The Best Steps to Prevent Senior New Hire Failure?

The cost to hire a good senior exec (think CFO, GC, COO, CMO, CEO  etc.)  is pricey.

The people are talented, can be really good at what they do, and the market in some sectors is seriously hot.

To compound things, talent poaching – the recruiting of a senior exec from one firm to another – is increasing and multiple offers to execs are on the upswing according to the Wall Street Journal.… Read the rest

[Through the Glass Door] “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”

Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg offers some gems of advice on her work/life philosophy in the September 23, 2009 issue of Fortune to people in general and women in specific.

Sandberg writes “But after watching talented woman after talented woman pass up opportunities, I realized that too many women make the mistake of leaving before they leave. Here is what is happens: An ambitious, successful woman starts considering having children.Read the rest