Congratulations on your new job! Now, how do you make sure that you keep it? 46% of newly-hired employees will fail within 18 months, while only 19% will achieve unequivocal success, according to a study by Leadership IQ. Of those that fail, only 11% lacked the necessary technical skills. The overwhelming majority (89%) have other...
[Continue Reading]Never Leave the Playground, part 2
I blogged some time ago a PBS video featuring Stephen Jepson, who is more agile than you are…and at age 72, he’s probably older than you too. I love (and share) his philosophy of active living and “never leave the playground”. One of the influences of training in parkour is that I’ve gotten in the...
[Continue Reading]Parkour and Entrepreneurs
Parkour is to entrepreneurs as golf is to (some) corporate executives. (Previously posted at Forbes.) In the past few years, I’ve taught myself some of the basics of parkour, which is effectively skateboarding without the skateboard. The goal is to navigate your environment as quickly and efficiently as possible. The New York Times describes it outdoor...
[Continue Reading]3 Ways Proven Executives Get Paid To Work With Early-Stage Companies
Drew Hansen recently posted in Forbes a summary of my presentation (included below) on Career Opportunities with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. His article is here....
[Continue Reading]Is The Government Telling The Truth When It Says Your Data Is Secure?
(I previously published this at Techcrunch.) Modern encryption systems are, in theory, exceptionally secure. The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), for example, is so sophisticated that all known attacks are considered computationally infeasible. It is no surprise then, that the NSA considers 256-bit AES safe for storing top-secret data. What is a little more surprising, however,...
[Continue Reading]How to End Your Job Search: Post Job Campaign Considerations
This is a guest post from Jim Kacena, Career and Job Search Coach, in Chicago, IL. I received the article below via the International Executives Resource Group, of which I’ve been a long-time member. (The IERG is a gated online community for senior executives with strong international background.) I couldn’t find this article online anywhere,...
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