Work Happy: What Great Bosses Know

I write this message, knowing it just might offend you -- but it's a risk worth taking. Here goes:

 

 

Why talk about biases? Because they are real and we all have them. We're also in denial about them. Research says we think of ourselves as more principled and ethical than we really are. It's human nature.

 

That's why I wrote a column for Poynter.org that lists six dangerous biases that bedevil managers. I candidly share how a few them affected me and what I learned from them. If you want to build your credibility as a leader, check out this link for the column and podcast of "Six Dangerous Biases of Bosses."

 

Today I visited WFLA-TV in Tampa, where the syndicated program "Daytime" is produced.  Hosts Cyndi  Edwards and Lindsay MacDonald interviewed me about "WORK HAPPY: WHAT GREAT BOSSES KNOW."  Their questions were wisely framed from the employees' point of view: what do employees deserve from bosses and what things do they never forgive?  Daytime is recorded two days before its broadcast -- so my interview should appear on Friday, June 22.  The show airs at 10am in the Tampa Bay market, but 11 am in other parts of the country. Here's a link to where the show airs in cities across the USA Note from the green room: also there for the show taping today was a nice young man with an assortment of reptiles.  For the record, while I love animals, I did not ask to play with them.