Apr 16, 2026
Keeping your network alive
A very long time ago, President John F. Kennedy was holding a news conference....
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Apr 16, 2026
Apr 15, 2026
The foundation of your career
The urban legend out in the world is that the most recent 10 years of your...
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Apr 14, 2026
Don’t call me, I’ll call you
A few weeks ago, I was doing a pretty good job of keeping up with my email....
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Apr 13, 2026
Your real audience
One of my favorite “sayings from the Chairman” is: I try to make things so easy...
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Apr 12, 2026
Telephone sales
If getting up in front of a large group and doing your elevator pitch isn’t bad...
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Apr 9, 2026
Too smart for our own good
One of the problems with being a senior financial executive is that we have all...
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Apr 8, 2026
Your allotted time
I do tend to rattle on. Some night I will tell you the FULL story about how I...
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Apr 7, 2026
The ability to communicate
The changes that have taken place in the past 25 years in our ability to...
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Apr 6, 2026
A beautiful mind
Many years ago in the movie “A beautiful mind” about John Nash, the...
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Apr 5, 2026
Individual responsibility
One of the themes that I like to present from time to time is the idea that...
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Apr 2, 2026
Just in time budgeting
One of the many concepts I learned when I worked for a large corporation (that...
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Apr 1, 2026
Setting expectations
One of the very important issues facing us as an organization is the “care and...
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Mar 31, 2026
Miles of bad advice
If there is any one thing that is consistent among senior executives who are in...
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Mar 30, 2026
The hidden job market
For those of you who I have not convinced about the value of networking, I...
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Mar 29, 2026
Surviving storms at sea
For my birthday one year, my daughter bought me a book: “A Voyage for Madmen”...
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Mar 26, 2026
Reinventing yourself
During every recession, there are typically specific industries that experience...
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Mar 25, 2026
Goals and objectives
My wife and I used to go cruising on our sailboat every summer for about two...
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Mar 24, 2026
Details, details, details
One of the most annoying things about us financial types (at least to...
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Mar 23, 2026
The captain can show no fear
With just about everyone in the ENTIRE world running around like their hair was...
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Mar 22, 2026
Fool’s gold, job leads & networking
A long time ago I received an email from one of our members comparing and...
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Mar 18, 2026
Why bother?
I was working on an assignment for The FECG a few years ago that generated a...
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Mar 17, 2026
The renewal of old friendships
I never cease to be amazed how time stands still with respect to old friends.
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Mar 16, 2026
The golden rule
If there is any complaint I hear more than any other, it is that those we send...
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Mar 15, 2026
The sound of one hand clapping
Some time ago a member wrote to me lamenting that although he was responding to...
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Mar 12, 2026
Paying back favors
One of the worst feelings you can have when you are networking is that you are...
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Mar 11, 2026
Picking the pennies up off the floor
I am often asked how one should budget one’s time when conducting a job search....
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Mar 10, 2026
First, get the job offer
I often have been heard to joke that when I was in the Advertising business I...
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Mar 5, 2026
I know you're busy
I know we live in a world of email, text messages and X (formerly Twitter), but...
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Mar 1, 2026
A compelling summary
There is no more important space on your resume than that first section after...
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Feb 23, 2026
Saying thank you
One of the gag gifts that my wife got once was a “Stress Busters” calendar....
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Feb 19, 2026
If you are going to bother
A lot has been written over the years and in this newsletter about the do’s and...
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Feb 17, 2026
Enlightened self interest
Given that the number of leads on our Job Board is not large at the moment, I...
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Feb 16, 2026
Impacting the lives of others
Over the course of our own lives, we are often unaware of things we have said...
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Feb 15, 2026
Facilitating communication
I don’t know how many of you go for humorous movies. There aren’t too many good...
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