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May 2011

Different Rules for Different Employees? Expect Different Behaviors

May 30, 2011

In the land (perhaps) of no surprises, it turns out the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has one set of ethics guidelines for rank and file and a different set for the 24 executive directors who oversee the organization. As in the rules for the rank and file don’t apply to the senior execs. If the [...]

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[Life Back West] May 2011 – “The Coffee Klatch”

May 26, 2011

There are some things that may be better left unsaid – calling out the parishioner who regularly passes gas in church comes to mind – but staying quiet generally means that nothing changes. And it was a need for change – to crib a line from Maya Angelou, that “bulldozed a road down the center of [...]

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You’re the Boss: “When It’s Nobody’s Business!”

May 25, 2011

It’s not about having the $500,000 credit line at Tiffany’s, or having your $43 million divorce news splashed across the tabloids. And it’s certainly not about the CEO of the year being busted in a child prostitution sting. But what do you do – as I coached a startup CEO yesterday – when something personal [...]

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The Talent Secret: The 4H Club

May 20, 2011

Tech valuations are popping (frothy is the well-used word) in the San Francisco Bay area. And the requirement to have high performing talent to quickly scale and produce a winning product may drive it all. The scalp price for hiring or retaining top engineers was recently tabbed at $500,000 and the talent acquisition strategies of [...]

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The Return of the Regular Gal and Guy?

May 19, 2011

With ample help from the media, we are obsessed with the rockstar somethings – whether it be a CEO of a company, the new head at your kid’s school, or the coach of your favorite men’s National Basketball League team. Good is not good enough; great is the order of the day. And in the [...]

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