The news is buzzing about “No-Drama” Obama’s cabinet picks.  Says the New York Times:  “After running a campaign known for its almost military-like cool and discipline, the president-elect is now assembling a staff whose members are known for their combativeness.  His chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is a take-no-prisoners ...

As I was working on Success for Hire, I had the good fortune to meet an excellent blogger and radio show host, the Recruiting Animal.  Animal’s got one of the most hilariously combative shows you’ll ever listen to, and I had a great time as a guest earlier this month.  Anyway, Animal flagged a very interesting article from the MIT Sloan ...

I love this post from Michael McKinney at Leading Blog.  It’s based on a new book from Alvin Felzenberg, The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game.  Felzenberg devised six criteria to best describe various U.S. presidents’ contribution to history.  Based on this exercise, he ...

This week on Adventures in Capitalism, Chris Yeh talks about how he recently worked with a team of entrepreneurs who had done a phenomenal job of building a product that their customers loved, but couldn’t figure how to sell it to big companies for the life of them.  In no time at all, Chris rattled off the marketing and promotional plan that ...

Lately, I’ve been speaking at a lot of colleges regarding the challenges new graduates can expect to face in the workplace, and how they can conduct themselves professionally and diplomatically in order to ensure their success.  A lot of my tips are things that I wish someone had told me when I was still in school, before I got my first job ...

[ImageAttachment]   This week, my friend Lisa Haneberg at Management Craft had a great post on ways to inspire others.  Here are some of the highlights:   Take a stand. Share your perspective and be open.  The most inspiring leaders have a strong vision for how things ought to be. Listen more, speak less.  Show ...