Monthly Archives: July 2010

Linked In Faux Pas!

Linked In is a great networking tool. Sadly, there are plenty of user errors  … two of which continue to confound me. Canned Invitations. I’ve written about this before. Other people have written about it. Sending a canned invitation to … Continue reading

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Career Damage Control

Recently I stumbled across a primer on common career management misconceptions. Managing your career isn’t rocket science, but it is challenging to get in front of, and drive, your career rather than finding yourself reacting to a trigger event. The author … Continue reading

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CFOs as CEOs … Update!!

Over the past year and a half, I’ve penned a couple of posts (CFOs as CEOs and Decade of CFOs) on the trend of CFOs moving into the CEO seat. In  a new article for  CFO Zone, Christopher Langhoff, who conducts … Continue reading

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CFO Wiring

Ernst & Young recently conducted a study of 669 senior finance professionals in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa focused on the DNA of a CFO. I’m wondering how much different these results would be if America had been … Continue reading

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Career Lessons Learned from Jack

In addition to being a crazed Gator fan (is it football season yet?), I’m also a Hallmark movie mush. Yes, I admit it.  And yesterday I caught up on a few of my DVR’d flicks, including “Jack’s Family Adventure.”  Jack … Continue reading

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Recruiting Game-Changers

As much as I detest pro-sports (with the exception of the “BroncoGators”) and particularly the whole LeBron hoopla, I could not pass up Dr. Sullivan’s article without commenting. If you’re a game-changing finance executive or CFO, the article is well … Continue reading

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Careers, Finance Executives, and Digital Footprints

Recently I had coaching sessions with two CFO clients who were considering offers. Both indicated the opportunities came to them through their digital footprint.  Last week, my interview on using social media to accelerate your finance career with Mary Ellen … Continue reading

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Remember Your High School Girlfriend?

Last week I was catching up with some of my colleagues and one delightful conversation was with one of my favorite CFO recruiters. Naturally, we talked shop. One of our topics was the “passive candidate trumps an unemployed candidate” which … Continue reading

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