M. Sutton
The Holiday Work Slowdown
Culture & Leadership
Can you really get meaningful productivity out of employees in November and December? While it may seem counter-intuitive, the November - Mid January holiday season is an excellent time to get work ...
Read More Uh oh! My Manager Received a Harassment Complaint
Compliance
One of your managers receives a harassment complaint. Do they know what to do? While harassment complaints are never welcomed, they should be anticipated by your organization’s policies. Not only should your ...
Read More The MBTI, Teams, and EI
Culture & Leadership
The Myers Briggs Type Indicator, also known as the MBTI, is probably one of the most well-known personal assessment tools available. Whether someone completed the assessment while in college many years ago ...
Read More APPOV: Disengagement Begins with Small Things
Conflict & Leadership
Each week, I volunteer to count money for an organization. Since I have been doing it, it seems like there is a complaint every week about mistakes. The person who relays the ...
Read More The Consultant’s Dilemma
Culture & Leadership
One of my greatest stressors as a consultant is ending the project. Sometimes, I stress more than others, but I always stress and it’s about the same thing: will this project die ...
Read More APPOV Leadership: Regina
Culture & Leadership
Regina is the kind of leader who you don’t see coming. She’s the leader of my church ladies fellowship group. Get this: I don’t actually attend her church. Nope. Not at all. ...
Read More Analyze this True Story with Your Team: The Hiking Trip
Culture & Leadership
Context: I’m part of a meetup group whose purpose is to get people who don’t normally hike to try getting out into the great outdoors. Because of our mission, our activities are ...
Read More 21 Signals that It’s Time to Quit!
Culture & Leadership
Professionally-speaking, one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do was to terminate someone. Although that experience took place quite some time ago, I remember it as if it were yesterday. ...
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