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The Surprising Truth About Feeling Powerless

The Surprising Truth About Feeling Powerless

by Julie | Mar 27, 2019 | Abuse of Power, Articles, Leadership, powerless

  “I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have sense enough to do without my persuading them. … That’s all the powers of the President amount to.”   Although this quotation is attributed to Harry Truman, any...
3 Lessons We Learned About Power in 2018

3 Lessons We Learned About Power in 2018

by Julie | Jan 2, 2019 | Abuse of Power, Articles, Leadership, Learning and Development, organizations

The ugly side of power was on full display in 2018. In fact, it was a banner year for the misuse and abuse of power. We witnessed a parade of powerful men resign or being fired over sexual abuse and misconduct. We saw the popularity of the “strong man autocrat”...
The Hero Trap

The Hero Trap

by Julie | Oct 7, 2017 | Articles, Hero, Identity, Leadership, Learning and Development, over work

A few years ago, I worked with an extremely intelligent CEO named Robert (not his real name). Robert had just taken over the reins of a startup, and under his guidance, the company doubled its revenue and added over 35 new positions. In that year, Robert changed, too....
Catching Yourself in The Act

Catching Yourself in The Act

by Julie | Oct 7, 2017 | Abuse of Power, Articles, Change, Learning and Development, Uncategorized

I recently blogged about the Recode/Decode interview between Kara Fisher and Frances Frei about changing the culture at Uber (it’s a great podcast episode, by the way). One thing that impressed me was Frei’s reluctance to embrace a zero-tolerance policy towards...
5 Factors That Put Your Organizational Culture At Risk

5 Factors That Put Your Organizational Culture At Risk

by Julie | Oct 7, 2017 | Abuse of Power, Articles, fraud, Leadership, organizations

How do you know if your organization is at risk of becoming toxic, or even worse, corrupt and abusive? Can you detect the signs and signals of things like sexual harassment, bullying, fraud, and other kinds of power abuse? Why do some organizations have greater...
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