From the monthly archives:

March 2009

[Land of Spin] The Job Hunt: Five Things to Look for in the New Boss

March 30, 2009

One of the keys – though not the key – to right people, is your supervisor. An awful boss can make a good job turn to hell on earth– an OK supervisor has little impact on that same job. And a great supervisor can generally make up for a job that has some elements you’d just as soon 86

Read the full article

[Through the Glass Door] Barclays and iShares: Is Breaking Up Hard to Do?

March 26, 2009

While breaking up was tough in high school, if it happens with BGI’s iShares you can see first hand how tricky – or easy – it gets in business. For people in financial services it offers a chance to see if a new owner brings better – or worse performance. For organizational development and human resources types, it will offer a first hand peek at things that work, and things that don’t in organizational change.

Read the full article

[Land O’Spin] On the (Mini) Beach

March 25, 2009

I don’t know if it’s my low-grade fever, or the horizontal viewing angle from two days in bed, but it seems that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (or his handlers) continue to struggle to find the setting that works for him. Like John McCain behind a teleprompter, the settings in which Geithner has been placed: speaking behind teleprompters, testifying behind those long tables on the Hill, on-camera and off, and standing and speaking extemporaneously at press conferences have all bounced.

Read the full article

[New Rules] 5 Landmines to Sidestep When Changing Jobs

March 22, 2009

Changing jobs in today’s economy is tough enough without adding complexity. But something as seemingly straight forward and simple as moving from one organization to another for a job change can get sketchy if you manage to make some highly avoidable mistakes.

Read the full article

[New Rules] The CEO on the Couch

March 20, 2009

One of the cardinal sins of leaders is to think out loud. More tears have been shed by subordinates springing half-formed thoughts into reality than you can imagine. But how and who, particularly in these tough times, does a CEO talk with to make partially baked thoughts into fully formed solutions?

Read the full article

Update: It’s Late at the Candidate Pub: Part 8 – “Last Call” – of the nine part series “Choose Me, Hire Me!”

March 19, 2009

In an earlier post of the getting-hired tips series "Choose Me, Hire Me! " I noted that – for those that could – participating in volunteer activities is a great way to keep your mind sharp and your hands dirty while job hunting. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had a good article by Dana Mattioli titled [...]

Read the full article

← Previous Entries

UA-7981184