Essays on creative leadership,
culture, and the human side of work.

“Don’t walk with him to school.” Richard Taylor and I were in the fourth grade together. I liked walking with him. Two of us together were less likely to draw the attention, and the meanness, of the bigger boys. I’d learned to be afraid of Dad’s wrath. So I didn’t ask why. But I knew…

This story describes how sexual harassment plays out differently in the workplace depending on which gender is on the receiving end. These experiences showed me, again, how the power of male privilege shapes expectations and outcomes. It was the final stretch of what had been a long, competitive battle. One final dinner, with the prospective…