As for being a poster child of law firm leaders with mental health challenges, [Simon] Malko admitted he did have a moment of doubt about coming out. “There was a little voice that asked, why are you doing it?” Quickly, though, he decided “it was the right thing to do.” …

As much as we like to say that things are never a matter of life or death to de-escalate a situation in the business world, medical doctors face such stressors daily. Their almost superhuman capability is often overlooked until we find ourselves in the role of patients. We explore how…

Part I of this series — “Mirror, mirror on the digital wall! Narcissism, personal branding, and delusions of grandeur “ — describes core traits associated with narcissism. These can be part of a person’s winning formula — but can also damage the individual and others. Persons with narcissistic tendencies can…

In this 2-part series, we explain how understanding narcissistic tendencies and how they present at work can help us catch ourselves falling prey to them — both literally, in the form of bosses and colleagues, and personally, in the way that we can easily lose ourselves in our personal branding…

We talk about ourselves and others to ourselves and others — to connect and reject, teach and learn, plan and breakup, diagnose and oppose, manipulate and ingratiate, dominate and pacify, and support and deny. This is how we evolve as beings, families, communities, and societies. Yet as children, we are…

We enter the holidays and 2023 with a greater focus on well-being, our own and that of others. Even if we look forward to the holidays, most of us need a break and can feel a higher level of mental distress. Our well-being and the ability to deal with stress…

Very few people oppose diversity — at least openly –but so few truly accept and leverage it in organizations. We are adding diversity to the workplace faster than we are training managers and employees to harness its power. Today’s high job turnover and hybrid workflows challenge the ability of teams…

[Prelude: Yo,I don’t think we should talk about this Come on now, why? People might misunderstand what we trying to say No but this is part of life…] Let’s talk about stress, baby Let’s talk about you and me Let’s talk about all the good things And the bad things…

Our predispositions and experiences shape how we see the world, including addressing mental health issues at work. Understanding our patterns and assumptions is essential to not doing more harm than good when engaging with our challenges and those of others. …