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5 Ways to Spot a Bad Manager

December 17, 2009

Bad managers come in many different flavors. Often, it’s hard to tell the merely mediocre from the truly terrible. But if you run into any of these behaviors in your boss, rest assured, you’re not the only one dealing with a learning curve: Your boss asks you to be “more passionate.” This one’s at the [...]

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Honesty Starts in the Mirror

November 25, 2009

You can’t be honest with others when you’re busy kidding yourself. There are many small ways in which we lie to ourselves every day. And though we’re often not conscious of them in the moment, these little lies distort our world views and erode our ability to engage others with integrity. Ways in which we [...]

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Do you want the truth, or do you pretend you want the truth?

May 29, 2009

Sometimes, the truth is a pig. Insisting that it wears lipstick, and then gushing over what a gorgeous shade those lips are, without acknowledging that they’re attached to a stinking pig, doesn’t change the fact that the truth is going to make a big ugly mess in your house. Here are seven things you might hear if you’re in a culture of pig avoidance:

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Top 10 ways in which career top 10 lists are like [REDACTED]

April 20, 2009

After inadvertently spawning some uncomfortable—though in most cases, admittedly funny—conversations in various offices, I’ve decided to edit this post. I’ve been asked 3 times today to write separate career top 10 lists. Three times! Seriously, people, do you know the energy it takes to perform at that level? And for what? Temporary “answers” to a [...]

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