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...
by Patrick Kitchen | Mar 5, 2019 | Abuse of Power, Articles, Leadership, Learning and Development, organizations
Last week I was coaching Mike, a Senior Vice President, and someone known throughout his company as a diversity champion. He’s managed and mentored many women and minorities, and played a central role in advancing their careers. In the middle of our conversation, he...
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”...
by mattlurie | Jul 10, 2018 | Abuse of Power, Articles, Leadership
This doesn’t need much explaining, but post #MeToo, the compliance training industry is booming. Andrew Rawson, Chief Learning Officer of compliance training company Traliant, reported a 150% increase in demand for training since the wave of high-profile harassment...
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...
by Julie | Oct 7, 2017 | Abuse of Power, Articles, fraud, Leadership, organizations
2017 is not yet over, but is on track to go down as one of the most natural disaster laden years on record. But there have been some spectacular man-made disasters as well, especially scandals relating to abuse of power. Here’s just a few of the headlines of this...
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