Who’s right when successful organizations clash with new leadership? The recent dispute at 60 Minutes highlights a workplace conflict familiar to employees and executives alike. Veteran staff often protect hard-earned success. New leaders focus on future challenges. Both perspectives hold value—and both can undermine an organization when taken too far. Continue reading Navigating Workplace Conflicts: Lessons from CBS’s 60 Minutes
Political polarization is no longer just a cable-news storyline. It’s a workplace risk. Surveys show that employees feel strained, less collaborative, and even mistreated because of partisan divides. Employers who look away aren’t staying neutral—they’re licensing incivility, division, and attrition. The solution requires leaders who model respect, and train employees to disagree without contempt—and employees willing to pause, set boundaries, and resist the gossip circuit.
In the end, workplaces don’t collapse from deadlines missed—they collapse when colleagues stop seeing each other as human.
Continue reading Polarization in the Workplace
the slow breakdown of employees stretched too thin and too fearful of economic uncertainty to leave their jobs. 4 steps you can take; 5 steps employers can take. Continue reading Quiet Cracking
Question: I run a fast-growing venture development company and rely on a team of driven, type-A managers to overhaul our … Continue reading When Business Trips Go Off the Rails
Question: Our problems started in September. Four guys in the warehouse started wearing Camo “Make American Great Again” hats. Two … Continue reading Politics: Trump v. Harris in the Workplace: Is Political Gear Okay?
The “am I aging too dramatically” question that has the country transfixed also plays out in many companies. What happens … Continue reading Are You/They Too Old? Should You/They Call It Quits?
I supervise a talented employee who’s passionate about his work. Unfortunately, “Johnny” feels equally passionate about political issues. He floods … Continue reading Employers and Employees Battle Over Employee Dissent on Gaza
“I simply don’t hire them.” According to research, that’s the attitude of 94 percent of business leaders who avoid hiring … Continue reading Employers, Can You Handle Gen Zers? If Not, Better Get Ready.
“I’m not my employees’ babysitter, their mommy, or their therapist,” the CEO insisted. The problem that led to his call—his … Continue reading Do Employers Need to Come to Grips with Employees’ Mental Health Struggles?
As reported in last week’s post, a stunning number of U.S. employees feel less happy in their jobs than employees … Continue reading Unhappy Employees: Fix the Problem by Changing the Workplace