Have you ever struggled with the politics involved in creating change? In the picture with me is Clarence B. Jones, attorney, strategic advisor, and speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King. Among his many achievements and contributions, he assisted King with his iconic speech, I Have a Dream. Kirk...
Do you live in the San Diego area? Are you interested in how personality type and gender influence personal financial decisions – who’s most likely to get rich and who is at risk to be poor? If so, mark your calendar for September 17, 2016. I’ll...
I’d like to thank the CMI-Fisher East Bay CIO Roundtable for hosting a terrific panel discussion on Effectively Managing the Multi-Generational Workforce. They were so open to exploring my recommendations and perspectives on this topic. Tricia Emerson, President of Emerson Human Capital, moderated the panel. I was...
This may be the shortest article I’ve ever shared with you. The fastest way to figure out who’s in power is… Are you ready for this? It’s humor. Noticing the dynamics around humor is a failsafe way to figure out the power structure of almost any group of...
“I can’t wait to see what HR is going to do with this.” The other day, I overheard someone wonder aloud what HR was going to do in response to particularly troublesome behavior by a group of managers. As an anthropologist of company cultures, I see this...
High attrition is frustrating, expensive, risky – and 100% curable. In a recent conversation with one of the panelists for the upcoming MBTI Users Conference, I was reminded of the situation we had faced, the intensity of it, and how dramatically things changed in just a...
Threatening. Ego-crushing. Insecurity-inducing. Awkward. These words all describe what happens when you manage people who know more about their profession than you do. This happens because most managers try to lead experts the same way they manage people who are more junior. Let’s face it – every leader who climbs...
If you are responsible for nurturing potential leaders in engineering, or you are interested in breaking in to management, have I got a hot article for you: InfoWorld Programmers Guide to Breaking into Management. Ace reporter Paul Heltzel interviewed me, along with an impressive line-up of...
Are you or is someone you know considering changing careers? If you are even slightly established in your current career, this can be extremely challenging. However, several of my clients have very successfully pulled this off with aplomb. Check out my tips in this Fast Company article...
“Jennifer, I’m so fed up with these two guys! I have told them – again and again -- they have to stop going to the mat on every little thing. I gave them your articles on how to give feedback to a coworker and how...