I finally got around to reading How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill. You can read my review on amazon if you click here. Mostly I felt this book could inspire a lot of discussion. Was Gill’s experience typical? Are most Starbucks managers as charismatic and competent as Crystal, the manager who hired […]
Age Factors
New career development etiquette…or new road to disaster?
Penelope Trunk, best-selling author of The Brazen Careerist, offers 10 tips for the “new etiquette.” You can read them here She drew a great deal of controversy – over 900 comments, mostly negative. Some of these tips, with my comments: “Forget the exit interview.” She points out that an exit interview won’t help you but […]
Midlife Career Change: Age, yes, but where’s the advantage?
We need more books about mid-career, midlife transitions. Recently I came across The Age Advantage: Making the Most of Your Midlife Career Transition, a paperback by Jean Erickson Walker, Ed.D. Walker writes straightforward “advice” with no attempt to create the jazzy style common among self-help books. It’s easy to read, although I winced at the […]