Change Or Risk Irrelevance: Becoming More Change-Friendly

  • Do look around
  • Do focus on the benefits
  • Do gain new skills
  • Don't allow yourself to get cynical

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99-ers—Dealing With Friends Who’ve Exhausted Their Unemployment Insurance

  • Do make time for unemployed friends & colleagues
  • Do empathize
  • Do introduce them to opportunities
  • Don't say just what they want to hear
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Everybody is a Critic: Offering Criticism That Will Be Heard

  • Do control your emotions & act professionally
  • Do define your expectations
  • Do give ground
  • Don't go negative

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Hot Potato: Handing Off a Project To a Coworker

  • Do let go
  • Do give clear directions
  • Do accept innovation
  • Don't wait for external recognition

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A Successful Failure: Success Strategies for Tough Times

  • Do build resistance
  • Do expose blind spots
  • Do promote creativity
  • Don't be arrogant

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Out of the Box: Thinking Outside of the Box with Gordon MacKenzie

  • Do think in metaphors
  • Do fantasize being the founder
  • Do practice original thinking
  • Don't take the request to think out of the box at face value

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Dead Zone: My Job Disappeared, What’s N.E.X.T.?

  • Network for information
  • Expertise
  • Xciting
  • Transition time


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