by lisazizi | Sep 5, 2018 | Harrassment
These days male leaders will often say to me, ‘I don’t know WHAT I can say to a woman at work anymore!’ ’I’m always worried I will get sued for harassment!’ Well, you can stop worrying – I have a very simple solution. If you are concerned about what you are...
by lisazizi | Sep 5, 2018 | Employee Retention
How many of you when you ask someone on a date are very attentive at first, you pick a nice restaurant, you maybe bring flowers, you listen, you laugh at their jokes…all that probably sounds familiar…but let me ask you this: Have you ever had a date just get up and...
by lisazizi | Sep 5, 2018 | Leadership
I worked with a leader who inspired fear every time he worked with his reports. He would say, ‘To respect me they must fear me’. And to that, I would say ‘Fear gets impressive short term results, but makes for depressing long term results.’ When they stop fearing you,...
by lisazizi | Jul 18, 2018 | HR Is Needed
Marc Andreessen says most companies put off hiring a HR leader too long. The delay makes the company more at risk of “catastrophic failure through self-inflicted wounds,” according to Andreessen. In an interview with tech industry veteran Elad Gil for his...
by lisazizi | May 4, 2018 | Behavior, Pyschology
Do you know what the new work ‘stress’ issue is? It is what I like to call our current ‘culture of contentiousness’ that have created a need for ‘psychological safety’ (you can thank Google leadership for this term). It is the...