emailprint When your site name is Cube Rules, you have to pay attention to a book named The Executive Rules: The Complete Guide to Landing an Executive Job, by Thad Greer. When I first looked at the book, I was thinking that it was yet another book aimed at corporate suite types. But Thad defines… Continue Reading
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Book Review: The Secret to Writing a Successful and Outstanding Blog
The great part about a blog is that there is information published in it every day. The tough part about a blog is that the learning comes in small, bite-sized chunks. Unless you are on a mission to find out all you can about a subject and then piece all of the bite-sized chunks together… Continue Reading
Book Review: Two Weeks to a Breakthrough
New projects are a challenge. A challenge to start, to complete the various tasks, and to see through to the end. And if you have a goal — but don’t know how to get to the goal — it’s tough figuring out where to begin. Lisa Haneberg has it figured out. In her book, “Two… Continue Reading
Book Review: The Three Signs of a Miserable Job
Over the course of a couple of years, I’ve become a fan of author Patrick Lencioni. His books have taken a present-day theoretical look at corporate culture and presented them in an unorthodox way: by weaving the theory into a fable. Then presenting the theory after the fable is done. It is storytelling in a… Continue Reading
Book Review: Never Eat Alone
Keith Ferrazzi has provided us a unique insight into how networking works in the world with his book “never eat alone.” Networking is a scary for many people. Visions of handing out business cards on the street come to mind. But networking is about getting to know people, helping them where you can, and asking… Continue Reading
How’d You Score That Gig? — Interview with author Alexandra Levit
I’ve been a long-time admirer of Alexandra Levit through her blog, Water Cooler Wisdom. Alexandra previously published They Don’t Teach Corporate in College (ain’t that the truth…) and has now published another great book called How’d You Score That Gig? I have the great fortune of interviewing Alexandra about the book. Take a read… What’s… Continue Reading
Job Interviews for Dummies — Part 5
If you read the news, you’d think every company on the planet was laying people off. Certainly, we’ve seen a lot more people heading out for job interviews — and getting shocked at the Interview Gauntlet. So I asked Joyce Lain Kennedy, author of Job Interviews For Dummies, 3rd Edition, published in January of this… Continue Reading
Job Interviews for Dummies — Part 4
If you read the news, you’d think every company on the planet was laying people off. Certainly, we’ve seen a lot more people heading out for job interviews — and getting shocked at the Interview Gauntlet. So I asked Joyce Lain Kennedy, author of Job Interviews For Dummies, 3rd Edition, published in January of this… Continue Reading
Job Interviews for Dummies — Part 3
If you read the news, you’d think every company on the planet was laying people off. Certainly, we’ve seen a lot more people heading out for job interviews — and getting shocked at the Interview Gauntlet. So I asked Joyce Lain Kennedy, author of Job Interviews For Dummies, 3rd Edition, published in January of this… Continue Reading
Job Interviews for Dummies — Part 2
If you read the news, you’d think every company on the planet was laying people off. Certainly, we’ve seen a lot more people heading out for job interviews — and getting shocked at the Interview Gauntlet. So I asked Joyce Lain Kennedy, author of Job Interviews For Dummies, 3rd Edition, published in January of this… Continue Reading
