Monthly Archives: November 2017

Working On The Side

A recent article in Fast Company explored companies’ willingness to let employees engage in “side hustles,” or doing work outside the company. This has gotten bigger than simply driving for Uber; that outside work can get pretty involved and, in the eyes of some companies, can be very beneficial. Obviously, you cannot allow an outside […]

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Look Before You Leap

Online learning

“If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you jump off it too?” As a kid, you may have been scolded by your mom for doing something, and then told her, “Well, everyone else was doing it!” She would then respond with the question above, and if you were a real smartass you would answer […]

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Gaslighting

Over on Medium (and if you’re not reading, and writing on, Medium, why not???), Sarah Cooper offers on interesting take on the concept of “gaslighting” in the workplace. If you are not familiar with the term “gaslighting,” it is a form of manipulation designed to get people to doubt themselves. She offers 8 “tips” in […]

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