BY G. A. FINCH An executive and fellow author I know had suggested that I write about “elevator pitches” in my book, The Savvy Executive: The Handbook Covering Employment Contracts, Compensation, Executive Skills, and Much More. It was a practical suggestion but I needed to set limits on the length of my book. I am… Read More ELEVATOR SPEECH
SELLING YOURSELF ARE YOU A BRAND? When we think of brands, what comes to mind? Are the Kardashians a brand? You think of them in a certain way and they are distinctive. Is Donald Trump a brand? As an up and coming young real estate developer and entrepreneur, President Trump was branding himself even before… Read More BRANDING, RESUMES AND GETTING HIRED
G. A. Finch being interviewed by his law partner, Deborah B. Cole, at the University Club in Chicago for his book – The Savvy Executive: The Handbook Covering Employment Contracts, Compensation, Executive Skills, and Much More. #savvyexecutive
On May 20th, 5:00 p.m., at the University Club in Chicago, Deborah Cole will interview her law partner, G. A. Finch, about his new book, The Savvy Executive: The Handbook, Covering Employment Contracts, Compensation, Executive Skills and Much More.
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By G. A. Finch Have you ever set personal business, career or self-improvement goals, and you look up weeks and sometimes months later not having made progress on them? You realize that you have been distracted and diverted by other challenges and tasks and your goals are in the doldrums. Career, family and extracurricular demands… Read More RECIPROCAL COACHING
By G. A. Finch A liquidated-damages clause is a “contractual provision that determines in advance the measure of damages if a party breached the agreement.” Black’s Law Dictionary 949 (8th edition 2004). The benefit can be that the difficulty and necessity of calculating and proving damages in court or arbitration are avoided. When in early… Read More EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT PROVISIONS, LIKE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, HAVE CONSEQUENCES – DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SIGNING?
By G. A. Finch It may sound trite but it is generally true that “leaders are readers.” That is not to say that an uneducated person cannot be a leader in his or her own way; nevertheless, reading has its advantages. We have read or heard that Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffett, Elon Musk,… Read More LEADING BY READING
Job interviews are so fundamental to professional advancement. Every executive has had a few times, if not many times, when the executive did not get the offer. The executive may feel that the executive “blew” the interview. The executive may be thinking: Was I too nervous? Was I too rambling in my responses? Did I… Read More EXECUTIVES’ JOB INTERVIEW READINESS: G. A. FINCH CHATS WITH COMMUNICATIONS COACH CORINNE VARGAS ABOUT INTERVIEWING
How not to be cut out of your own business opportunities… Read More NON-CIRCUMVENTION AGREEMENTS
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