Do you feel as if you are pulling the wool over the eyes of your workmates, hiding your incompetence? You are not alone. There is even a name for it: Imposter Syndrome. Management consultant Gill Corkindale takes up the subject of business professionals with...
Even in a decelerating economy, competition for top young talent remains high. To attract these folks, you need to be creative. Your competitors certainly are. Tammy Erickson blogs on Harvard Business some examples of what top companies are offering hot candidates. Here's a sample: ...
In the real world, managing your reputation should be paramount. Showing up on time, being helpful to colleagues, and taking the occasional shower increase the reputation points you can leverage in any number of ways, including career advancement. Many of us spend a lot of time, if...
Two interesting views on the career suicide of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. Writing in BusinessWeek, Harvard Business School professor Bill George fits Spitzer into a failed leadership type he terms "rationalizer." I believe Spitzer's profile closely fits the rationalizer, one who gets so caught...
Blogger Gill Corkindale says she laughed out loud the first time she heard the idea of creating a personal brand. She's not laughing now, and neither should you. In today's supercompetitive business environment it pays in cash and career advancement for you to self-promote...
If you hire a male superstar stock analyst from a competitor his performance often drops -- along with the market value of your company, says Harvard Business School professor Boris Groysberg. But hire a female star analyst and your investment is much more likely to be rewarded, Groysberg writes...
Many of us "mature" managers remember being told at the beginning of our work careers that the quickest way to the top was by being "seen and not heard." Seen but not heard does not cut it in today's workplace. Organizations need vital contributions from every employee,...
Many people learn instinctively the importance of managing up -- that is, keeping your boss in the loop, in your corner, and under control. More difficult and subtle is the art and science of managing peers, subordinates, different generations, geniuses, and jerks. To varying degrees, all have...
Starting with golfer Arnold Palmer in the 1960s, companies have derived great value from using star athletes to represent their products. The marriage of Michael Jordan and Nike almost single-handedly created a new market for high-end sports shoes as urban wear. The danger, though, is that sometimes...
