One of the most painful long-term effects of the recession has been the difficulty for young people to find the right job early in their career. This is certainly a…
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The Death of a Salesman
The tragedy of Willie Loman is that he was incredibly talented at one thing, but spent his life doing something else that he was mediocre at.
He thought success meant…
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What Would Superman Do?
A few months ago I ran across this article from Gijs van Wulfen, which cited a recent study from Accenture where CEOs overwhelmingly said that innovation in their companies isn’t…
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Speak Up, or Shut Up?
I’ve often felt that people in local school administration jobs – principals, superintendents, etc – can have unique workplace challenges because there always seems to be a torch-carrying mob in…
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Three Lessons for Painful Staff Reductions
Anyone who has led teams during a bust cycle (something I have written about previously) has had to live through the particular agony of telling great people that their…
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The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall
How fast can you fail?
Certain projects, by their very nature, require years of planning and many millions (or billions) of dollars before they are unveiled. It used to be…
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