Unemployment: Compared with what?
January 17, 2011
On the 16th, I promised to provide some unemployment statistics today that will answer this question: The unemployment picture has improved, but where are we […]
Read MoreLeadership and Nokia
October 14, 2010
In the 9/20-9/26 edition of Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Matthew Lynn (and the photo that accompanied the article) implied that Stephen Elop, who became CEO of Nokia […]
Read MoreRenee’s Rule™: Make my life E-A-S-Y!
July 27, 2009
Recently, I sent an email to key business contacts letting them know my turnaround client needed a new CFO. I received approximately 160 resumes. The […]
Read MoreAn unexpected delight!
June 16, 2009
Some years ago, I recruited a first-rate controller to a client company. To accept the position, she had to sell her home and move to […]
Read MoreRenee’s Rule™: If you can’t understand what someone is saying, he may not be saying anything.
May 27, 2009
I’ve seen some pretty scary hiring mistakes. Here is an example in which “The Emperor Had No Clothes.” In the 1990’s, I became Interim CEO […]
Read MoreRenee’s Rule™: “Bigger” may not be “safer.”
May 17, 2009
When is it “safer” to hire a “big” professional firm rather than a smaller one? This is a topic I’ll be exploring in several different […]
Read MoreThe Experience Fallacy
May 5, 2009
Too often, people make hiring decisions based upon “experience” rather than “results.” A true story illustrates my point. Several years ago, at the beginning of […]
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