A few months ago, I sent a blogger I respect tremendously a copy of my new book, which he had agreed to review.  He passed it off to his summer intern, which was okay by me, because after all interns are often my target audience and I engage with this age group every day.  Said intern promised to have the review posted by the middle of ...

My son is almost six months old, and being the overachiever he is, is already beginning to crawl.  My husband and I hired a baby-proofing consultant to come to our house and tell us what we needed to do to each room so that Jonah does not choke, fall, get electrocuted, or pull a piece of furniture down on his head.  At the end of ...

Following up on last week’s interview post based on my new book Success for Hire, here’s what not to do if you want your interviewing exercises to result in strong and lasting hires! DON’T let first impressions get the better of you.  Sometimes, you might meet a candidate whom you decide you want to hire immediately, and will ...

Touche, Scot Herrick.  Over at Cube Rules, Scot suggests that innovation may be overrated, and that innovation means very little without the ability to execute on great ideas.   Innovation is important, says Scot, because we all need to be adapting to the changing business environment.  But too often, we see innovations as meaning ...

In their 2008 Investor’s Guide, Fortune Magazine offered ten tips to help us prevent the heat of the moment from melting our better judgment. The tips form an acronym – Think Twice – and are worth keeping in mind no matter what you’re thinking about or what decision you’re trying to make. Take the Global View. Always keep an eye on where ...

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 ...

Most people know that high levels of stress are associated with a number of negative physical and psychological consequences.  Physical problems include high blood pressure and cholesterol, and an increased risk for heart disease, ulcers, and cancer.  Psychological side effects include anger, anxiety, irritability, and boredom as well as ...

Now that I’m a manager, I’ve found that it’s partly up to me to ensure that my reports have good work/life balance. I’ve seen other supervisors ignore this issue, expecting that work should be the only thing that matters to employees, and the department is a revolving door.  Here are some of the methods I’ve used or seen used ...

Most people involved in hiring have read hundreds, maybe even thousands, of resumes.  But is there any method to the madness?  If you want to give every candidate a fair shot while getting through the pile quickly, there should be.  To start, you should have your job analysis and job description in front of you when looking at a ...

[ImageAttachment]   When I was waiting for the elevator at Edelman the other day, I noticed a handy checklist about running effective meetings hanging on the wall.  The checklist listed helpful tips like preparing the agenda in advance, confirming attendees via Outlook reminders, and staging the meeting in a room that’s conducive to ...