April 2010

[Life Back West - April 2010] Spring Auction

Spring – the season, not the motion or mechanical element – signals rebirth for some as well as new starts for others. It was the latter that was on my mind as I used my “alumni card” to attend the fundraising auction this month at The Little School, my son’s former preschool in San Francisco. [...]

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Job Hopping? Why Your Next Job is STILL a Temporary Job

Corporations make decisions for all sorts of reasons. You may benefit from some of them, but it’s unlikely you will benefit from all of them. And because of that it’s important that you manage your career and your life rather than hope that someone else will manage it well for you. And that means you [...]

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[Palm's Employee Retention Handcuffs] Can They Stop the Exit Hemorrhaging?

Palm, the maker of mobile products, is losing talent. Tech journalist Kara Swisher has commented that Palm is a company with nine lives. This, by my count, is number ten. Michael Abbott, SVP of Software, and Caitlin Spaan, VP of Carrier Marketing, have both left Palm. Abbott landed at Twitter. SEC filings indicate that CFO [...]

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4 Steps to Hiring Brilliantly: Step Four – The Hiring Process Never Stops

Almost every exec and manager hires people – even in the flat organizations common today. Yet few do it well, and many put it down low on their list of favorite things to do. This post is the last of series of four on how you can – with some simple, common sense practices – [...]

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4 Steps to Hiring Brilliantly: Step Three – Run Hiring Like a Business

Almost every exec and manager hires people – even in the flat organizations common today. Yet few do it well, and many put it down low on their list of favorite things to do. It doesn’t have to be that way, and there are four simple steps you can take to make the hiring process [...]

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