by Michael F. Broom, Ph.D. | Jul 16, 2022 | Leadership, Organization Development
A frustrated leader screams at a valued employee in public. Another talks over a subordinate while wondering why his people don’t speak up more. Both leaders have done something (with no conscious intention) that is likely to damage their effectiveness as leaders. We...
by Michael F. Broom, Ph.D. | Jun 1, 2022 | Leadership, Organization Development
A power that the best of leaders have is the power of conscious choice. All of us have the power of choice. It’s just that the best leaders multiply it by using it consciously. Most of us make the myriad choices of daily life automatically, though expedient and...
by Michael F. Broom, Ph.D. | Jan 8, 2022 | Organization Development
Meaningful interest in diversity, inclusion, and equity have waxed and waned in the United States since the 1940s and probably much earlier. World War II saw women taking an active role in the workplace for the first time. In 1948, President Truman of...
by Michael F. Broom, Ph.D. | May 29, 2021 | Organization Development
An important key to having great teams and organizations is their sense of safety. Their members do not fear censure should their all-too-human egos and emotions become evident. They feel free to speak, to dissent, to be radical, and even outlandish. This freedom is...
by Michael F. Broom, Ph.D. | May 25, 2021 | Leadership, Organization Development
You Don’t Have to Many leaders have the notion that it is lonely at the top. Like so many things, if you believe it, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. The fact is no one has ever accomplished anything of any significance alone. Think about that. I think...
by Michael F. Broom, Ph.D. | May 24, 2021 | Leadership, Organization Development
Creating change in human systems such as teams and organizations is a matter of developing a critical mass of support for the change goal. Of course, developing that critical mass may involve working through whatever resistances there are and resolving the conflicts...
