Category Archives: Reading
6 Tips For An Inclusive Organizational Culture
A passionate and rich discussion followed about the proactive steps that can be taken to ensure organizations build cultures with positive values and attributes, including: Invite the right people to meetings – diversity of people leads to diversity of ideas … Continue reading
Bystander Effect
Rediscovering this piece Bystander Effect in my basket makes me cringe with disgust, and it pisses me off beyond belief. Since this incident, the Bystander Effect has gotten worse. Psychology Today defines the bystander effect as, “The presence of others … Continue reading
Why you should not avoid failure
This sounds counterintuitive. Who likes failure? Nobody, of course. Few people relish risk and uncertainty, not to mention the public embarrassment that often accompanies a pratfall. Worse, when it comes to our careers, failure can have a very real, very … Continue reading
5 life skills teens need before college
The point is not to overload them, but to help them get ready for the next complicated, exciting, and challenging stage in their education. By the way, I also teach upperclassmen, and they all tell me that while they wished … Continue reading
About Dad’s Journals …
When my mother died, she divided her estate equally between my brother and me. She specifically assigned valuable items but didn’t mention my father’s journals. (He died 25 years ago.) I took them with me before I sold my share … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 