Monthly Archives: October 2008

No Blogging Allowed

Another great question from the AFP conference … How can I build visibility if my company has a policy against personal and/or corporate blogs? Unfortunately this is a roadblock many people face. Obviously, attempting to get the policy changed is … Continue reading

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Reputation Management

Some great questions came out of my presentation at the AFP conference in LA last week. I’ll cover a few of them here over the next few days. How do I handle the situation where someone shares my name, has … Continue reading

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CFO Tenure

There were some looks of incredulity in the audience as I threw out numbers related to CFO tenure during my presentation at the AFP Conference last Tuesday. Here’s another recent article that supports those numbers. Shocking isn’t it? CFOs generally move … Continue reading

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What is Your Soundtrack Playing?

It is hard for many people right now. All the gloom and doom coming from the news media 24/7 is taking a bad situation and making it exponentially worse! Life is about choices. You can choose to obsess about things … Continue reading

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Move Beyond the Ostrich Position

The current economic uncertainty is a perfect breeding ground for indecision and paralysis. And it has never been more important to be decisive then now! If you’ve been imitating the ostrich, here are a few action steps you can implement … Continue reading

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Now is not the time to be an ostrich!

In popular mythology, the ostrich is famous for hiding its head in the sand at the first sign of danger. With nothing but bad news for the past several weeks, it feels like dangerous times … particularly where job–security and … Continue reading

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