My friend and radio show co-host Lindsey Pollak has a brand new blog over at Fast Company.  Her first, post, 5 Ways to Take More Control of Your Career, comes at a perfect time as we all sit in shock over the demise of long-established, powerful financial institutions Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch.    Many people who would ...

Laura Stack, a personal productivity expert over at Divine Caroline, has some great tips for looking like a workaholic without actually being one.  Let’s have a look at ways you can sustain a strong reputation while maintaining control over your time. Get noticed in eight hours.  Anybody can spend a day keeping busy. It takes ...

I heard a preposterous story about a CEO who arrived at his new company – a medium-sized business with about 100 people in his location – and proceeded to order all of the employees into the parking lot.  “You all are to stay out here until further notice,” he said.  “If I or senior management needs you for something, we ...

In the blogosphere, we love to throw the term “branding” around.  Well, I’ve had almost ten years of marketing communications experience, and branding – what it means and how to do it – has been burned into my brain from a young age.  I have been very careful that what I write on my blog and my website relates strictly to my brand as a ...

Continuing my investigation into I/O Psychology, this week I’m reporting on Groupthink, a term coined by social psychologist Irving Janis in the 1970s.  Groupthink occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because of group pressures.  Groups affected by groupthink ignore alternatives and tend to take irrational actions that dehumanize ...

Rebecca Thorman over at Modite has a great post on prioritizing your authenticity.  Says Rebecca:   “I get miffed when others claim to be environmentally concerned, and are blatantly not. Like the people who shop at Whole Foods, and think that gets them a golden ticket to the garden of earthly delights, even though they have a SUV ...

If you’re starting a new job at the beginning of 2007, you might be wondering what you can do to ensure that you get off to a good start.   First of all, know that you don’t have to wait until your first day to make a great first impression.  In fact, your efforts can begin as soon as you accept your offer.    Your ...

[ImageAttachment] Fortune has an article about Generation X-ers who feel stuck in middle management because the aging Baby Boomers above them won’t retire.  According to the piece, if you simply wait around to move up, you’ll never break through that gray ceiling.   ''If you're in middle management at any age, but especially ...