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Anchor Away. Brian Williams’ Six Month Big Shot Leave

Stephen M. Paskoff February 25, 2015 No Comments

On February 10, we learned that Brian Williams had been suspended by NBC news for six months without pay following the revelation that he provided false information regarding a 2003 wartime incident in Iraq. His case made as much news as many of the stories he and his colleagues regularly reported. While the circumstances are unique, there’s a vital lesson here for any organization facing

Is Managing Grumpiness the Key to Managing Risk?

Stephen M. Paskoff February 5, 2015 No Comments

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that financial service leaders are examining their cultures and employee attitudes on a range of issues to limit and manage risk. The reason for this examination is these business leaders recognize that statutory regulation and vigorous whistleblower provisions may not be enough to halt dangerous acts before they inflict great internal and public harm to the organization. And, they’re right. Take

What's Lurking in Our Workplaces

Stephen M. Paskoff January 21, 2015 No Comments

Here’s a famous optical illusion. When you look at it, you’ll see either a young woman or an older woman. Your friend who’s sitting right next to you may see a young woman gazing off to the side, while you see an elderly woman with her eyes cast downward. Who’s right? Both of you — the drawing contains both images. This difference of perception is

Steelers Weekend; Tailgate Lesson

Stephen M. Paskoff December 16, 2014 No Comments

I just had a great three-day football weekend in Atlanta. My cousin, Dan Rossman, came in from Pittsburgh, my hometown, and invited me to go to the Falcons-Steelers game with him and several of his friends. We had a memorable weekend and I got an unexpected lesson. After work on Friday, we met for a beer in the heart of Atlanta’s commercial district, Buckhead. Around

How to Sustain Organizational Culture Transformation Through Company Values [The Baskin-Robbins Principle]

Stephen M. Paskoff December 5, 2014 No Comments

I was thinking about Baskin-Robbins recently while working with clients on key questions about how to sustain organizational transformation for their workplace cultures. They asked, How do we sustain the changes we are putting in place? What do organizations do to reinforce their cultural standards? I held up the Baskin-Robbins logo. In the 1950’s, the “31®” logo was adopted by Baskin-Robbins to emphasize the variety

Time to Move On and Forward

Stephen M. Paskoff December 2, 2014 No Comments

Sooner or later, each of us is going to say or communicate something that is hurtful, insensitive, or just plain stupid. Over the course of a business lifetime, this will occur on more than just a few occasions. To be clear, I’m not talking about the grossly out-of-bounds acts and words that you just don’t say or do in public, at work or, for that

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Anchor Away. Brian Williams’ Six Month Big Shot Leave

Is Managing Grumpiness the Key to Managing Risk?

What's Lurking in Our Workplaces

Steelers Weekend; Tailgate Lesson

How to Sustain Organizational Culture Transformation Through Company Values [The Baskin-Robbins Principle]

Time to Move On and Forward