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Whether we know it or not, each of us carries silent placards that emit messages. Dangling from our necks, tattooed on our person, and stamped on business cards are items that define us. These talismans also hold us accountable for our behavior. What are your actions, and your invisible automatic labels, transmitting? I think that many don’t make a connection between their extra-curricular activities and what they as persons ultimately represent. Turn the page…

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Logo of MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching.

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As an OD consultant, I’ve found that firms many times have their heads in the sand. Even after receiving third party feedback, they sometimes engage in denial, blame, and share a disinclination to act. Blaming employees for being “problems” (and subsequently refusing to acknowledge contrary evidence) is insanity – the definition of which is doing the same thing and expecting different results. Turn the page…

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