With the current economic climate, many tech companies are shedding staff like my Persian cat sheds his winter fur - in clumps. Especially companies that have a US parent, and/or are publicly traded, have seen their share prices plummet in the last few months. The clamour from stock market analysts ...

On the evening of March 10, the Toronto Chapter of the Special Libraries Association launched its 2009 Career Development event series (see http://units.sla.org/chapter/ctor/events/default.asp for the events on April 21, September 8, October 6, and November 10).  Our first event dealt wi...

    I’ve been following coach/consultant Susan Cartier Liebel online since she launched her terrific blog, Build A Solo Practice, LLC. Susan’s been immersed in a new venture of late – a Web-based educational community and networking forum for lawyers and law students call...

With the harsh changes in the economic climate and rising jobless rate, I’m hearing and reading a lot about the importance of personal branding. My introduction to the concept came through management consultant Tom Peters’ 1997 Fast Company article, The Brand Called You. In it, he stated...

Simon Marketing Association (SMA) – a student-run organization, was in New York City visiting companies that practice excellent marketing. The three-day tour was hosted by companies including Forest Labs, Bayer, Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive, among others. SMA members had an opportunity......

Hi I am excited and ready to join the blog talk radio world and will be introducing Catriceology to the world.  Catriceology is my unique philosophy and methodology for helping women live an authentically vibrant life.  Tune into my introductory show on January 5, 2009!  The show will go live at ...

For anyone queasy about "selling" I have great news.  Through my colleague Heather Carine in Australia (www.carineresearch.com.au), I have had the pleasure of reading Robyn Haydon's outstanding book The Shredder Test (see www.winningwords.cm.au).  Robyn's book, detailing how to w...

Should IT managers have a path to certification? The list below is a good starter set of competencies to model your experience against. ... ... "How many of them do you think could write a formal business plan, develop an IT strategy, write or perform an information risk assessment, develop a busine...

When working with mid-level clients - line managers, project managers, team leads - one topic inevitably comes up in the first few weeks: why did you get laid off? (down-sized, right-sized, released to explore new opportunities) The emphasis here is on you. After all, unless the company went entirel...

I explain that this is one of the sneakiest traps a new manager can fall into - driven by a compulsion to “have all the answers” because that’s what we think our bosses expect, we’re sucked into a dynamic that inadvertently rewards people for not thinking for themselves. We m...