Staying Great on the Way to Big…..The Nine Toughest Careers…Advice that Made the Advisors…..Econ Recon: A Pain in the Ukraine?….Slow, not “No”…. Just for fun: Senior Moments

“What generally passes for ‘thought’ among the majority of mankind

is the time one takes out to rearrange one’s prejudices.”

                                                                                                                                                                                 Clare Booth Luce

Staying Great on the Way To Big

Talk to anyone who’s grown a company and you’ll find that the bigger the company gets, the harder it is to retain the elements that make the company successful in the first place. Marketing Guru Seth Godin explains why in this one page warning on Entropy, Bureaucracy and the Fight for Greatness

The Nine Toughest Careers

So you think you got it tough…that your job is one that only a real man or woman can handle? Check out this insightful (and humorous) list of one observer’s ranking of the 9 toughest leadership roles. You may look at your career a little differently after reading this.

Advice that made the Advisors

We can all list dozens of successful people we’d love to have advise us, but perhaps equally important is the advice they got on the way to the top. Check out this short article featuring 45 of today’s leading lights sharing the wisdom that someone imparted to them early in the journey.

Econ Recon

A Pain in the Ukraine?: The news this week is the drama coming out of the Ukraine. While the political and military aspects of this ‘crisis’ are getting lots of air time, what about the economic aspects? As usual, Vistage Staff Economist and ITR Economics President Alan Beaulieu has some useful insights on the economic impact of the situation in the Ukraine.

Slow, Not “No”: ITR Economics CEO Brian Beaulieu looks at the newly released employment figures and shares in a few paragraphs what they mean for the economy for the rest of the year and why growth will be slow, not “no.”

Just for fun: Senior Moments

Most of the folks on my distribution list have experienced one or more “Senior Moments.” As a gerontologist friend of mine has told me, it’s OK to have forgotten where I put my car keys; that I should only be concerned when I pick up a set of keys and ask “what are these?” Here’s a musical rendition of what it’s like to have too much, or too little, on our aging minds: “senior moments.”