By G. A. Finch It is commonplace for an executive to ask for my legal advice when the executive is contemplating leaving an employer or the executive has been terminated. Of course, I ask for a copy of the executive’s employment agreement, if any, to analyze the rights, duties, and obligations that the executive… Read More CRAZY NOT TO OBTAIN AND READ EXHIBITS AND REFERENCED DOCUMENTS IN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
By G. A. Finch There are two phenomena that are occurring at both ends of career trajectories. One is the FIRE Movement and the other is the substantial time extension of workforce participation. “FIRE” stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early. Its adherents are usually younger workers who, through extreme frugality, intense saving of money, aggressive… Read More RE-IMAGINING YOUR WORKLIFE
By G. A. Finch Although we all have an expiration date on this earth, most of us do not like to contemplate our deaths. Consequently, many people do not have their personal affairs in order at the time of either their disability or death. This neglect of one’s medical, legal and financial affairs can wreak… Read More PERSONAL LEGAL PREPARATIONS IN A TIME OF CRISIS
By G. A. Finch In the month of March, in the year of 2020, in the world, in the United States, the Era of the COVID-19 Virus has unequivocally and rudely arrived. Many times, as executives or professionals, we have recently heard the exclamations from friends, families, neighbors, colleagues, clients, customers, and patients: “These are… Read More LEADERSHIP DURING THE TIME OF DYSTOPIA AND FOREBODING MIASMA
Gratified to see Judge E. Kenneth Wright, Jr.’s review of my book, The Savvy Executive, for the Chicago Bar Association’s magazine, CBA Record. – – Judge E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., Editorial Board Member, writes: “If you represent corporate executives, or professionals, you should read The Savvy Executive by savvy Chicago corporate… Read More CBA RECORD REVIEW OF THE SAVVY EXECUTIVE: THE HANDBOOK COVERING EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS, COMPENSATION, EXECUTIVE SKILLS AND MUCH MORE
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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
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