It may be in tents: Embrace or replace if you can’t outrace
One of my favorite old jokes is one I first read when I was much younger. Maybe you’ve heard this one before: Two campers are in their sleeping bags in the tent they share,…
Author: David
Not Elite but Still So Sweet
The first part of the next sentence you read is a not true: I just got an article published in the Journal of Marketing, one of the elite academic journals in my field. The second…
Problem: What’s wrong with the way things are now?
When a new project crosses your desk or a new problem crosses your mind, here are a few questions to help you organize your thoughts and ideas: What problem are you going to try to…
My Lucky Cup and My Dry Pants
Let me tell you about my lucky cup. I was sitting in a coffee shop with my wife before she had to work her shift. Time’s up. She had to go to work, and I…
What if he’s in your group next time?
Seems like no group project is immune: one or two teams in the class will be dysfunctional in some way. It’s inconvenient but not always bad… sometimes tension can lead to effort and creativity that…
I just got a mentoring intervention
This morning I ran into my friend Steve at the coffee shop. Steve is an expert on coaching, career management and the job search, and he spoke to my MBA students a few weeks ago. Steve…
To Teach or To Sell? Or… Building my Body of Work
I stopped at a local diner to grab some coffee, sit down and plan my day. It was early and the line to the counter was disorganized. Just as a path seemed to clear to…
What can Mentorvention do for you?
What do you do, how do you cope, when you have a rough day at work? Here’s the proverbial elevator pitch: For the young careerist frustrated at work, feeling they’ve screwed up or been screwed…