Why Yoga Classes Won’t Fix Workplace Stress

When companies feel that their employees are stressed, they organize yoga and meditation classes. But does it address the REAL problem? Is it not yet another bandaid applied on the poor human soul, which is already heavily “bandaided?” People are stressed...

Managers Should Lead, Not Do Their Team’s Job

In my policing days, a fellow senior officer was very fond of daily night-patrolling and catching criminals. Sounds cool, right? In fact, the media loved and glorified it. But here is the problem — that was not his job. His job was to guide his police station...

Real Character Reveals Itself Only in a Crisis

One of my bosses in the police service was a soft-spoken man — more like a college professor than an intimidating, toughened-up cop. But the first time I was caught up in a violent student agitation, I suddenly noticed that he was standing behind me. He had come...