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Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
If your organization includes employees or members, and serves stakeholders who practice different faiths and honor various belief systems, how do you feel when leadership sends out holiday messages favoring one faith over all others?
If your organization includes employees or members, and serves stakeholders who practice different faiths and honor various belief systems, how do you feel when leadership sends out holiday messages favoring one faith over all others?
December 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
If your organization includes employees or members, and serves stakeholders who practice different faiths and honor various belief systems, how do you feel when leadership sends out holiday messages favoring one faith over all others?
If your organization includes employees or members, and serves stakeholders who practice different faiths and honor various belief systems, how do you feel when leadership sends out holiday messages favoring one faith over all others?
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How do you rationalize a leader who brags about gutting many of the organization's support functions, laying off hundreds of thousands, creating chaos, and harming stakeholders - all while increasing spending on tangential or frivolous matters?
How do you rationalize a leader who brags about gutting many of the organization's support functions, laying off hundreds of thousands, creating chaos, and harming stakeholders - all while increasing spending on tangential or frivolous matters?
December 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How do you rationalize a leader who brags about gutting many of the organization's support functions, laying off hundreds of thousands, creating chaos, and harming stakeholders - all while increasing spending on tangential or frivolous matters?
How do you rationalize a leader who brags about gutting many of the organization's support functions, laying off hundreds of thousands, creating chaos, and harming stakeholders - all while increasing spending on tangential or frivolous matters?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What do you think about a leader who sends out a dead serious holiday greeting that denigrates at least half of the stakeholders in his or her organization as "radical scum"? How does this convey the spirit of the season?
What do you think about a leader who sends out a dead serious holiday greeting that denigrates at least half of the stakeholders in his or her organization as "radical scum"? How does this convey the spirit of the season?
December 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What do you think about a leader who sends out a dead serious holiday greeting that denigrates at least half of the stakeholders in his or her organization as "radical scum"? How does this convey the spirit of the season?
What do you think about a leader who sends out a dead serious holiday greeting that denigrates at least half of the stakeholders in his or her organization as "radical scum"? How does this convey the spirit of the season?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What actions can you take to ensure that your organization is fairly positioned to deliver its mission, when a leader viciously threatens individuals in the media who he or she dislikes and tries to affect media mergers?
What actions can you take to ensure that your organization is fairly positioned to deliver its mission, when a leader viciously threatens individuals in the media who he or she dislikes and tries to affect media mergers?
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What actions can you take to ensure that your organization is fairly positioned to deliver its mission, when a leader viciously threatens individuals in the media who he or she dislikes and tries to affect media mergers?
What actions can you take to ensure that your organization is fairly positioned to deliver its mission, when a leader viciously threatens individuals in the media who he or she dislikes and tries to affect media mergers?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
When a leader repeats a lie for years - one that's been proven false more that 60 times in court - how should you react when he or she says that lots of new "evidence" will come out soon to prove him or her right, and then it fails to materialize?
When a leader repeats a lie for years - one that's been proven false more that 60 times in court - how should you react when he or she says that lots of new "evidence" will come out soon to prove him or her right, and then it fails to materialize?
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
When a leader repeats a lie for years - one that's been proven false more that 60 times in court - how should you react when he or she says that lots of new "evidence" will come out soon to prove him or her right, and then it fails to materialize?
When a leader repeats a lie for years - one that's been proven false more that 60 times in court - how should you react when he or she says that lots of new "evidence" will come out soon to prove him or her right, and then it fails to materialize?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What should happen when a leader keeps excusing stakeholders for violating organizational policies and norms - to the extent that he or she starts excusing those violators from multiple failures and crimes that have caused broader societal harm?
What should happen when a leader keeps excusing stakeholders for violating organizational policies and norms - to the extent that he or she starts excusing those violators from multiple failures and crimes that have caused broader societal harm?
December 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What should happen when a leader keeps excusing stakeholders for violating organizational policies and norms - to the extent that he or she starts excusing those violators from multiple failures and crimes that have caused broader societal harm?
