Leaving your large company to join a start-up is never an easy decision to make. You have to take many factors into consideration, including your tolerance for risk, how much cash you have in the bank, your family situation, student loans, and lots of other things. When I (...)

Seth Godin claims that Henry Ford’s greatest achievement was not the assembly line, but rather that he understood (and exploited) the power of productivity. Godin argues that Ford understood that paying workers more than the average salary would make them work twice as hard, and pump out (...)

I love the Myers Briggs test. We have a little bit of an obsession with it here at Brazen Careerist. We often ask potential hires for their Myers Briggs score even before we ask for a resume. So it was only appropriate that we had Rob (...)

There’s not much opportunity to lead when you’re a recent college grad working for a big (or small) company. That’s because leadership opportunities typically come only with age and seniority. That makes sense. But the smartest companies know that learning to be a leader is a (...)

A lot of things have happened in my life as a result of blogging, but one of the most unexpected is the number of people who invite me to speak at their company or conference about generational issues. I have done enough speeches at this point so I have a (...)