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How Prince Harry became Celebrity Frontman for a very Questionable Industry
The Spectator ^ | April 10, 2021 | Dominic Green

Posted on 04/08/2021 6:01:27 AM PDT by Cecily

Prince Harry is now chief impact officer for BetterUp, a Californian corporate consultancy whose ‘mission’ is to sell online life coaching with — in his words, — ‘innovation, impact and integrity’. Harry may not realise it, but he is the latest celebrity frontman for the rapidly growing, broadly unregulated and frequently dubious corporate ‘coaching’ industry. And you might not realise it, but Harry, Duke of Malibu is your future, because California’s today is America’s tomorrow and Britain’s next week.

BetterUp is one of a group of Californian companies on the growing, corporate edge of life coaching. Its competitors have names like Workbot, Hone and Clear Review and they all claim to have discovered the secret to improving motivation and productivity at every level of corporate life — using data modelling and artificial intelligence to target what BetterUp calls ‘hyperpersonalised coaching’ at every employee. Imagine Big Brother running the department of human resources in the voice of an especially insistent yoga instructor. Imagine a future in which your boss feels you’re not productive enough, so he sends you to online therapy to make you a better worker, and receives reports on your innermost emotions.

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: betterup; godlessamerica; lifecoaching; theroyals
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To: a fool in paradise
My employers’ human resources departments never actually have been interested in leveling me up or helping to attain a promotion in title, position, or pay.

HR departments don't exist for the benefit of the employees. They are there to protect the company from what they consider to be whining, ungrateful employees. They have an enormously outsized ego, want you to think they hold your destiny in their hands. We used to call them "Inhumane Resources".

21 posted on 04/08/2021 9:54:39 AM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: Inspectorette

One company I worked for spent millions to silence sexual harassment complaints from 2 women against the VP of HR.


22 posted on 04/08/2021 10:04:06 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Larry Lucido
Corporate Life Coach Impact Officers at work, NASCAR divison....


23 posted on 04/08/2021 10:18:39 AM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Cecily

Harry has a gig with the Aspen Institute.

If that names rings a bell, it should.

And still nobody’s asking if Harry is here on a visa that allows the Harkles to avoid paying US income taxes.


24 posted on 04/08/2021 10:20:43 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Cecily

I hire a business coach on occasion to help with ways to better run the business and not get burned out. I don’t think Harry and Megan are good examples of how hard work brings success. Being in the lucky sperm club and a whining crybaby aren’t really people I am going to look to for advice


25 posted on 04/08/2021 10:22:20 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Did the millions go to the two women, or was it spent on lawyers, and private investigators hired to find dirt on the women in order to destroy them?


26 posted on 04/08/2021 1:00:31 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: Inspectorette

I think it was the company settlement and they didn’t even can him!


27 posted on 04/08/2021 1:05:18 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: dandiegirl

I concur with everything you wrote.

Spot on!


28 posted on 04/08/2021 7:52:13 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....)
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To: Cecily

At some point, businesses will see these two as the cancer they are and not want to be associated with them.


29 posted on 04/09/2021 12:00:42 AM PDT by Trillian
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