Why did I get passed over for the promotion?

With all the restructuring, lay offs, asking people to do more with less, and working harder every day for less, it really can be debilitating when an opportunity comes along and you don’t get promoted.
It makes you wonder.  What is wrong with me?  Aren’t I doing a good job?  Can I do something different to [...]

Handling Problem Workers

My sister was an executive vice president in banking.  She decided to retire when she saw the sub-prime market starting to go crazy and realized that the way she believed a book of mortgages should be developed and managed differed substantially from others in the industry.  Too bad she didn’t stick it out.   While my sister [...]