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kathyandrews7
- Sep 16, 2021
- 4 min
Affirmative Action – Is It Racist?
With many companies instituting policies to correct historical injustices and systemic discrimination, some employees and managers are...
kathyandrews7
- Sep 2, 2021
- 4 min
Representation As Policy Not Checklist
Here’s a good question: “We want our company to be more representative but we’re afraid that having targets will cause tokenism? How do...
kathyandrews7
- Aug 26, 2021
- 3 min
I Would Prefer Not To. But Try Anyway.
Have you read the story of Bartleby? You’ve almost certainly read the Economist’s column of the same name. After 3 years, its founding...
kathyandrews7
- Jul 8, 2021
- 1 min
Dealing With Unconstructive Criticism
Learning to give constructive criticism is a vital managerial tool because the last thing you need is someone getting defensive when you...
kathyandrews7
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
Shifting Gears
Interpersonal communication has become a huge field of study and development since the 1960’s, prior to which the best advice for dealing...
kathyandrews7
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
Feelings Are Important, Not Supreme
Following on from last week’s post How You Feeling Today? in which the importance of a good vocabulary for feelings underpins good...
kathyandrews7
- Jun 17, 2021
- 3 min
How You Feeling Today?
I was so impressed by the movie “Inside Out” that I became a little pushy about getting people to see it. Have you seen it? Consider this...
kathyandrews7
- Jun 10, 2021
- 3 min
Is it Me or Is Everyone Here Crazy?
“I think my house-mate is a psychopath,” said a recent caller, Megan, to the podcast Every Little Thing, who went on to ask in an anxious...
kathyandrews7
- Jun 7, 2021
- 3 min
Talk to Yourself – Even Replying Isn’t Crazy!
What’s your favorite joke about talking to yourself? Here’s mine: Me: Is it weird to talk to yourself? Me: No Have you found yourself...
kathyandrews7
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
The Myth of the “Self-Made Man”
I can’t remember the first time I heard the phrase “self-made man” – a concept so embedded in our culture and language that I grew up...
