Parents need to start thinking about their child's college education sooner than they think. The parents of your child's peers, who will complete for the limited admission positions at elite colleges, likely have already started. The intent of this book is to bring parents up to speed before they miss critical steps, to point them towards resources for getting information, to help them make a plan that they will follow through the years leading up to college applications, and to motivate them to start thinking about it now. We have been through the college application process several times....

Without disciplined efforts to stay fit, firms often grow to be bloated, bureaucratic and inefficient. Reducing layers of management and increasing manager spans of control is a time-tested method for improving a firm's fitness. This handbook provides all the information you need to successfully run a spans and layers improvement project.

Turnover, mobility and talent upgrading are three issues that all companies face periodically. Turnover may be a persistent drag on the firm, or it may rear its head after a crisis, a move by a competitor, or a management change. Mobility, which is the movement of employees within a firm, is a hot topic when several important positions are vacated, which managers scramble to fill by shuffling around employees. Talent upgrading often comes up after annual performance reviews, when managers realize their low performers remain entrenched. The truth is that these three topics are directly related...