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• Surviving Your Company’s Merger

  In his bestsellers Brand Warfare and Career Warfare , author David D'Alessandro offered sharp advice for building a brand and building a career. His new book, Executive Warfare is the advanced class for the truly ambitious. The book covers what it takes Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Business, Management, Troubleshooting

• Career Lessons from Bill Gates

  So Bill Gates is preparing to retire as CEO of Microsoft . Gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen founded Microsoft on April 4, 1975, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to make and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, an early computer that was sold Read More... Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Creativity & Innovation, Current Affairs, Entrepreneurship, Management, Ownership & Initiative, Technology

• Did Your Interview Questions Break the Law?

  My friend Chris Russell over at Secrets of the Job Hunt reported on a recent study by global HR consulting firm Development Dimensions International and Monster that examined the most inappropriate questions job seekers have been asked during an interview. Read More... Posted Friday, February 08, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Job Hunting, Management, People Skills, Troubleshooting

• The Unbreakable Corporate Ceiling

  The Washington Post reports that most diversity training efforts at American companies are ineffective and even counterproductive in increasing the number of women and minorities in managerial positions. A comprehensive review of 31 years of data from Read More... Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Management, News and Politics

• Superdads Are Stretched Too

  It’s interesting. You always hear about supermoms trying to do it all, but what about superdads? Here’s what Stephanie Armour at USA Today has to say about this issue: Todd Scott, 32, has two children under age 5. Each workday, he leaves his job at Himmelrich Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Life Balance, Management, Daily Life, News and Politics, Work