Aspiring to be a fair manager is an admirable goal - but it also a bad one. I like to recall a story I heard from Seth Godin about a...

Last week I suggested that you take time over the weekend to think about how your would respond to societal events in the workplace. This...

Nahid is a manager for a 10 person team in a mid-sized company. She is well liked by her team and her bosses. Like everyone else, Covid...

Last week I talked a lot about preparing for year-end and this week the theme continues - specifically focusing on the holidays. This is...

I occasionally get questions about fairness that go something like this:  If I treat people as individuals, does that mean that everyone...

This is predominantly due to two reasons: Managers are busy and they look for the “fast” solution. Treating someone equally, or...

When you use your judgement, people will question it. How you respond to those questions has an impact on the overall relationship. Here...

I have cognitive distortion when it comes to equality. I grew up being told and believing that we want to treat everyone equally. It...

A big misconception is that fairness isn’t a skill. People tend to see it more of an attitude. Nothing could be further from the truth....