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AUGUST 4, 2010

It’s about a former IBM senior executive named Robert Moffat whose long and successful career with the company ended when he was arrested by the FBI for conspiracy related to insider trading. The arrest was a complete surprise to Moffat and everyone who knew him.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

This kind of shift can happen a number of times over a career. It’s usually a case where they’re moving from a pretty hands-on, directive leadership role and into a role in which they’re coordinating the work of a number of other leaders.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

  By vocation, I don’t mean your job or your career.  Before you get too deep into the mode of running flat out, here’s a question that might be worth considering.    What’s your vocation?    I’m going back to the Latin root of the word, vocare, which means “to call.” 

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

They could leave and hope to find another job in their profession, they could stay and grit it out or they could stay and try to improve their career prospects by joining in on the Animal House leadership style. With the newspaper industry being what it is, the employees of the Trib had some choices to make.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Both Draper and Gekko are consumed with their careers.   While that statement may be true in the fictional realm, it’s definitely true in the literal realm. Well, first, if you want to make a lasting impression, it helps a lot to have Hollywood’s best costumers and writers supplying your wardrobe and one liners.

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JUNE 23, 2010

The result of that is an engrossing article that includes a number of intemperate remarks from the General and his aides which have endangered McChrystal’s career. The RS reporter, Michael Hastings, had pretty much unfettered access to McChrystal and his top aides over the course of a month in Paris and Afghanistan.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Nancy is a fabulous career coach who focuses on moms who want to get back into their careers.   In a commencement speech at Stanford a few years ago, Steve Jobs made the point that you can never connect the dots prospectively.    You can only connect them retrospectively. Here's the back story everyone.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

After a long career of working with global organizations, James describes the trap that a lot of leaders step into: “The fact is, there are talented people all over the world. One of those executives was James Kelly. James is the founder of what is now the global consulting firm Capgemini.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

I've been asking audiences for the last few years how many people have had a deep end of the pool experience in their career that turbo charged their development. On your point about the developmental aspects of tough assignments, my gut and experience says we learn more in uncomfortable situations than the comfortable ones.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

  When I met her, she walked into the room on crutches and stood and talked with me for 20 minutes about her career with the Army and her plans for the future. Honestly, I was worried that I was keeping her standing for too long but she really wanted to talk.) 

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

  And, oh by the way, McNabb has run more than a few game-on-the-line two minute drills in his long NFL career.    He leads the team to some close victories and keeps you close in some losses.    The fans are recommitting to the team.    Bench McNabb.    Makes perfect sense right? 

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

for themselves, their organizations, their careers, their lives.   It just felt like the thing to do.    We'd done a lot of brain work in the morning, had an in-depth discussion with a senior exec over lunch and were getting ready for more coaching and brain work in the afternoon. 

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

An expansion of the popular Situation Solutions Guide appendix to provide tips on how to deal with more of the predictable situations that executives will face in their career. Fresh insights from global executives on what it takes to succeed in a competitive marketplace.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

There are 57 paintings on display that span the length of the artist’s long career. The exhibit is called Telling Stories because it highlights what Spielberg and Lucas recognize as Rockwell’s genius for sharing a story in a single frame. For an informative and thoughtful review of the show, read Deborah Solomon’s in the New York Times.) 

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