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Rob Pfeifer

So you want to be a Manager?!

People often say that they want to “get experience managing" and think the only way to do so is by getting “direct reports”. This is particularly problematic because it is very rarely effective to move someone into a manager role unless they will be getting 3+ reports (otherwise they’

CompanyBuilding

My Values for Hiring and Employee Evaluation

The below are the criteria I consider important for driving performance in an organization. I generally evaluate ICs (Individual Contributors) and Managers a little differently as the latter group has additional requirements to be successful. I also have a separate treatise for ICs who want to be managers (will post

The New Nationalism (2010 edition)

The below is a little bit all over the place and could use some restructuring and explication, so I'll try to re-write it soon. That said - some interesting and still relevant points in here The (relatively) recent economic collapse has shown how truly interconnected global markets have

The Premise (Full Version)

The Premise (Full Version)

From May 2010 Because it resonates so strongly with our personal experience, the “mind-body” problem has been a mainstay of philosophy for thousands of years. We feel our capacity to think as somehow separate from our bodies. We seem to exercise free will and most people believe that our conscious