Have a workable plan, or else…

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by Martin Fisher As we continue to discuss the Basic Truths of Incident Response Leadership, we’ve briefly gone over the three Basic Truths as well as done a deeper analysis of  “Succeeding By Planning to Fail”. This brings us to: Basic Truth #2: Have A Workable Plan, or Else As an Incident Response Leader, one [...]

Getting rid of your best people

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by James Costello A friend of mine recently had a very Dilbertesque experience at work.  The company my friend works for has been acquired twice in the last three years and all of the dust seemed to be settling.  Sort of… Locally there were four offices under the corporate umbrella, each a legacy of the [...]

Shooting ourselves in the foot: Can the bad economy keep us from buying more bullets?

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by Ioana Justus My career has now spanned almost 12 years, and it still amazes me how so many managers and executives consistently make bad decisions and then are surprised by the results.  As the economy has gone bad, you’d think that people would be a little more judicious about how they spend the small [...]