https://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=34&aid=147740 Great blog post on Ten Things Great Bosses should know. If you're a manager then face your foibles and set them straight now. If you're an up-and-coming leader make sure these become your mantra for success.
Prepare Yourself
Googling job candidates
Was just passed this link by a colleague of mine. https://www.spokeo.com/hr Googling job candidates just got easier for employers who can now gain access to 40 major networks such as MySpace and Linked in. If you ever said anything about your boss, your employment or...
Resumes do make a difference
If there was ever an email that proves my point on how resumes really do make a difference, it was the email I received from Adam today. Adam is an aspiring CEO, he's close, but this is the first time he's ever felt ready to take the plunge from senior management to...
This week’s question
"V" this week writes: When looking for new work (because your relationship with your current manager is not going well), is it a good idea to be open about your issues at the workplace? Hi V Sometimes you have no choice! Not to be entirely open, but often you have to...
Formal Performance Reviews
This week's Question: What advice would you give an employee to prepare for a formal performance review? I would hope that the employee would have kept a career journal during the year. If that is the case, I would counsel the employee to review his or her career...
You have the power!
I was talking to a client just now, we'll call him Jack. Jack was very specific about the kind of role he wanted this time around. In his mid-fifties Jack was no longer interested in climbing the endless treadmill of promotion and empire building; instead work-life...