Behind the Book: Suddenly Unemployed
September 2, 2026
One day you are a professional with a title and a paycheck. The next you are unemployed. This book will not tell you it is an opportunity for growth.
Category: Careers
Practical advice on managing and advancing professional careers. Covers job transitions, skill development, professional positioning, and the strategic decisions that shape long-term career trajectories.
Behind the BookBehind the Book: My Job Sucks
September 1, 2026
The book does not claim frightened employees are more productive. It claims companies believe that, and they are wrong. I did not see any of it clearly until after I left, and the transaction was never eight hours a day.
Behind the BookBehind the Book: My Boss is Insane
September 1, 2026
Across thirty-three years I had no boss I would call excellent, two I would call decent, and the rest were various shades of insanity. One kept a certificate declaring him legally insane framed on his office wall, obtained deliberately because…
CareersDon’t Live in Fear: The Walls You Built and How to Get Past Them
August 8, 2026
The fence isn't in the yard. It's in the dog. The job you won't leave, the raise you won't ask for, the dream you filed under too late, you got shocked once,
BusinessHedge Words: 14 Phrases That Quietly Kill a Leader’s Credibility
July 14, 2026
Fourteen hedge phrases quietly discount everything a leader says, from "I'll try" to "it is what it is." Why each one backfires, the plain replacement that carries the same content standing up straight, and the shift that matters more than…
CareersDo IT Certifications Still Move Your Career in 2026?
June 30, 2026
IT certifications still move careers in 2026, but which ones and why has shifted. The catch is a certificate only helps when it maps to a real skill and role.
Behind the BookI Spent Thirty-Three Years in a Box and Called It a Career
June 25, 2026
Never went looking for better, never went back to school, never reached past the edge of what I had. Comfortable is the wall people mistake for a career.
Behind the BookEthics Is the Voice That Says Maybe I Should Not Take Credit for This
June 22, 2026
Ethics at work is not the big dilemma. It is the small voice you can overrule without anybody ever finding out, which is exactly why it matters.
Behind the BookMy First Consulting Job Paid $600. I Had No Idea What I Was Doing.
June 16, 2026
Overconfident, underprepared and completely naive, with my eye on six hundred dollars and no idea I could not do the work until I was in too deep.
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Behind the BookThe System Crashed on a Friday Night. I Had Nobody to Call.
June 13, 2026
A complete failure, millions on the line by Monday morning, every vendor number unanswered. Twenty years in the industry and not one person I could call.
Behind the BookMy Boss Was Incompetent and Untouchable. I Had Eighteen Months Left.
June 10, 2026
He was not going anywhere and neither was I. Learning to work under somebody like that without absorbing their behavior is a skill, and I learned it because I had to.
Behind the BookI Became a Manager in 1981. The Hard Part Was People Sitting Ten Feet Away.
June 7, 2026
In 1981 the difficulty was delegating to a person you could see. The managers who succeed now are not the ones with the best org charts.