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- #QOTD - “Our inherent belligerence about everything is creeping into this discussion. There have been all kinds of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 15 hours ago
- Dear Alex - our @Braves either need more bullpen or a different coin for Snit to toss when he picks a reliever. Le… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 days ago
- I like Snit but he seems so deflated and lost in this post game interview. Bullpen implosions - it’s never the sam… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 6 days ago
- RT @RexChapman: This lady was celebrating her birthday — by herself — until she was joined by other patrons and staff once they realize she… 1 week ago
- I’m thankful that the @Braves don’t have a game today. We need time to rethink and regroup. That 1st half of the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
Tag Archives: management
Questions for Exit Interviews
The last couple of weeks I’ve conducted several exit interviews for the companies or non-profits I work with. This required me to scour my own files and ask my connections for questions they’ve either used before or questions they’d wish … Continue reading
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Tagged employees, exit interviews, human resources, Leadership, management, managing people
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Interviewing Operating Executive Candidates
Over the holidays a friend wrote me asking my advice in developing interview questions for an operating executive to be her #2. “Managing the vacancy is better than managing someone wrong for the job”. Good point and good question. Aside … Continue reading
Do Simple Better
I love watching baseball – and my favorite is MLB TV and the MLB iPad app – where I catch any of a dozen teams I follow, including the Chicago Cubs. I love the Cub’s Manager Joe Maddon — one … Continue reading
Ungoverned Spaces
The world at the moment seems a mess. Lot’s of despair and difficulty — and the news is laden with diplomatic and military discussions of Ungoverned Spaces — and the dissatisfaction and dissent that flourishes in them. That got me … Continue reading
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Tagged dissatisfaction, dissent, employee morale, Leadership, management
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Managing Daily Madness
A friend wrote this week exasperated from feeling so tired all the time — with clients constantly pushing deadlines and boundaries — and owning a never ending roster of emergencies. Its easy to feel this way — we all have … Continue reading
Happy Holidays — You’re Fired
It’s the 1st week of December and already I’ve heard from 3 folks, at different companies, that were notified they were losing their jobs this week. To the best of my knowledge, none of these friends worked at companies in … Continue reading
Business Priorities In The Downturn
A large group of family and friends went to dinner last night. Two separate conversations got me thinking. One of the conversations was started by a financial services manager who was dreading the upcoming budget season because it always led … Continue reading
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Tagged investment, management, monetary policy, unemployment, US economy
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The Power of the Crowd
Lessons from the Music Social Marketers Continue reading
Mobile MBA Toolkit
Last year I was approached by a Business School to discuss/support the deployment of a new Investment Center at the University — a showcase laboratory for use by B-School students to enhance their hands-on skills with financial tools and platforms … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomberg, Bump, CNBC RT, eTrade Mobile Pro, FT Mobile, Great, HP12c, LinkedIn, management, Morningstar, Tools, WSJ
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Lessons from the Headlines
The headlines are full of trainwrecks. Personal disasters, Corporate disasters, Political disasters, Economic disasters, Natural disasters. Problems — run amok. I have a saying —- “Its not the size of the problem — its the size of the hole that … Continue reading
