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Culture Clash: A New Song for Spooky Season, to the Tune of “Monster Mash”
Culture Clash: A New Song for Spooky Season, to the Tune of “Monster Mash”

Sing along! Search for a karaoke version of the original if you don’t know the tune (just don’t look at the words onscreen).

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Hunter GatewoodOctober 5, 2026
Quandary Mat: My Employee Does Too Much and Blames Me
Quandary Mat: My Employee Does Too Much and Blames Me

Dear Hunter, I have a team member I supervise who is smart and a hard worker. He’s great. But he’s so great that he’s driving himself to burnout. It’s hard to watch, and hard to help.

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Hunter GatewoodJuly 27, 2026
Onboarding for Culture Work when the Boss is not on board
Onboarding for Culture Work when the Boss is not on board

Dear Hunter,  My organization is in the middle of a re-organization. I am getting two new team members, one as a supervisee and the other as a peer.

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Hunter GatewoodJuly 1, 2026
Empower Employees to Overcome Stage Fright: 16 Questions for Greater Confidence
Empower Employees to Overcome Stage Fright: 16 Questions for Greater Confidence

If you supervise a team, and your team has changed at all over the past two years, you probably have a hesitant performer on your team. Maybe more than one.

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Hunter GatewoodJune 1, 2026
Quandary Mat: Who’s Afraid of Micromanagement?
Quandary Mat: Who’s Afraid of Micromanagement?

Dear Hunter, 

I am a relatively new supervisor (one year). I supervise three people. One of my team members (Amy, not her real name) has told me that I have a micromanagement problem…

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Hunter GatewoodMay 5, 2026
Better Meetings: Don’t do this, do this instead
Better Meetings: Don’t do this, do this instead

It is easy to get into a rut with meeting facilitation. It can start to feel like this: Topic, talk time, next topic, next talk time, run out of time, end of meeting, next meeting, topic, talk time, next topic, next talk time …

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Hunter GatewoodApril 6, 2026
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