What should happen when a leader keeps excusing stakeholders for violating organizational policies and norms - to the extent that he or she starts excusing those violators from multiple failures and crimes that have caused broader societal harm?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What actions can you take when a leader promises your group a special bonus, and it turns out that funding for the bonus comes from a benefit that you already have - meaning that its net value is zero dollars?
What actions can you take when a leader promises your group a special bonus, and it turns out that funding for the bonus comes from a benefit that you already have - meaning that its net value is zero dollars?
December 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What actions can you take when a leader promises your group a special bonus, and it turns out that funding for the bonus comes from a benefit that you already have - meaning that its net value is zero dollars?
What actions can you take when a leader promises your group a special bonus, and it turns out that funding for the bonus comes from a benefit that you already have - meaning that its net value is zero dollars?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How long should stakeholders support a leader who, for years has promised transparency on a sensitive issue that many care deeply about - and then does everything in his or her power, including breaking laws, to keep the matter shrouded in secrecy?
How long should stakeholders support a leader who, for years has promised transparency on a sensitive issue that many care deeply about - and then does everything in his or her power, including breaking laws, to keep the matter shrouded in secrecy?
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How long should stakeholders support a leader who, for years has promised transparency on a sensitive issue that many care deeply about - and then does everything in his or her power, including breaking laws, to keep the matter shrouded in secrecy?
How long should stakeholders support a leader who, for years has promised transparency on a sensitive issue that many care deeply about - and then does everything in his or her power, including breaking laws, to keep the matter shrouded in secrecy?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
When a leader starts attacking a much smaller industry or sector player in ways that are likely illegal, citing reasons that are hypocritical to other recent actions and strategies, how should you respond?
When a leader starts attacking a much smaller industry or sector player in ways that are likely illegal, citing reasons that are hypocritical to other recent actions and strategies, how should you respond?
December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
When a leader starts attacking a much smaller industry or sector player in ways that are likely illegal, citing reasons that are hypocritical to other recent actions and strategies, how should you respond?
When a leader starts attacking a much smaller industry or sector player in ways that are likely illegal, citing reasons that are hypocritical to other recent actions and strategies, how should you respond?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What's going on when a leader is investing excessive time and energy in decorating the organization's headquarters, spending outlandish sums to do so, and even writing and hanging derogatory plaques about his or her predecessors?
What's going on when a leader is investing excessive time and energy in decorating the organization's headquarters, spending outlandish sums to do so, and even writing and hanging derogatory plaques about his or her predecessors?
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What's going on when a leader is investing excessive time and energy in decorating the organization's headquarters, spending outlandish sums to do so, and even writing and hanging derogatory plaques about his or her predecessors?
What's going on when a leader is investing excessive time and energy in decorating the organization's headquarters, spending outlandish sums to do so, and even writing and hanging derogatory plaques about his or her predecessors?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
When the leaders of an organization repeatedly give themselves a grade of "A+++++" on vital performance metrics that are clearly unfavorable, what can you do to get them to face reality, stop the bluster and do the work find solutions?
When the leaders of an organization repeatedly give themselves a grade of "A+++++" on vital performance metrics that are clearly unfavorable, what can you do to get them to face reality, stop the bluster and do the work find solutions?
December 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
When the leaders of an organization repeatedly give themselves a grade of "A+++++" on vital performance metrics that are clearly unfavorable, what can you do to get them to face reality, stop the bluster and do the work find solutions?
When the leaders of an organization repeatedly give themselves a grade of "A+++++" on vital performance metrics that are clearly unfavorable, what can you do to get them to face reality, stop the bluster and do the work find solutions?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What do you typically conclude when a leader fiercely protects his or her direct reports - even when they repeatedly make mistakes and dodge accountability, to the point where multiple lies and misuse of funds and/or authority are exposed?
What do you typically conclude when a leader fiercely protects his or her direct reports - even when they repeatedly make mistakes and dodge accountability, to the point where multiple lies and misuse of funds and/or authority are exposed?
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What do you typically conclude when a leader fiercely protects his or her direct reports - even when they repeatedly make mistakes and dodge accountability, to the point where multiple lies and misuse of funds and/or authority are exposed?
