Leadership exists on three levels: personal, organizational, and global – and we achieve them in that order. We cannot lead others unless we first lead our own lives with some sense of order, perspective, connectedness, and purpose. That axiom underpinned all my teaching (two graduate leadership courses, 15 years) and leadership advisory (corporate across 25…
“Do I really need a résumé anymore?” With AI powering more and more applicant tracking systems (ATSs), with LinkedIn approaching one billion users, and with public records becoming increasingly ubiquitous and accessible, that question of résumé relevance is rolling off the lips of an alarming number of job seekers on a rapidly increasing basis. Says…
By Eli Amdur Applicant Tracking Systems. Everybody hates them, including most of the people who use them to hire everybody else. They’re counterintuitive, they prevent interpersonal interaction, and nobody can say how many good hires weren’t made as a result. But they’ve outlasted our resistance, and we live with them, much to our chagrin. As…
By Eli Amdur If you’re not yet bored by the incessant flow of articles, posts, blogs, and podcasts about AI, then you’re either deprived or lucky, depending on your outlook. The fact remains, though, that the volume and frequency of reporting and commentary has made its mark. Looking back? Or looking ahead? That, if you’ll…
By Eli Amdur Organization Chart, n., A document that explains, in pictorial form, how an organization is supposed to work – and then clearly exposes why it doesn’t. So much for my attempt at a modern-day version of Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary. It’s a serious consideration with a pointedly simple question: When’s the last time…
Innovation is applied creativity.
Sure enough. No sooner does innovation come upon us than two questions arise, in this order. (1) Will it take my job? (2) Will it create jobs? Note: fear of change precedes acceptance of change. It was that way when the cotton gin and the reaper changed agriculture in the 1790s, when fossil oil replaced…
By Eli Amdur (Also published in The Record) Suppose you and I are standing high atop a gorge – say, 250 feet above the white-water rapids raging below – and there’s a new bridge spanning the gorge, made of wooden slats and thick rope. The bridge, wet and slick from a tropical storm, sways in…
Add the American job market of 2021-2022, which has not only put on a show of force never previously seen; it’s sustained that performance for the 20th consecutive month, as of the August jobs report released September 2 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It’s the stuff on which American legend (historic is built:…
Given the events since mid-June alone – absolutely shocking revelations from the January 6 Committee, the Dow’s bumpy ride, Putin blowing up shopping malls, monkeypox – let alone this already-cuckoo mid-term election year, consider this column (following my previous two) to be that same directive. Metaphorically, this is your captain speaking, and I’m saying…