Courageous Conversations

Resilience Through Hardiness: A Learned Behavior

tim@themulvaneygroup.com (Tim Mulvaney) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:05:03 -0400

Resilience is the ability to "bounce back." Hardiness is a pattern of attitudes and skills that helps people be resilient I spoke with Jim Oher of Oher & Associates about the 30 years of research...

When all hope is lost. When you need to fix the unfixable. When the behavior is no longer sustainable. It's time for a Courageous Conversation with Tim Mulvaney.

Labor Dept employees deface Gay Pride posters

tim@themulvaneygroup.com (Tim Mulvaney) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:05:05 -0400

Turns out that discomfort with the acknowledgment of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender colleagues has not completely gone away in the workplace. Obviously progress has been made, e.g., 40th...

When all hope is lost. When you need to fix the unfixable. When the behavior is no longer sustainable. It's time for a Courageous Conversation with Tim Mulvaney.

Bank of America sued for gender bias

tim@themulvaneygroup.com (Tim Mulvaney) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:50:06 -0400

"Bank of America Corp was sued on Thursday in a federal lawsuit in New York, accusing the largest U.S. bank of discriminating against female brokers at the former Merrill Lynch & Co by offering them...

When all hope is lost. When you need to fix the unfixable. When the behavior is no longer sustainable. It's time for a Courageous Conversation with Tim Mulvaney.

Downsizing can create "us against them"

tim@themulvaneygroup.com (Tim Mulvaney) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:01:03 -0400

Without proper, effective and thoughtful communications, downsizing can create the unwanted "us" versus "them" mood amongst the survivors, negatively impacting employee motivation, engagement and...

When all hope is lost. When you need to fix the unfixable. When the behavior is no longer sustainable. It's time for a Courageous Conversation with Tim Mulvaney.

Proving Age Discrimination is Burden of the Employee

tim@themulvaneygroup.com (Tim Mulvaney) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:39:44 -0400

On June 18, 2009, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that will make it harder for an employee to claim age discrimination. Here are a couple of other references for you: Workforce Week...

When all hope is lost. When you need to fix the unfixable. When the behavior is no longer sustainable. It's time for a Courageous Conversation with Tim Mulvaney.