When management can’t agree, the Board often must step in and make the decision. That is, after all, why the Board is the ultimate boss and has the final word. Even when…
Tag: sexual harassment
Selective Truth-Telling
An employee of a company that caters to leisure-time activities was accused of inappropriate behavior toward females. A journalist asked the company to comment on the accusation. But the company’s culture preached…
Teach a Man or Lead a Horse?
The world is full of aphorisms. Some are actually useful. Consider how accurately they describe the role of consultants who try to steer their clients down paths that are more beneficial, more…
The Alternative to Anger
As weapons go, anger can easily miss the target or misfire — and you may be the one who’s injured. Someone accusing you? Of sexual harassment or abuse (today’s most frequent claim).…
Sex and the New Normal
There comes a time when talk ends and action begins. Call it an inflection point. It separates what came before from what is now acceptable (and unacceptable). Take sexual harassment. In…
According to a suit…
You ever notice that some news stories about lawsuits seem awfully skewed towards one side? Think about the news coverage of the multiple sexual harassment claims against the likes of Harvey Weinstein,…
Keep Up or Be Left Behind
Adapt to changing times, or get ready to explain yourself. Roger Ailes isn’t the only one to suffer from failing to keep pace with evolving social norms. So is North Carolina. Less…
Lost in Translation
Best way to save image? Consider all the moving parts. You know what you said, and you know what you meant. How can anyone misinterpret it? Easy. Happens all the time. Even…
Gullible
Knowing what sells to the media gives you a fighting chance. Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be, blest. ~ Alexander Pope, 18th century English…