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September 23, 2008
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Inside: This Week In Managing No one can deny that bad management and faulty leadership are at least partly responsible for what's happened on Wall Street. And with the competition for talent getting tougher, it's more critical than ever that companies work to develop their talent pipelines. Check out our new blog BusinessWeek blog called First Jobs, where our young writers and editors are exploring employment topics near and dear to the next generation of managers. Patricia O'Connell, Editor, BusinessWeek.com/Managing E-MAIL A FRIEND  |  GET RSS  |  SIGN UP FOR OTHER BW NEWSLETTERS

MORE MANAGING NEWS MARSHALL & FRIENDS Doubling Your Strengths? By learning how to exploit your "weaknesses," to you can turn them to advantage THE WELCH WAY Advice for the Street's Casualties BusinessWeek columnists Jack and Suzy Welch answer a question about what advice they have for Lehman and Merrill staffers—or anyone caught in an M and A or bankruptcy CAREERS Wall Street Bailout Could Crimp CEO Pay Democrats want to rein in rich exit packages and reclaim millions paid to bosses who piled up toxic mortgage assets. But it won't be easy THE INNOVATION ENGINE Advantage, Smaller Companies Small and midsize outfits are nimbler and faster than lumbering giants. To compete, the giants must learn to think small THE MULTIPOLAR WORLD: MARK FOSTER The Global Talent Crisis In today's complex environment, a strategy for attracting skilled people is as critical as a marketing or finance strategy HEADHUNTERS CONFIDENTIAL How to Select Your Next Executive Hire Knowing which exceptional candidate to pick from a short list boils down to understanding culture fit and the critical demands of the role THE WORKPLACE: LIZ RYAN Managing Amid Economic Uncertainty When employees are distracted by looming foreclosures and fear of job loss, keep morale up by confronting their concerns directly The Fed Bails Out AIG "In current circumstances, a disorderly failure of AIG could add to already significant levels of financial market fragility," said the Fed of its $85 billion bailout CASE STUDY Carlson: Succession Planning in a Pinch The hospitality and travel company hadn't anticipated going outside the family when Chairman Marilyn Carlson Nelson stepped down as CEO, so there were no Plan B candidates GLOBALITY: HAROLD L. SIRKIN Need Global Talent? Grow Your Own With so much competition for skilled people and so much worker mobility, the best recipe for success is to build from within MANAGEMENT Smurfit-Stone: The Paper Trail to China With wastepaper the No. 1 U.S. export to China and worldwide demand growing, Smurfit-Stone is finding new ways to recover paper MARSHALL & FRIENDS Self-Confidence and Success Sports stars draw on their past successes to give them confidence in new situations. That's a formula all of us can use ASK THE ETHICS GUY! Downsizing 101 Charged with giving the bad news? Here are your ethical responsibilities  BW MALL   SPONSORED LINKS Learn about the Falling US Dollar  Free Forex Starter Kit from GFT. Includes a Risk-Free Practice Account. Mutual Funds at Fidelity  Benefit from over 50 years of fund management experience. Free Hiring & Retention Guide  Hire, train and retain great employees with Profiles' system. Learn more today. ExxonMobil  Taking on the world's toughest energy challenges. Get up to $500k HSBC Term Life Ins. at HSBCusa.com  Apply online today. No medical exam. No agent visit. Get instant coverage if you qualify. Buy a link now! This newsletter is a FREE service provided by BusinessWeek.com. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or change your e-mail address, please go to our Newsletter Preferences page. If you need other assistance, please contact Customer Service or contact: Wanda Cooper BusinessWeek Customer Rights Communications Data Services 1995 G Avenue Red Oak, IA 51566 Phone: 1-800-635-1200 View our corporate privacy policy here. To learn more about how BusinessWeek.com applies this policy, you can contact our Marketing Department. Copyright 2008, by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Notice

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