What do you typically conclude when a leader fiercely protects his or her direct reports - even when they repeatedly make mistakes and dodge accountability, to the point where multiple lies and misuse of funds and/or authority are exposed?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How should you respond when a leader reacts to senseless, untimely deaths of innocent, well-intended stakeholders by brushing these sad events off as inevitable and/or posting hate-filled remarks?
How should you respond when a leader reacts to senseless, untimely deaths of innocent, well-intended stakeholders by brushing these sad events off as inevitable and/or posting hate-filled remarks?
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How should you respond when a leader reacts to senseless, untimely deaths of innocent, well-intended stakeholders by brushing these sad events off as inevitable and/or posting hate-filled remarks?
How should you respond when a leader reacts to senseless, untimely deaths of innocent, well-intended stakeholders by brushing these sad events off as inevitable and/or posting hate-filled remarks?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How should you react when a leader enforces a broad financial policy for which he or she ignored the legalities, complexities and most experts' guidance, turns out to be ineffective - and damaging to most of the organization's stakeholders?
How should you react when a leader enforces a broad financial policy for which he or she ignored the legalities, complexities and most experts' guidance, turns out to be ineffective - and damaging to most of the organization's stakeholders?
December 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How should you react when a leader enforces a broad financial policy for which he or she ignored the legalities, complexities and most experts' guidance, turns out to be ineffective - and damaging to most of the organization's stakeholders?
How should you react when a leader enforces a broad financial policy for which he or she ignored the legalities, complexities and most experts' guidance, turns out to be ineffective - and damaging to most of the organization's stakeholders?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What do you think about leaders who are obsessed with their age - to the point that they make outrageously false claims about their mental acuity and physical fitness - being unable to let their work speak for itself and focus on what really matters?
What do you think about leaders who are obsessed with their age - to the point that they make outrageously false claims about their mental acuity and physical fitness - being unable to let their work speak for itself and focus on what really matters?
December 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What do you think about leaders who are obsessed with their age - to the point that they make outrageously false claims about their mental acuity and physical fitness - being unable to let their work speak for itself and focus on what really matters?
What do you think about leaders who are obsessed with their age - to the point that they make outrageously false claims about their mental acuity and physical fitness - being unable to let their work speak for itself and focus on what really matters?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What can be learned and what should you do when the previously devout followers of a leader start to resist his or her decisions and influence - due to obvious power grabs, illegalities and corruption, along with a dereliction of duties?
What can be learned and what should you do when the previously devout followers of a leader start to resist his or her decisions and influence - due to obvious power grabs, illegalities and corruption, along with a dereliction of duties?
December 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What can be learned and what should you do when the previously devout followers of a leader start to resist his or her decisions and influence - due to obvious power grabs, illegalities and corruption, along with a dereliction of duties?
What can be learned and what should you do when the previously devout followers of a leader start to resist his or her decisions and influence - due to obvious power grabs, illegalities and corruption, along with a dereliction of duties?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
When a leader harms an entire industry by virtue of his or her ignorance of, or blatant disregard for that industry's services and products (which are appreciated worldwide), what can you do to rectify the situation?
When a leader harms an entire industry by virtue of his or her ignorance of, or blatant disregard for that industry's services and products (which are appreciated worldwide), what can you do to rectify the situation?
December 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
When a leader harms an entire industry by virtue of his or her ignorance of, or blatant disregard for that industry's services and products (which are appreciated worldwide), what can you do to rectify the situation?
When a leader harms an entire industry by virtue of his or her ignorance of, or blatant disregard for that industry's services and products (which are appreciated worldwide), what can you do to rectify the situation?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
When a leader ignores resounding advice, big problems will likely occur. How should you react when those problems manifest and the leader who caused them blames others and poses as a hero, ready to swoop in with inadequate solutions?
When a leader ignores resounding advice, big problems will likely occur. How should you react when those problems manifest and the leader who caused them blames others and poses as a hero, ready to swoop in with inadequate solutions?
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
When a leader ignores resounding advice, big problems will likely occur. How should you react when those problems manifest and the leader who caused them blames others and poses as a hero, ready to swoop in with inadequate solutions?
