Last week, I participated on a T&D Magazine webcast with Bill Byham, the CEO of Development Dimensions International,  a leading human resources consulting firm.  It got me thinking about a great DDI white paper I saw recently written a white paper on the qualities that predict leadership success.  According to DDI, effective ...

Over at Employee Evolution, Natalie discusses common mistakes people make when starting a business.  According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, over 50 percent of small businesses fail in their first year and 95 percent fail within the first five years.  Among the mistakes, and Natalie’s tips: 1. Business owners don’t create ...

A lot of twenty-somethings and early thirty-somethings e-mail me asking for advice on how to publish a book written for their age group.  While I’m not one to discourage people from anything they have their hearts set on, if you like to write and want to offer proactive advice to people your age or a little younger, my honest advice is to ...

Thanks to the folks over at Get That Job for pointing out the story of Sean Aiken, a twenty-something who is figuring out what he wants to do with his life by trying out a new job every week for a year. According to Sean, after finishing college with a business degree, he made a promise to himself that he wouldn’t settle for a career that he was ...

You know those creepy-crawly plastic insects kids play with around Halloween time?  Back in the day, my friends and I would throw a bunch of them against the wall and then see which one would stick.   When I saw these in the store last week, they got me thinking that a lot of people have careers that involve exactly the same ...

In April, I’m doing a tour of corporations, in the U.S. and abroad, during which I’ll speak to C-level executives and managers about the current generation of twenty-somethings, also known as the Millennials, and the effect they’re having on the workplace.  Millennials are known for being empowered, ambitious, and devoted to changing business ...