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Leading Older Employees
Originally published on Harvard Business Review April 5, 2011
How do you back out of a handshake agreement?
How do you face someone and tell them you simply can’t contribute to their cause, make a previously-promised loan, or bankroll a friend’s business? Here are a few tips.
Why I Won’t Read Your Cover Letter
I did a guest post today for a good friend of mine Rich Matteo at Corn on the Job. CornOnTheJob is a great resource for people looking for jobs, with tons of great content and advice. You can follow Rich at @cornonthejob or visit his blog. I’m sure you’ll love what you see.
Stop Mixing Business with Pleasure
It may come as news to some (young) people, but business and pleasure are not synonymous. With the Millenials’ exodusto social media platforms from good old-fashioned email accounts, the lines between our business and personal lives are increasingly blurred. We live on our smart phones or blackberries and tec…
Schedule a Meeting the Right Way
Originally posted on Harvard Business Review March 17, 2011
Turning Down a Job Offer
You would have thought a friend or colleague crazy last year if they had asked for advice on how to turn down a job offer as everyone around you held on to their jobs for dear life. But as the economy slowly recovers, people are once again beginning to embrace something many considered long gone: choice.
What Are You Not Good At?
Not that it’s news to me, but it has come to my attention twice in the past two weeks that I’m a terrible speller. A reader comment on this very blog pointed out that I used the word “conscious” when I meant to say “conscience.” He added a “sigh” and a “really?R…
Looking for a Job? Job Search Expert Tim Tyrell-Smith Weighs In
Everyone says you need a job-search strategy– what’s new/different about Tim’s Strategy? (pun intended) |

Great on the Job: What to Say, How to Say It. The Secrets of Getting Ahead.
