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How to Tell If a Company’s Culture Is Right for You

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John Lees, the UK-based career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You Love , agrees that it’s important to do further “due diligence” on the company and its people to make sure it’s a place you want to work. Brad also “had a rich, strategic conversation” with the COO.

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How to Work for a Gossipy Boss

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Earlier in her career, Gayle Katz worked as a marketing manager at a small East Coast–based startup focused on the renewables industry. The COO, Bill*, who was his boss, “called the shots and didn’t allow John to run the department as he saw fit.” ” Evan is currently looking for a new job.

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Case Study: Can Nice Guys Finish First?

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So now, in considerable distress, Adam was driving from downtown Washington to the suburban Maryland headquarters of Straus Event Specialists (SES), where he served, for all intents and purposes, as COO. At age 32, Adam considered himself to be at the beginning of his career, still emerging from the cocoon of his impressive education.