Say what you will about Donald Trump, he appears to be willing to reach across the aisle, engage the opposition and listen to opposing viewpoints. That’s a highly useful and attractive leadership trait that’s been sorely lacking in Washington … and pretty much everywhere else, these days. On NBC’s Today show,[…] Read On
The holiday office party: a time to unwind, let your hair down, and have a little off-the-clock fun with coworkers in a festive setting. At least it used to be. Now it’s a time to read all the horror stories about ruined reputations. Time to stress about saying the wrong[…] Read On
Noah Kagan joined Facebook as a product manager in 2005. Eight months later, he was fired. The reason? The social network company was growing and changing rapidly in those early days and, instead of adapting to what Facebook needed, he made it about him: “I wanted attention, I put myself[…] Read On
Even though discrimination is a problem for older workers, that hasn’t stopped baby boomers from defying the odds and having killer late-life careers. There are more entrepreneurs and full-time employees aged 55 and older than ever before. They make up a third of the nation’s labor force and start just[…] Read On
A popular career blogger once tried to make the argument that Christmas is destroying corporate America on CBSNews.com. I kid you not. Unfortunately, yours truly had a blog on the same site at the time. I remember thinking, Crap, there goes the neighborhood … and my credibility. Then again, the[…] Read On
Everyone procrastinates. When there is work to be done, we will make every excuse imaginable not to do it. We will put it off and put it off until we have absolutely no choice but to bite the bullet and get it done. The question is, is that such a[…] Read On
ICYI, here are 10 random things about my writing. Why? Why not? Also I thought it might be interesting. 1. My sainted wife Kim has never read a thing I’ve written. Ever. Not the book, the columns, the blog posts … nada. She says living with me is annoying enough.[…] Read On