Table of Contents - January 2001

Features

Blam! Maximum Success

James Waldroop and Timothy Butler, directors of the career center at Harvard Business School, have identified the character traits that get in the way of success. Jill Rosenfeld

Creative Space

Wieden+Kennedy's new headquarters has one design goal: to help its people live creative lives. It also has a secret weapon: The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art is a tenant. Ron Lieber

Extreme Perks

Need ideas on how to keep your employees happy? Check out these employee benefits. Nancy Einhart

Full House

Executives at Las Vegas's Bellagio Hotel screened 84,000 candidates, did 27,000 interviews, and hired 9,600 people -- in 24 weeks. Now Cisco wants to know how they did it. Bill Breen

How to Hire Great People at Web Speed

The speed-hiring team at Vignette Corp. wants to close on at least 25% of its hires within 48 hours -- and cut its turnover rate to 1%. Debra Hunter

Man With a (Talent) Plan

Electronic Arts makes some of the world's most popular computer games. It's Rusty Rueff's job to fill the company with some of the world's best gamers and software programmers. Anna Muoio

Talent Bank

Thomas Weisel turned his former firm, Montgomery Securities, into an investment-banking powerhouse. Now he's building a new firm -- and gaining ground on some of the most established names on Wall Street. George Anders

War for Talent II: Seven Ways to Win

McKinsey & Co. surveyed 6,900 senior executives and young managers from 56 companies to figure out the secrets of a smart plan to win the battle for great people. Fast Company

Where Are You on the Talent Map?

What's the secret to power hiring? Location, location, location. If you want to attract the right kind of people, it's not enough to be the right kind of company. Your company needs to be in the right kind of place. Bill Breen

Report From the Future

Face Time: Donna Dubinsky

Donna Dubinsky is half of the duo that turned the PalmPilot into the fastest-selling consumer product in history. So what's her killer app? Charles Fishman

Get a Lift

Detour Rekha Balu

Go Gaga

Here's a gadget to help you ring in the new year. Amy Wilson Sheldon

High Maintenence

Extreme Jobs Bill Breen

Imagine That

Report From the Futurist Christine Canabou

Luxury Gets Real

A beach house for new-economy nouveau riche and nouveau poor alike. Bonnie Schwartz

Mouse Beautiful

Turn your mouse into a style statement. Amy Wilson Sheldon

My Favorite Bookmarks: Damon Danielson

Picks from the CEO of Dotcomix. Fast Company

My Favorite Bookmarks: Julie Halpin

Picks from the CEO of the Geppetto Group. Fast Company

Norman Lear's Not Laughing

The creator of ''All in the Family'' built a nonprofit to celebrate socially responsible companies. Now the Business Enterprise Trust is dead. What went wrong? Keith H. Hammonds

Pencil in Your Partner

Enough already. Christine Canabou

Play Hard, Think Big

Meeting I Never Miss Cathy Olofson

The New Lure of Internet Marketing

Web sites need customers -- they just can't spend to get them. The result: marketing schemes in which companies don't pay until customers do. Welcome to the Kickback Economy. Scott Kirsner

Trailblazer

Staff Stuff Paul C. Judge, Senior Editor

VP of Happiness

Job Titles of the Future - Donna DeGrande Dixon Annie F. Pyatak

Want to Grow as a Leader? Get a Mentor!

Even top executives need mentors -- and sometimes the best mentors work elsewhere. Jennifer Reingold

What Do I Get to Do Next?

What's Your Problem? Erika Germer

Net Company

Clip Job

Bet the Company Cathy Olofson

Don't Believe Everything You Read

One Click Faster Amy Wilson Sheldon

I Need a Room with a (Point of) View

Click Here Amy Wilson Sheldon

No Business Like Show Business

Career Move Amy Wilson Sheldon

No-Sweat Internet

Reinventors Cathy Olofson

Strategic Reading

A reading list that focuses on Internet strategy. Fast Company

Strategy Rules

Fast Function: Strategy Amy Wilson Sheldon

What's Next for the Net?

Fast Talk: A Roundtable George Anders and Polly LaBarre

More Great Stuff

Advertisers in Issue 42

Interact with the companies whose products and services are advertised in Fast Company. Fast Company

Leaders and People

A letter from the founding editors. The Founding Editors

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Fast Company

Your Cheatin' Dotcom

A Spy in the House of Work The Spy