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Stop Shipping

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Some of you have noticed that I’m no longer on the sidebar of this blog — but I haven’t gone away. I’ll be back from time to time as a guest author, and often as a reader. Why the change? Well, I followed my own advice, offered here: Stop shipping. Read more »

Questions and Answers

Your success depends on the questions you ask — and the answers you get.

“Don’t lipstick” and 25 Other Lessons from the Management Frontlines

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This is an old post of mine, but still a favorite: In my first job out of grad school I was told, in a performance evaluation no less, to “do my hair and wear more lipstick.” When it comes to management, that definitely goes in the “don’t” column. Over the Read more »

Time to Kill the Elephants

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I’m going to guess you’re pretty familiar with the elephants in your room. Sure, you don’t talk about them. You may have even convinced yourself they aren’t really there. But you know them. Well. They’ve got you backed against a wall, hip-deep in shit. So yeah, those elephants. Time to kill Read more »

Change? It’s in the wind.

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Change is a funny thing. It’s a constant state — and so is our fight against it. We’re wired to fight change. And yet, the more we fight — the more we resist — the more painful change can be. (Stress, after all, comes from wishing things to be other than Read more »

Name Your Price

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I have a question for you: What are you trying to get? A break? A job? A book deal? A feeling of control? Of power? Of peace? More money? More love? More fame? What? Okay. Another one: What are you willing to pay? A friendship? A relationship? A mate? A Read more »

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