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Workplace Conflict, Men, Women, and the Family

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

 

Yesterday I talked about the tension at work where men are searching for ways to navigate that tough middle road between being a great employee or business owner and a father who is present for his children.

 

I saw this dilemma first hand at an off-site with a national sales group. Picture the scene: the team of 22 from a sales organization was at The Country Place Retreat Center to have some fun on our outdoors team challenge course and to take advantage of our new program called “Build and Give” where they would put some two wheeler bikes together that would then be donated to charity.

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Leadership and Truth

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

jim carreyThere is a new movie out called The Invention of Lying. Great premise: what if no one knew how to lie and only told the truth, the whole truth, no matter what? It would certainly be a different world. Here is an example from the film. People go out to dinner and one woman to the other “I am very threatened by you” is truth sentence rather than a simple “Hi there”.

I was thinking about this when I saw an article written by Rachel Zupek for CareerBuilder.com titled Should You Ever Lie at Work? Good article with ways to tell the truth in common situations we all face.

We all know it is easier to be honest because there is less to remember. Yet, we all want to look good and be in control of our lives. It is super important for us to present a competent and strong image at work. So how do we tell the truth without looking weak and incapable?

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