2005-2011 Blog

Do we suffer from Gratitude Deficit Disorder? If so, there's a quick cure.

Denise Brouillette — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:18:46 -0800

A couple of days before Thanksgiving, Howie Jacobson, a Fast Company expert blogger used a term, Gratitude Deficit Disorder, or GDD, which, I believe he's the author of, to describe what he says we seem to be lacking a great...

Why People Micromanage - Ron Ashkenas - Harvard Business Review

Denise Brouillette — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:08:49 -0800

Ron Ashkenas’ says that while leaders can easily name those managers in their professional lives who have micromanaged them, none sees him/herself as doing the same with their employees. Yet they may be doing just that without realizing it. Why...

Top 10 Reasons Why Decision Makers Say No and What You Can Do About It

Denise Brouillette — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:09:28 -0800

How many times has a key decision maker turned a request of yours down? If it's too many to count, then listen up. It could be that you're not planning for why the decision maker would say no and then...

A Female-Dominated Workplace Won't Fix Everything - Anne Kreamer - Harvard Business Review

Denise Brouillette — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:35:56 -0700

Anne Kreamer, in her brief yet content-rich HBR blog discusses workplace gender differences from a neuroscience/emotional intelligence perspective. Refreshing and far more advanced than the old John Gray Mars-Venus divide which I found rather simplistic and narrow. A Female-Dominated Workplace...

Be Your Own Leader

Denise Brouillette — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:22:00 -0700

Yes, be your own leader was the clear message in yesterday’s on-line Bloomberg Businessweek tech article: Apple’s Jobs Told Cook Not to Ask ‘What Would Steve Do?’ Not that we should never consider the path that someone else might take....