America, Work “Burnout may be our contemporary condition, but it has very particular historical origins” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 May 2021 Burnout may be our contemporary condition, but it has very particular historical origins. In...
Work “when you see someone who appears to be a disciplined person what you’re really seeing is a person who has actually just acquired a few very key disciplines in a specific area” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 June 2020 There is no such thing as a disciplined person and, even if there were,...
EMail, Work “Not answering emails today is like refusing to take phone calls in the 1990s or ignoring letters in the 1950s” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 March 2019 Spending hours a day answering emails can stand in the way of getting other...
Work “If you have a difficult person on your staff, people are watching the dynamics of how you handle conflict” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 June 2017 People talk a lot about horrible bosses. People don’t really talk about horrible employees...
Family, Politics in America, Work “The idealized vision of 1950s womanhood that still permeates our politics ignores the fact that staying home may not actually make mothers happy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 May 2017 The idealized vision of 1950s womanhood that still permeates our politics ignores the fact...
Jobs/Professions “So why don’t more organizations post salary ranges?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 April 2017 So why don’t more organizations post salary ranges? Is it inertia? Are organizations embarrassed...
Jobs/Professions, Work “It is time to toss ‘commensurate with experience’. Maybe it once was a good practice, but no longer; hiding salary ranges is a ruinous practice” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 March 2017 It is time to toss “commensurate with experience.” Maybe it once was a good...
Jobs/Professions “The predicament of modern C.E.O.s may seem surprising, given their prominence and lavish compensation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 November 2016 Business professors once talked about “the imperial C.E.O.,” but, increasingly, we’re in the era...
Jobs/Professions “If American teachers…haven’t got much better over the past three decades, it’s largely because their training hasn’t, either” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 November 2016 Most new teachers enter the classroom with a limited set of pedagogical skills, since...
Work “Collegiality is a fragile and mysterious thing. It can’t be quantified or mandated, and it doesn’t figure prominently in public discussions of work” Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 September 2016 Collegiality is a fragile and mysterious thing. It can’t be quantified or mandated, and...