THE INFAMOUS BLOG

There are two ways to deal with someone you don’t like at work (or life). Tell him. Try to fix it. Don’t tell him. Don’t try to fix it. There are a million ways to screw this up. Tell the person. Then never give him an opportunity to fix his mistakes. Don’t tell him. Tell everybody else. Tell everyone…

My grandmother once told me, “My sister is one of the most jealous people in the world. I know this because I don’t have a jealous bone in my body, but I can see it in people.” “Okay, Gramma. Of course you’re not the jealous type. Not. At. All.” I still laugh when I think…

I always wonder why HR sucks so much at recognizing an employee’s years of service. I know we are moving to a gig economy. Everyone is moving to a shorter workweek and we never see one another, anymore. We are all supposed to own our own brands and know that no job is forever. But…

A few months ago, Kellogg declined to accept my application for enrollment into a certificate program to help women become board members. They looked at my simple application and said, “Yeah, no thanks. We don’t want your cash, and we don’t want to teach you how to be an effective board member.” I was a…