Category Archives: Culture

Career Lesson #1: Know The Details

Posted on June 5, 2014 by William M. McGee

My first job after graduating from college was with American Can Company, in the consumer products division. I chose American Can over a number of other offers because American Can had a management training program that sounded like the type … Continue reading →

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A Culture of Loyalty

Posted on July 3, 2013 by William M. McGee

A friend recently reminded me of an employee survey I did a few years ago for a large construction company on the topic of loyalty.  The results of the survey were extremely positive, and underlined the strong effective culture at … Continue reading →

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Constructive Criticism? Who Wants That?

Posted on June 5, 2013 by William M. McGee

At one point in my career, many years ago, I was in charge of the Financial Services Consulting practice for KPMG in the New York office.  One year, when the annual performance evaluation forms were sent around to all partners … Continue reading →

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A Disaster Is Not In My Contract

Posted on September 19, 2012 by William M. McGee

On Saturday, October 29, 2011, an early Winter storm swept through the New England states. It was a storm that New Englanders refer to as a “Nor’Easter”, and it left a path of destruction and power outages across much of … Continue reading →

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