Topic: Tom Stern

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Between The Lines

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:48 AM

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

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Dilbert: An Apology

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Mar 20, 2007 at 8:24 AM

As the main character in a comic strip, I, Frank Pitt, serve to illustrate the challenges and foibles encountered each day by a busy, hard-working, well-meaning corporate executive. But even I, overachiever that I am, was ...READ»

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Throwing the Book at Work/Life Balance

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Apr 24, 2007 at 7:28 AM

CEO DAD'S TUESDAY TIRADE The book that Tom Stern has released, which describes how he came up with my character, CEO DAD, comes out at the end of the week, and I couldn’t feel more powerless if I was a drawing trapped in the panel ...READ»

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Hold the Mayo -- Part Two

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Feb 19, 2007 at 12:05 PM

MY WORK-LIFE BALANCE SHEET Assume the Position Hey, folks, I tried another Mayo Clinic technique. For those of you keeping track, it's in the section of the article called "Striking the Best Work-Life Balance," and it's about ...READ»

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Ten Ways to Inject Fun Into the Workplace

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Feb 16, 2007 at 4:55 PM

MY WORK-LIFE BALANCE SHEET When I first heard that there was a book called "Work Like Your Dog," I had some unsavory visions of excusing myself from an important meeting to drink out of the toilet bowl, taking a moment out of a ...READ»

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Work/Life: And We're In Extra Innings!

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Oct 9, 2007 at 6:52 AM

CEO Dad’s Tuesday Tirade.... Any person who works too much knows that sports is one of the tried-and-true distractions into which we can siphon off our priorities. And now it’s baseball playoff season, so I’ve got plenty of ...READ»

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Notes From a Work/Life Balance Lunatic

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Feb 7, 2007 at 5:27 PM

Do I really believe that God has it in for me? No, but there's mounting evidence that he could be holding a grudge. Why does it always seem like every time I'm late getting home for dinner with my family, the other side of the ...READ»

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Drawing a Life

BY Ryan Underwood
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:48 AM

Executive recruiter and frustrated stand-up comic Tom Stern has found a new outlet for his humor--and a way to exorcise his demons. He's determined to make CEO Dad, a cartoon based on his memories of his own father, the next Dilbert.READ»

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Who Is This "Dilbert” and What do People See in Him

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Feb 6, 2007 at 5:24 PM

As a cartoon character, I tend to sit back and let my creator, Tom Stern, treat me like a puppet. After all, he has brought me, Frank Pitt, a fair amount of attention in his comic strip, CEO DAD. I urge you to check out my exploits ...READ»

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Leadership: What Did That Mean, Exactly?

BY Donna Karlin
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jan 16, 2008 at 8:12 PM

A few weeks ago Tom Stern wrote a post about buzz words. Talk about timing! Today was a perfect indication of what a buzz word can do, or many of them. One of the organizations I work in called in a trendy, high ranking consulting ...READ»

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Work/Life: Now You Can Pay Someone To Give You A Day Off

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 97
Fri Oct 26, 2007 at 6:27 AM

An Oklahoma company is causing a ruckus by running a Web site that offers various excuse notes to people who want to take some short-notice time off from work. For about 25 bucks, you can download a document that looks like it comes ...READ»

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What You Don't Know About Intimacy Could Fill a Wallet

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 95
Fri Mar 2, 2007 at 6:00 AM

MY WORK-LIFE BALANCE SHEET How many times in your life have you said “now I’ve heard everything?” Most of us say it a lot, which only proves that society is getting weirder. After all, if we thought we’d heard everything, ...READ»

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Imus-ta Missed Something

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 90
Tue Apr 17, 2007 at 7:04 AM

CEO DAD'S TUESDAY TIRADE As a comic strip character, I exist mainly, at least according to my creator Tom Stern, to point out the foibles that most of you are guilty of in your human lives as successful businesspeople. Indeed, ...READ»

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Work/Life: The One Reality Show We Really Need

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 90
Fri Nov 16, 2007 at 8:13 AM

Just when I think I’ve let go of my compulsive need to win and am finally ready for the work/life balance I always talk about, I see that the media doesn’t care about that balance at all. Everything is still set up as a ...READ»

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Work/Life: If Confucius Were Alive Today

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 90
Fri Sep 28, 2007 at 6:17 AM

Today is the birth anniversary of Confucius. The influential philosopher was born in 551 BC, and, unlike me, is pretty much synonymous with sage advice and deep meaning. The very phrase “Confucius say…” prepares us for ...READ»

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Fumbling Like an Idiot

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 90
Mon Feb 5, 2007 at 9:11 PM

It's over. The Indianapolis Colts have won. It's February, and Valentine's Day is waiting to leap out and gut you like a panther in Apocalypto. Football season's at an end, and now Monday nights and all day Sunday are free again. ...READ»

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Hold the Mayo -- Part One

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 90
Mon Feb 12, 2007 at 1:04 PM

Captain's Log... Hey, fellow overachieving workaholics: as if we needed further proof that we are not only socially dysfunctional but oddities of medical science as well, no less an authority than the prestigious Mayo Clinic now has ...READ»

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Work/Life: Work, Life...Meet Big Brother

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 88
Tue Jun 5, 2007 at 7:24 AM

Ceo Dad's Tuesday Tirade Man, there are times when being a comic strip character has its advantages. Sure, I have to put up with all you voyeurs who get a glimpse into my dysfunctional life every day of the week, but at least my ...READ»

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Dilbert Must Be Stopped

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 86
Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 8:00 AM

CEO DAD'S TUESDAY TIRADE I know it’s been a little bit since I posted here, but I just spent a week hanging out with the intellectuals in Doonesbury, and not only do I now have even less faith in how you human beings run your ...READ»

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How to Quit Your Job

BY Elise Waxenberg
Relevancy Score: 85
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 11:07 AM

You spend at least a third of your time -- and maybe much more -- at work, so it's time to learn the difference between a job you ride out and one you need to leave.READ»

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Two-Dimensional And Loving It

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 81
Tue Apr 10, 2007 at 8:46 AM

As a comic-strip character, I can get away with things the rest of you only dream of. For example, the more I make mistakes, the more you keep reading. If I didn’t know better I’d say you take a perverse delight in watching me ...READ»

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Work/Life: Everything I Needed To Know I Learned From Bob Barker

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 81
Tue Jun 12, 2007 at 7:41 AM

Ceo Dad's Tuesday Tirade As I post this, we are in the final week of broadcasts in which Bob Barker will be seen as the host of “The Price is Right.” He taped his last show six days ago, and it will air Friday. Now, Mr. ...READ»

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A Few Juicy Rumors To Keep Things Interesting

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 80
Tue May 22, 2007 at 7:11 AM

CEO DAD’S TUESDAY TIRADE While waiting for Tom Stern to come up with a new storyline for the me, the cartoon character CEO DAD, I have plenty of time to overhear what’s going on out there, and sneak my opinions into this blog ...READ»

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Working From Home Has Its Drawbacks

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 70
Wed Feb 28, 2007 at 8:00 AM

MY WORK-LIFE BALANCE SHEET I thought it was going to be easy, a no-brainer. A guy’s not spending enough time with his family because he’s always at the office, well shove the office and work at home. It seemed like a simple ...READ»

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Work/Life: Why Work/Life Balance is Up in the Air

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 70
Tue Jun 19, 2007 at 7:48 AM

CEO Dad's Tuesday Tirade.... Ever since Tom Stern, the fellow who invented me, gave me my own Web address (ceodad.com), from this new electronic vantage point I’ve been able to tool around on the Internet with abandon. This is ...READ»

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