What does workplace courage look like and how do we do it well? James Detert, the John L Colley Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, has spent a lot of time thinking about this very question. He offers this advice to finding courage when you need it most.
In a prior article, I interviewed Jim Detert, PhD, about his new book about how to be brave at work. In this article, Detert describes how an employer can create a culture where being brave is no longer required because the culture rewards employees for being candid, authentic, and bold.
âI am manager of the Trust Department in a branch of a small, Midwest bank. Our newly appointed Regional Manager has changed the bankâs money-management strategy, getting clients into vehicles which generate large fees for the bank at the clientâs expense. This is plain wrong, but everyone, including myself, is afraid to speak-up.
âI think this will get us in trouble if it continues, but we all have families to support, and frankly no one, me included, has the courage to say a word. You have written about lawyers in the same situation. Do you have any recommendations, anything that will help me raise these issues and not get fired? Thanks, Shirley.â
Apr 22, 2021
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It’s the 51st anniversary of Earth Day, and we can finally dare to celebrate. Yes, we have a climate change crisis on our hands. Yet the White House just announced the U.S. will cut greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030. Solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources will power us forward.
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Paying attention to the fabric of your clothing, as well as how you wash it, can help reduce skin irritation.
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For many of us, doing laundry is automatic, and we treat it as a simple chore to check off our to-do list. But if you’re managing eczema, you may want to put some extra thought into how you wash your clothes and what you use to do so.
“The wrong laundry product can be a real nightmare for someone with eczema,” says Jeffrey M. Cohen, MD, a dermatologist and an assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. “Some laundry products have chemicals that can be irritating to the skin, and any irritation to the skin can trigger eczema,” Dr. Cohen says. This can lead to itching, burning, redness, and other symptoms, according to the National Eczema Association.