I was okay living in the culvert until the city made me move
Recently, I provided a workshop to a group of professionals working to reduce i [...]
Podcast—Building Learning Structures Inside the Head
The second of a series of four articles, in podcast form, that address poverty [...]
Do you create your own hiring problems?
Every company has employees who live in daily instability, meaning they do not [...]
Podcast—Understanding and Working with Students and Adults from Poverty
This is the first in a series of four articles that address poverty. The articl [...]
Three ways to improve the health of your employees
Living in daily instability is a risk factor for stress-related health issues. [...]
What in the World Is Agency Time?
A manager friend of mine once had an employee who disappeared every Tuesday at 1 [...]
Did I make a bad hiring mistake? The Unspoken Cues and Habits of a Group—the Rules That Break Relationships at Work
Hidden rules, as defined by author and speaker Ruby Payne, are the unspoken rule [...]
Employee Instability and Company Profits
Employers are constantly looking for ways to increase productivity and motivatio [...]
Before You Quit Teaching free audiobook
Free! Unabridged! It's Ruby's Payne's book Before You Quit Teaching: Tools, Res [...]
Balancing my personal chaos often makes me late for work
I know I’m late but it’s only ten minutes and I can stay over if you want. I got [...]