The Conflict Closer. It’s about access and righting historical wrongs and harm. If you don’t know how many centuries of historical harm then you need to...
When It Comes to Conflict – Be Like Water

When It Comes to Conflict – Be Like Water

“Be like water. Adjust to the object and you will find your way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Be like water, my friend.”  – Bruce Lee I am a HUGE Bruce Lee fan, but when I first read this 25...
Confronting Your Cultural Gatekeepers

Confronting Your Cultural Gatekeepers

Now more than ever   I am reflecting on the very raw and vulnerable essay I contributed to the new book, The Difference called How Breaking Culture Freed My Soul. Changing culture is no easy feat. Just mention the word culture and it stirs up images, sounds,...
They Hear What You’re Putting Down

They Hear What You’re Putting Down

Feedback vs. Criticism, lines crossed   It is a cry I have heard far too often over the last couple of years. “It is difficult to manage millennials, they hear feedback as criticism and are always taking everything personally.” What’s interesting about this to me...
The Difference

The Difference

The devastating time in my life that led to Breaking Culture   “In the Spring of 1993, I was diagnosed with infertility. My tubes were damaged and needed to be repaired, this diagnosis was devastating. It was unexpected, unfair, and unimaginable, and a few more...