What's your Mission Statement (Personal or Professional)
Many organizations have Mission Statements.  They have these statements as a call to arms for the organization.  In order to get this statement put together, to simplify the intent and goal of the organization, there were many arguments and threats between executives or founders of a firm.  Why?  They wanted to be sure that the statement accurately reflected the vision that THEY had for the organization.  They wanted this statement to be the thing that they could use as a compass for the path the organization would take.  For many organizations it works.  For some, it is a cliche.  Let's not worry about those. IBM and APPLE have the

Matrix Structure & Effective Team Management
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Fun With Words from the Washington Post
Here's the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. The winners are: 1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time. 2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole. 3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. 4. Reintar

The New Job Search Reality
To be in a position for less than 3 years (2.3 is the average), was unheard of a generation ago! The concept of Job Security is no longer valid.  An executive job search is now expected to take months! The average search today is 10 months. Worldwide use of the Internet at the end of 1995 was 16 million. Today there are 1,669 million++  Internet users worldwide which is fuelling the growth of social media at a rate far surpassing that of newspapers, radio and television. What worked in the past, does not by and large work today. To succeed

No such thing as a perfect resume!
A resume will never be perfect! Why? Simple, like all things in life, everyone has an opinion as to what constitutes a perfect resume. Sure there are services that will write resumes for you, and there are job counsellors that will tell you a resume MUST be a certain way. None of these are wrong. But, at the same time, they are not correct either. So, instead of looking at what the format should or shouldn't be, let's look at what you should or shouldn't include. Beyond that, structure it logically with good flow, let others read it to critique your resume, make any real, and necessary, changes. But, don't go overboard!