When a leader ignores resounding advice, big problems will likely occur. How should you react when those problems manifest and the leader who caused them blames others and poses as a hero, ready to swoop in with inadequate solutions?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What conclusions can you draw when, in a matter of days, a leader completely reverses on a commitment he or she made that's a matter of public record - and instead of offering an explanation, pretends that the commitment was never made?
What conclusions can you draw when, in a matter of days, a leader completely reverses on a commitment he or she made that's a matter of public record - and instead of offering an explanation, pretends that the commitment was never made?
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What conclusions can you draw when, in a matter of days, a leader completely reverses on a commitment he or she made that's a matter of public record - and instead of offering an explanation, pretends that the commitment was never made?
What conclusions can you draw when, in a matter of days, a leader completely reverses on a commitment he or she made that's a matter of public record - and instead of offering an explanation, pretends that the commitment was never made?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How can you you have trust in a leader whose policies backfire spectacularly, harming millions of stakeholders - monetarily, physically and emotionally?
How can you you have trust in a leader whose policies backfire spectacularly, harming millions of stakeholders - monetarily, physically and emotionally?
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How can you you have trust in a leader whose policies backfire spectacularly, harming millions of stakeholders - monetarily, physically and emotionally?
How can you you have trust in a leader whose policies backfire spectacularly, harming millions of stakeholders - monetarily, physically and emotionally?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How should you respond to a leader who's consumed with winning prizes - to the extent that external stakeholders wanting favors from your organization invent awards to bestow on him or her?
How should you respond to a leader who's consumed with winning prizes - to the extent that external stakeholders wanting favors from your organization invent awards to bestow on him or her?
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How should you respond to a leader who's consumed with winning prizes - to the extent that external stakeholders wanting favors from your organization invent awards to bestow on him or her?
How should you respond to a leader who's consumed with winning prizes - to the extent that external stakeholders wanting favors from your organization invent awards to bestow on him or her?
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What happens to an organization when the leader abandons all quality control processes and terminates staff members who are responsible for oversight and compliance?
What happens to an organization when the leader abandons all quality control processes and terminates staff members who are responsible for oversight and compliance?
December 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What happens to an organization when the leader abandons all quality control processes and terminates staff members who are responsible for oversight and compliance?
What happens to an organization when the leader abandons all quality control processes and terminates staff members who are responsible for oversight and compliance?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What actions can you take when your organization's leadership starts making important decisions based on whims, biases and debunked theories, abandoning well-established data, conventional analyses and normal vetting processes?
What actions can you take when your organization's leadership starts making important decisions based on whims, biases and debunked theories, abandoning well-established data, conventional analyses and normal vetting processes?
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
What actions can you take when your organization's leadership starts making important decisions based on whims, biases and debunked theories, abandoning well-established data, conventional analyses and normal vetting processes?
What actions can you take when your organization's leadership starts making important decisions based on whims, biases and debunked theories, abandoning well-established data, conventional analyses and normal vetting processes?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How can an organization succeed when the leader pursues strategies that are completely contradictory - and that are considered distractions and are unpopular among the employees or members?
How can an organization succeed when the leader pursues strategies that are completely contradictory - and that are considered distractions and are unpopular among the employees or members?
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
How can an organization succeed when the leader pursues strategies that are completely contradictory - and that are considered distractions and are unpopular among the employees or members?
How can an organization succeed when the leader pursues strategies that are completely contradictory - and that are considered distractions and are unpopular among the employees or members?
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
When a leader holds staff meetings for the primary purpose of hearing compliments about him or herself (regardless of authenticity), and falls asleep during such, how should the staff react?
When a leader holds staff meetings for the primary purpose of hearing compliments about him or herself (regardless of authenticity), and falls asleep during such, how should the staff react?
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Questions We Should Be Asking Each Other Now:
When a leader holds staff meetings for the primary purpose of hearing compliments about him or herself (regardless of authenticity), and falls asleep during such, how should the staff react?
When a leader holds staff meetings for the primary purpose of hearing compliments about him or herself (regardless of authenticity), and falls asleep during such, how should the staff react?