Recently, Yahoo! announced a major policy change that will de-authorize working remotely. Apparent reason: the struggling tech giant thinks it’s missing out on the positive results of face time among their people, forfeiting the creativity and other benefits encouraged by in-person interaction. A quick and widespread outcry has followed this move—not surprising in today’s constant-breaking-news-fanned-by-social-media…
Crisis, Change, and Fiscal Cliffs: What Congress Isn’t Doing Wrong
The fiscal cliff. The sequester. The continuing resolution. Whatever name we’re using to describe Congress’s budget predicament of the moment, the media’s tone of consternation remains consistent and seems tinged with a sort of looming dread. As if these “crises” are like asteroid collisions or threatening weather events—things that are about to happen to us.…
Find Strength in Weakness
Those of you who are familiar with my popular attributes concept will understand why I cheered for this video clip of David Roche, president of Hotels.com, as he shared his wisdom about tolerating a diversity of weaknesses within an organization. Great strengths are often balanced out by corresponding weaknesses. So a healthy company will maintain a culture that not only values a balance of…