Leadership Freak
I wish I could come up with whatever it was over the past 45+ years that I have been running around the working world that has fueled my interest in leadership but the fact of the matter is I can't, or...
View ArticleThis Just In
By now, I would guess that the article that was in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago that went by the catchy and attention grabbing headline of Google's Quest to Build a Better Boss has...
View ArticleWhere's Our Boy Donny Q. When We Need Him?
I need some help! Probably not the best way to start this post as it begs the question of "so tell me something I don't know." Anyone who knows me would probably say this isn't a question of Dave...
View ArticleCaptain May I?
One of the blogs I follow is called Leadership Freak. Heck, I think the name is enough to warrent a connection, but as it turns out the content is consistently of interest, well said, and thought...
View ArticleMaking Your Own Luck
As you might guess having been part of ExecuNet for 23 years during which time there have been at least three recessions and given the depth of the most recent one, we could probably say four and not...
View ArticleWork Life Balance: The Oxymoron of the 21st Century?
A number of people, both on our staff and off, who have stopped by my office over the years have often remarked about the fact that I seem to have an awful lot of pictures for such a small office....
View ArticleIf I Had A Nickel
Everyone knows the "If I only had a nickel..." phrase, and I know we all have dozens if not hundreds of situations where we have thought of those famouns words as we sat frustrated over one thing or...
View ArticleOne For The Old And Jaded
This is probably another case of "Dave, where the hell have you been" but I only recently got turned on to a site called 1.00 FTE whose tag line is Impressions of a Corporate Life, and man are they!...
View ArticleOne Story At A Time
The fact that an article that was written in June of 2009 has just found its way to my consciousness is probably as good an indicator as anything in terms of how unorganized and not on top of things I...
View ArticleStart with Why
It used to be tough enough to pick a few columnists to follow, but when blogging grew into a hydra it became impossible to pick "just a few." Indeed, even if you wrote off the millions who when you...
View ArticleYou Think You've Got Problems?
I am as I am sure you are, keenly aware of the magnitude of what Japan experienced. I am also equally sure that when the images of what the quake did to Japan it reminded us of events like Haiti,...
View ArticleDefining What Effective Means
Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler are well known in the staffing world, and with good reason. Their consultancy called CareerXRoads has been adding value to the world of talent acquisition for quite a...
View ArticleLet's Play Twenty One
Want something to take your mind off the mind-numbing noise coming out of DC? I said take your mind off it, not fix it (or them). Okay, here's what you can do; think of any one of the several...
View ArticleThis Is Getting To Be A Drag
Ever since I can remember, there has been a “factoid” making its way around the career management world about how long someone should plan their job search will take. What I can’t recall and never...
View ArticleNegative Feedback Loops
For sure, like the one Fortune ran for their cover story in the May 16th issue way back in 2005 (50 and Fired) are attention grabbers designed to sell the magazine, but I wonder if those who read that...
View ArticleThe Zig Zag Theory of Organization
To be honest, I am not sure where the zig zag theory of organizations originated, but I do know that I have heard about it most of my professional work life, and I have been in enough settings, both...
View ArticleIt's Still Personal
Okay, I admit it, I am a bit of a "machineophile" or maybe in the current era and vernacular a "gadget geek." I love the apps, the widgets, and the QR stuff. I have no idea what most of it does,...
View ArticleIt's Always About Priorities
This is not a paid commercial in any way but I have to say that I am a fan of Bloomberg Businessweek, especially since they changed the format. Really like the way it is organized, but that is not...
View ArticleMaybe We're Not So Crazy
I actually can’t recall when I first met Pete Weddle which is either yet another sign of my senior citizenship status or simply evidence of the fact that I have known and respected him for a long...
View ArticleYou Control More Than You Think
About a year or so ago in addition to the normal phone calls and emails that come on a daily basis I wanted to find a way to make sure that I was continually available and accessible to our members...
View ArticleThe Law vs. The Real World
If you are anything like me, while you always knew there were laws against age discrimination on an intellectual level, it wasn't until you got out there in the real world looking to make a change at...
View ArticleI'll Take Networking for $1000 Alex
No matter how cynical we can sometimes become the fact is, at least for me (and I certainly have developed my fair share of cynicism over time) when it comes to a new year you can't help but reflect...
View ArticleSix-Figure Learnings: I'll Take Networking for $1000 Alex
Six-Figure Learnings: I'll Take Networking for $1000 Alex
View ArticleThe Currency of Networking
When retained executive search finally emerged onto the scene in the U.S. the names that really became the face of the industry were those of Tom Neff at Spencer Stuart and Gerry Roche of Heidrick...
View ArticlePerks Matter
I have no clue how many surveys have been run in the just the past 5-10 years on the subject of what happens as the employment market turns from one favoring the buyers vs. one where the sellers have...
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