When you’re burned out from your job search, your interview responses get defensive. You come across as an energy drain when you network. You dismiss leads prematurely because you assume the worst. Here are some ways to combat burnout before it derails your job search.    Read More

Warren Buffett will be one of three co-chairmen for a just-announced $500 million Goldman Sachs initiative to help small businesses around the United States, and perhaps, the firm's damaged public image.   Read More

It is abundantly clear that we are at the beginning of an economic recovery, with many positive signs from U.S. companies and from abroad. While the recession may have ended – officially – this is likely to be a jobless recovery.    Read More

The client worked for a Fortune 100 company, determined to change the leadership style of the top thousand executives. My job, as part of that change, was to facilitate a series of leadership workshops. The client expected the worst. These execs would resist everything - the change, the workshop, me.    Read More

Once people start feeling better about the market, those currently employed will feel braver about considering job alternatives.     Read More

Most great athletes sing the praises of Cross-Training. When a defensive lineman learns yoga poses, when a basketball star takes kick boxing instruction and when baseball sluggers get into the pool – they are all striving to get an edge on their competition, prevent injuries and take their conditioning to another level. This is also true for executives – and never more so than in these turbulent and dangerous times.    Read More

Stanley Schacter said, "Misery doesn't love just any kind of company — it loves only miserable company...That same kind of "miserable company" now works in your office.    Read More

A lot is written about how to interview well. Most of the advice includes the benefit of practice. But do you know the best way to practice?    Read More

With national unemployment poised to burst through the 10% level for October, it’s not surprising that thousands of execs over the age of 50 are tumbling into the job market.    Read More

I’m trying to park at Logan Airport in Boston, lot “E.” I love lot E, for the main reason that it’s outdoors, so you have at least a 50-50 shot of finding your car again.    Read More