Authentic CSR: Should Dawn publicize its involvement in Oiled Bird Rescue?
Procter & Gamble and its Dawn Dishwashing Liquid are the targets of criticism and cynicism for their efforts to help the International Bird Rescue Research Center save birds who have […]
Reviews of Scholarly Business & Organization Books
Review of "Through the Labyrinth" Through the Labyrinth: The Truth about How Women Become Leaders. Alice H. Eagly and Linda L. Carli. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2008. Review of […]
The Horrible Work-Life Truth I Learned at the Harvard Business School Reunion
That’s one headline for it. Another one might be: “How to make a table of women with graduate degrees cry.” I could spend a bit of time trying to set […]
Could BP have avoided the Gulf Oil Spill if it had more Women Executives?
How much has the paucity of women executives at BP and the overall gender imbalance in BP’s managerial ranks contributed to the Gulf Oil Spill? I’m betting that had there […]
The Best PR that $1.6 Million Can't Buy: Authenticity in Action at Zappos
Gotta love those folks at Zappos. They screw up, they explain, they apologize, and they fix it. And we applaud. Why? Because Zappos’ actions support the company’s stated purpose, and […]
Is Authenticity the key to being "Meaningfully Different"?
If organizations are going to be successful at attracting good members and good clients or customers, they have go beyond showing how they are different from other, similar organizations. They […]
3 Types of Employee Engagement Advocates: Which type are you?
Is there ever a time when our reactions don’t reflect our own perspectives on an issue? The whole wisdom behind the dictum: “Seek First to Understand” turns on our awareness […]
Registering Dis-engagement: How would you respond?
Here’s a little story, compelling in its simplicity, about an organizational situation that raises issues of loyalty, commitment, and engagement. When I heard about the initial situation, I had an […]
3 Reasons Why Employee Engagement is a Scam
We should all maintain a hearty skepticism about employee engagement. While it is true that engaged employees contribute more and more willingly to an organization, the contributions of the employee […]
Empty, Mute, and Disrespected: Pompeii as a failing cultural organization
[I can’t really find a link between these ideas and concepts of authenticity, but I had to write this anyway. So go easy on me with this one…] My recent […]