The old adage “if the only tool you have is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail” can also apply to language.

Have you ever dared to count the amount of time you spend in meetings every month? Staff meetings, supervision, board meetings, work groups, strategic…

You’ve heard the news—many U. S. companies are cutting their operations dramatically in response to falling investor confidence, stock prices, and revenues. Many major…

We’ve all heard the adage “Silence is golden,” but how many of us realize the potentially negative impact that following this old saw can…

We can gain leverage for improving conversations by paying attention to advocacy and inquiry. Advocacy is stating one’s views. Describing what I think, disclosing…

Apparently, size does matter these A days—particularly in the American biotech industry. According to Hambrecht and Quist, an investment bank, large biotechnology companies…

If you haven’t read Jim Collins’s latest book, Good to Great (HarperBusiness, 2001), you should—the findings could change the way you do business once…

Eighteen years ago, Barbara Waugh changed her tactics for fulfilling her lifelong dream of creating a better world. The feminist theologian, radical activist,…

It is increasingly accepted that the metaphor of the organization as a complex adaptive system gives a better understanding of management issues than…

How much of our lives have we wasted due to the drain of fear, unhealthy judgment, and the emotional gridlock these cause? Deborah…