Does telecommuting work for executives? When should you resign from your dream job? If you’re unable to perform your job, unable to meet your own expectations, should you exit?

Are those informal hallway discussions or water cooler meetings really important? What happens when you have the wrong business model for your company? Why it’s mission critical make tough decisions sooner rather than later?

As a manager, what’s the appropriate response to someone that’s declined your job offer? Does it matter how you end the interaction? How do mend broken work relationships after time and space has passed?

What do executives do all day? They’re always in meetings, so what are they meeting about? Is this a best use of their time?

If you’re recruiting from your former employer, what problems can you expect? What happens if you’re trying to recruit more than one former colleague at a time? How do you keep the communication lines open when your candidate receives a counter offer from their employer?

How do recruiters identify candidates for their clients for executive level positions?

Does poaching as a recruitment tactic create difficult situations? Is an innocent call from a former boss, really an innocent reconnection, when you’re in the process of poaching from a precious employer? How do we get over anger at a former boss? Why does understanding and forgiveness matter?

What goes through an Executive team’s mind when their company could be acquired? What happens during initial talks during the acquisition process? What’s a letter of intent? Do they worry about having jobs in the new environment?

Why do I always see job interviewers rant or complain about their former employers during an interview? What does the prospect employer see when in you complain?

Why do new executives bring in their own team when come into a company? Is it easy to get over the hurt and anger of being severed from one of your favorite employers? Does time heal those old wounds of betrayal?

When executives go about their personal lives, while they also manage job changes, what goes through their mind? Are they normal people, struggling to get by like everyone else? As an employee, what can you do to help?

What are the mission critical issues for a startup? Short sales cycles, cash flow, and adaptable employees are on my short list of key issues that startups must address. Not solving these problems can snuff out a new enterprise. When an executive team manages these issues, can magic still occur in a team?

June 1, 2006
Work has been busy and intense. On the Executive Team, we’ve been working big issues, since our last lead investor meeting like sales compensation and reorganization.
With that behind us, the focus is now …

May 24, 2006
Sales Organizational Changes
I now have the Sales operations role, in addition to my marketing and channel management responsibilities. The CEO, Controller and I have been working on the new Sales Compensation Plan most …

May 13, 2006

Additional Functions Added to my Job
I’ve been managing the day-to-day functions of the Sales team with regular weekly one-on-one meeting, but now the CEO will hand over the Sales function to me, …