September 2010

5 Steps to Great Job References – Managing Your Career

The voicemail left on my phone was all-too typical. “Mike this is Kelwin. I just wanted to let you know that I’ve applied for a few jobs and you may be getting some reference calls. Thanks for any help you can send my way. I’m really hoping one of these jobs work out.” Limp job [...]

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[More] The Coming Demise of Private Liberal Arts Colleges

Part of my consulting practice is working with organizations helping them anticipate the future, and many of that ramifications that the future has for them. You didn’t have to be brilliant to see the end of most bricks and mortar retail record stores with the introduction of MP3 players like the iPod and the rise [...]

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[Life Back West] September 2010 – “The Bully”

Sometimes the best (and hardest) lessons you learn are when you’re a child. They can also happen when you’re a parent of a child. In both situations the best you hope for is that everyone comes out learning something from which they can grow. Your wish, in effect, is that it’s the silver lining that [...]

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Cause for Conflict? How to Avoid the “You Dirty Rat” Syndrome

Trust, it’s been suggested, is comprised of three underlying elements: motive, reliability, and competence. Have all three and you have trust; miss on one and you likely have skepticism and distrust. This post helps you to better understand the motive part of the equation, and how you can improve the ability of people to trust [...]

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The Simple 1-2-3 (and 4) of Successful Work Teams

The are teams – start up teams, executive leadership teams, project teams – that work. And there are teams that don’t. Here’s how you can get the former, and avoid the latter. The difference between the two is not so much in who is on the team and who is not, but how the teams [...]

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