Book Short: Are You Topgraded? I read a decent volume of business books (some of my favorites and more recent ones are listed in the left hand column of the blog). I have two main pet peeves with business books as a rule: the first is is that most business books have one central idea and a few good case examples and take way too many pages to get where they’re going; the other is that far too many of them are geared towards middle and upper management of 5,000+ person companies and are either not applicable or need to be adapted for startups. Anyway, I thought I’d occasionally post quick synopses of some good ones I’ve read recently. Topgrading,…
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Sometimes, There Is No Lesson To Be Learned
Sometimes, There Is No Lesson To Be Learned We had a very unusual employee situation this week at Return Path. A brand new senior executive we brought in to the company to be our first ever head of HR and Organization Development resigned very abruptly after only a few weeks on the job, citing a complete change of heart about her career direction and moving on to a government position in economic and community development. Unfortunately, the person gave no notice and provided no assistance with transition, and resigned by cell phone. What a disappointment, especially coming from an HR professional! After getting over my disbelief/irritation/rage (not easy, not a small amount), after communicating this difficult message to the company,…