My guest on this episode of Punk Rock HR is Dr. Mary Ann Horton, a transgender activist and the author of the book “Trailblazer: Lighting the Path for Transgender Equality in Corporate America.” We talk about her amazing career, how she advocated for one of the corporate world’s first transgender equality workplace policies, her book…
Have you ever been in a situation at work where you witnessed something uncomfortable but were too afraid to say anything? Or maybe you just didn’t know how to handle the situation. I’ve been there too and it’s not the best scenario, in fact, it can feel downright icky. Very early in my career,…
Have you ever been in a situation at work where you witnessed something uncomfortable but you didn’t say anything? Or have you seen leaders exhibit behaviors that are rude or offensive but you were unsure what to do about it? I’ve been there and it was highly uncomfortable. In fact, the situation still bothers me…
Most companies want to create positive work environments for their employees, right? After all, they want workers to be happy, but are they creating “fearless” environments? Recently on an episode of Let’s Fix Work, I welcomed Professor Amy Edmondson from Harvard Business School. She is the author of The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in…
Conformity is a silent killer. Companies that punish new ideas stifle their employees and stunt their own growth. That’s why fostering psychological safety is so important. In this episode of Punk Rock HR, I talk with Professor Amy Edmondson from Harvard Business School and author of “The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace…
I’ve been trying to write a follow-up on the #MeToo movement for Vox. It’s been a struggle to write about what’s next because I don’t know what will happen. I’m not optimistic. In my original article on Vox, I called out Uber’s HR department for its mistreatment of Susan Fowler. It’s a year old. We updated…
The other morning, I watched middle-school boys march to school. They were a loud gaggle of arms and legs and energy moving on impulse and swinging backpacks and books by their fingertips. These boys laughed and screamed and slammed themselves into one another like waves in the ocean as if their bodies existed only to…
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