This post was originally published on WorkingWomen.com. We all have done it – little fibs here and there to cover our embarrassment or ostensibly protect someone we love or just because we can get away with it. It’s almost impossible to meet someone who hasn’t lied. To lie is to make an untrue statement with the intention to deceive or mislead. Lying, regardless of intent, often hurts the one being lied to and, eventually, the one lying. Liars exist everywhere – they’re in ou

In my corporate workshops on stakeholder management, I often encourage individuals to map out their stakeholders. Very often people put in the most obvious one – their boss. Then I ask them who makes important decisions about their promotion or raise or the new project that they’ve been dying to lead. The answer is very often – someone else, who isn’t their boss. And then I see a bulb go off – and new names being added to the stakeholder list! Who is a stakeholder? Simply put