by mattlurie | Jul 10, 2018 | Abuse of Power, Articles, Leadership
As the workforce gets more diverse, and as awareness of workplace problems such as harassment, discrimination, and exclusion expands, compliance training has exploded. Workforce magazine quotes an employment lawyer turned HR consultant who says she has witnessed a...
by mattlurie | Feb 26, 2018 | Articles, Leadership, Learning and Development
In the 2018 Winter Olympics at PyeongChang, there was a wonderfully unexpected moment when Ester Ledecka from the Czech Republic, ranked 43rd in World Cup standings, stunned the world and herself by winning gold in the Women’s Super G. Ledecka, skiing on a pair of...
by mattlurie | Feb 5, 2018 | Articles, Feedback, Identity, Leadership
Humans are often irrational. And why shouldn’t we be? After all, reason is just one of our many cognitive abilities. But sometimes irrationality is troublesome. Consider this foible: what we feel, we tend to think of as real. For instance, if I was on a subway and the...
by mattlurie | Dec 2, 2017 | Articles, Feedback, Leadership, Learning and Development
“It is truly strange how long it takes to get to know oneself. I am now 62 years old, yet just one moment ago I realized that I love lightly toasted bread and loathe bread when it is heavily toasted. For over 60 years, and quite unconsciously, I have been...