by Liz Guthridge | Jul 10, 2022 | Blog
“The world only spins forward.” – Tony Kushner, Angels in America, Part Two Perestroika 1992 Life in the United States now feels like it’s lurching backwards. It’s harder to exercise our freedoms. The freedom to speak, to gather safely, to vote in elections, to make...
by Liz Guthridge | Jun 28, 2022 | Blog
Language is foundational for building and leading organizations, according to Richard S. Hawkes, the author of an intelligent new business book. Hawkes, who’s also the founder of the the management consulting firm Growth River, believes that “organizations evolve at...
by Liz Guthridge | Jun 24, 2022 | Blog
The next time you want to say someone’s afflicted with learned helplessness, stop. One of the original researchers who named the theory debunked his own work a few years ago! The revised theory is that we don’t learn helplessness. Instead, we instinctively shut...
by Liz Guthridge | Jun 11, 2022 | Blog
Appreciate, or even, expect equal pay for equal work, and other fair treatment too? You’re not alone. Fairness—or equity—is not just something we desire; it’s an evolved behavior. That’s a key learning from my online class on the neuroeconomics of decision-making from...
by Liz Guthridge | Jun 5, 2022 | Blog
“How do I balance the wants and needs of all the many stakeholders I serve?” This question was always top of mind for a hotel general manager in Canada’s Niagara Falls. Her employer had identified her and several others as the top North American GMs who upheld the...
