Sunday, December 10, 2006

Turnover in the children's book publishing industry












Anonymous said...

Thanks, Alvina. This perspective isn't often heard.

I'm glad you're so content in your job. I love your line, "follow my compass, not my clock." There's some sage advice!

alvinaling said...

Thanks, I heard that saying in a talk that Avon CEO Andrea Jung gave--she said Ann Moore (Time Warner CEO) said it to her when she was making a difficult career choice, and I'm sure someone else said it to her. I know I've said it to many of my colleagues! It's on my bulletin board right now.

Agyw said...

I whined on my blog about that fear of aging too quickly to do the things I'm driven to do (okay and I have a few years on you). But I really like that saying and shall appropriate it anon. I have my dancing hammies with a Japanese proverb, Hammies because how can you take them too seriously, and one of my beloved crit groups (I'm blessed with two), we call ourselves the Hammies. The proverb, I lifted from the miraculous Cynthia Lord:We are fools whether we dance or not. We might as well dance.

Anonymous said...

As one of the new people, I can say I'm glad you're still around. You've been a really great role model and someone I feel comfortable coming to for advice (like tonight).

It's funny, cuz I wondered why so many people left in such a short amount of time as well but there was absolutely no reason I could see. And it's true that only one person left for a higher up position. I've been at other jobs where large groups of people left from discontentment or restlessness but obviously LB is a great place to be when the people who leave are sad to be going and are only leaving because they are hearing the call of another state/industry/etc.