Identity Dimensions often play a starring role today in conflicts that make the most headlines, but in a MultiDentity world, you can’t separate identity aspects from core values, at least not if you want an accurate understanding of real people and situations. We often overlook the importance of work values as a contributing factor in […]

Your work team is one of the many temporary identity groups in your life. Just like any other identity group, your work team also has expectations, formal and informal rules, and Power Up and Power down dynamics. If current team members informally judge that you’re on the team by way of low standards (in their […]

It’s nearly impossible to connect with toxic individuals or use MultiDentity principles within toxic organizational cultures. Toxic people create insurmountable barriers to building an environment that encourages people to risk letting others truly get to know them. I’m no longer surprised when I encounter individuals who let their personal issues or oversized egos permeate their […]

It’s bound to happen. One day a bunch of “thems,” are going to show up in your life as team members, colleagues or community members. They could be older or younger people, foreigners, pretentious rich people, poor people, the less educated, women, non-Christians. As soon as it’s evident “they” are not going away soon you […]