I want full credit for this ketchup thing. Let me explain. What's the ketchup generation?

If you're older, think of your kids. If you're under 30, think of your friends. If you're a girl, think of your boyfriend. You must have noticed that there's something about the under-30 set,...

I am receiving hundreds of e-mails a week from people who are finally "getting it" on how to save their jobs. They finally "get" my concept that there are unique and secret tips to bulletproof your job during a recession - a time when bosses have a "blank check" to...

I read recently that business and political pundits say that President Bush has ruined the Republican "brand" for years to come. Ha! (That's what they said about President Nixon. Tell that to President Reagan.)

However, I think that W. has ruined more than "the Republican brand." What...

Does anybody really think it takes a lot of qualifications to be president... or even vice president, for that matter, of anything?

Let's be honest. How many times have we each questioned why the new president of our company got his or her job, not to mention some VPs we...

It's funny, when the economy is robust, people spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about getting another job or wondering whether they should change careers or rethink what they're doing. But when the economy is stressed, the question that I get asked over and over again is, "How do...

Wow! The unemployment figures released last Friday do not have to be as high as they are. Firing people in a frenzied economy is usually good public relations for a publicly-traded company because it's the most visible way to cut costs. And for privately-owned firms, it's simply "monkey see, monkey...

On September 15th, Lehman Brothers announced that it had filed for bankruptcy, and within hours, Lehman employees around the globe were seen leaving their workplaces with their personal belongings in boxes, having been told game over, company gone, jobs lost. A week later, thanks to Lehman's shotgun wedding to Barclays,...