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Hiring Great People
Posted in Managing Talent, tagged books, hiring decisions, interviewing, nannies on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve never really thought of myself as someone who is good at hiring people. I tend to listen for what I want to hear, and I really want to like job candidates, which gets in the way of serious evaluation.When it came to hiring a nanny, I did a pretty poor job the first time, [...]
Emotional Rollercoasters
Posted in Acknowledging Emotions, tagged client management, consulting, expectation setting, Parenting Wisdom on October 17, 2007 | No Comments »
One of the things I’ve learned from work is around setting expectations. The work that we do is often ambiguous and we often take our clients through a process is is scary, uncontrollable and unlike anything they’ve ever been involved in before. And we need to get through that process so that we can generate [...]
Why Office Meets Playground
Posted in The Practice of Life, tagged Parenting Wisdom, work, work/life, working moms on October 16, 2007 | No Comments »
I spent a few years before having children worrying about how I was going to be able to continue to do the engaging work of research, strategy, design and innovation and also have a rich family life in which I’m very involved in raising my children. To be honest, I’m still trying to figure it [...]
