Monthly Archives: September 2009

Pain Talk

One of my client coaching calls yesterday afternoon was around how to answer questions in a more powerful, and succinct, manner. He is very analytical and his tendency is towards providing lots of details. The kind of details that unless … Continue reading

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Your Resume is Your Ad

Anybody besides me get irritated when I click a link to read (er, well, skim) an article, and my ONLY option is to watch a video. I don’t really care whether it is 2 minutes or 10 minutes, it is … Continue reading

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CFOs … Don’t Be an Empty Suit

I saw this clever post on the Ryan William’s Agency blog this morning … Getting Your Plastic Foot in the Door. It talks about a marketing campaign targeting CEOs to replace a CFO with outsourced CFO services.  As a career … Continue reading

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Ideas … Investors … and Job Seekers

What do they have in common?  This morning’s post in the FP Executive blog by Jesse Shantz, was following up on a Fast Company article entitled “Made to Stick, Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.” Shantz took the “ideas” argument and applied … Continue reading

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Where There’s Change: There’s Opportunity

The most effective search strategy is networking … because anytime there is change, there is opportunity. Being one of the first to learn about upcoming changes from your circle of influence, positions you to act early and swiftly. When Boards … Continue reading

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Why CFOs Should Venture Beyond Linked In

When I started my CFO-Coach Fan Page on Facebook (if you are on Facebook, you, too, can become a fan) and sent out invitations to my Linked In Finance Executives, I received several responses (thank you) saying, “I’d love to … Continue reading

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Think Like a Recruiter

I had lunch with Doug Franklin, a local recruiter, last week. If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you know that I love getting into the minds of recruiters … how do they think, what makes them … Continue reading

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