I recently received the following letter via LinkedIn. My response follows. The letter-writer asked to remain private, so a different name has been used. I welcome any comments you have about this exchange, and hope to turn it into a future segment on my weekly radio show: Lauren, I just read something which disturbed me. [...]

The world is small. Really, really small. If you have the time and inclination, you can connect with people a world away without ever having to leave your home office. This happened to me today and I give the time and inclination credit all to my new friend, Sai Browne. (Or Saideh, as her mom [...]

I was recently interviewed for an article in the New York Times about how gas prices are negatively affecting employees. Read the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/fashion/07Work.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&sq=resumayday&st=cse&scp=1

I want to introduce you to someone you should know. John Navin is a Financial and Investment Planner who owns his own firm, Financial Designs, Inc. I feel that it’s important to stress that John is the owner of his own firm, so that it’s realized up front that he doesn’t come with a pre-planned [...]

After the long holiday weekend, I had an unusually large amount of emails to read. I clicked on one from a person that works for the bank that holds all of my personal and business accounts. Here’s the message: “REMOVE MY EMAIL OFF YOUR LIST AND STOP EMAILING ME, IMMEDIATELY.” Vito Salatino, Jr. I knew [...]

If you read my prior blog entry, you’ll see that I discussed some things to keep in mind when resigning from your job. This topic was spun from the topic of this week’s radio show: Creating an Exit Strategy. Leo, John and Carl tackled this topic from a standpoint of business ownership. Three gems that [...]