There aren't too many principles of proper business conduct with which just about everybody will agree. Two come to mind: 1. Unless you're a professional athlete, don't offer co-workers encouragement by patting them on the butt, and 2. Don't burn bridges.

Imagine choosing a job not on money or even on career advancement, but as part of a life worth living.

Job-interviewing is just a skill. Like any skill, some people have more of a predisposition for it than others.

To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.

It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.

It’s time to re-appreciate the original software: paper.

The company calls it ‘downsizing’ or ‘rightsizing.’ My own informal “Name the Layoff” contest produced some other euphemisms: Retroactive Hiring Freeze, Resume Revision Days, Amway Opportunity Time, and Corporation Lite.

It’s called a pen. It’s like a printer, hooked straight to my brain...

Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find someone’s hand and squeeze it, while there’s still time.

Just because we increase the speed of information doesn’t mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.