Perspectives

Why A CV Still Matters

I look at CVs every single day, which gives me license to know how a well written one should read. As people usually despise writing their CV, many are in need of repair. The benefit of grappling (only for a few hours at most) with your own CV is that it forces you to confront…
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Good Boss, Bad Boss Part II

My blog last week ended when I left the Good [but tough] Boss to take a similar sales job across the street with a major competitor. My new boss was a friend; he and I worked together at the previous company, in different departments. He felt he should have gotten the top job instead of…
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Good Boss, Bad Boss Part I

Years ago when I worked for a company in LA we got in a new boss from Chicago to reorganise the office. He was a bit younger than I, had a reputation of being the no-nonsense sort, and took over a sizable operation-which definitely needed hands-on leadership. I was one of the senior sales people,…
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Leaning On Rather Than Leaning In

When I speak to people in transition, I often recommend they consider making their own (informal) advisory board. The thinking is quite simple. If someone is transitioning, thinking about what they’ll do next, it can be unfamiliar terrain for many. Uncertainty often leads to a fair amount of second guessing or hesitancy. In those sorts…
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Learning to Subtract

Learning how to subtract, to let go, delegate, outsource, reduce—eliminating to be stronger—is easily lost when the talk tilts towards “more on the plate to do”. This is not meant to a counter intuitive Zen-like blog post, and we will now chant mantras virtually. It is a reminder that we can all subtract certain things…
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My Father and Bragging Rights

I seldom write about myself or my family, not that sort of blog, but this is an off-line one. My father (and mother) are in their 86th year, closing in on their 61st anniversary. Both in fine fettle, and as he says to me, “all problems are minor”–although not sure my mother would agree. A…
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6 points on how to not hire your reflection

How well do we know what talent “looks” like when looking to hire? I recently wrote how ‘like attracts like’ (link). Companies say one thing–”We need more diversity”–but often do another when hiring. Organisations are composed of people; we’re all full of contradictions, and the unpredictability of who gets hired isn’t always surprising. Yet surrounding…
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Moments of Realisation-Good Morning America, How Are You?

Opportunities always come your way. Challenges as well, but the opportunities are harder to see, often disguised. How to decipher what exactly is worthwhile or not is the million dollar question, and no one has a crystal ball. I can say some people have better antennae than others, but more important, opportunity is seldom in…
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John Wooden and The Rambam

I was leafing through one of John Wooden’s books on leadership the other day. Wooden was a stickler for “old-fashioned values” and reading it over, I mused what the opposite might be.. Do (leadership) values change with the times? I don’t think so. Technology/social media/apps, global/cross-cultural/diversity and inclusion, all nudge around the edges of communication…
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