Hire for Fit… Lessons learned through a career of miss-hires
You hire for skills, you fire for lack of fit. It’s a lesson that I was told about leadership early on in my career and
May 26, 2016
Top Gear Fires Jeremy Clarkson: All hail actual leadership
Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about why there is so much anger and aggression everywhere. From watching Monica Lewinsky talk
March 26, 2015
The Obama bottom-line: don’t forget who signs your paycheck
President Obama pulled the trigger yesterday on Gen. Stanley McChrystal who shot off his mouth in Rolling Stone magazine and learned another management truism “everyone’s replaceable.”
June 24, 2010
Newsflash… you’re not being “nice”!
I’ve had one too many meetings over the past couple of weeks where leaders I was chatting with were complaining about the actions of either
November 9, 2009
When it’s time to go, it’s time to go
In some previous posts, we’ve been exploring the “career doom loop” and it’s affects on our motivation to stay doing what we’re doing. Once you
October 13, 2009
Gossip your way to a pink slip
Maybe it’s the lack of sleep, but I still haven’t managed to wrap my brain around this morning’s Globe and Mail article titled: Office Therapy.
September 1, 2009
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