Reasons

This book was an interesting find as Cow contemplates changing jobs. Although it's intended for employers to help them keep valued employees from leaving by heeding "warning signs" they have disengaged from the workplace, it is also helpful to Cow.

Because by discussing the most common reasons for leaving a job, it helps create a framework for making the decision. Which is extremely useful for those such as Cow who can't ever decide what to do. Go? Stay? Move for a new job? Stay in town but at a different job? Just stay at the same job? Decisions, decisions, all so world-changing to Cow's little universe, and no "right" choice.

The book discusses the cost to organizations of hiring the wrong people for the wrong reasons such as favoritism or nepotism. Not only does it take time and effort to get rid of them, but even when you do get rid of them, you are left with all the people they hired, who also aren't probably right for the job.

The other book Cow is reading is "The Wisdom of Crowds" which is similar to "The Tipping Point" in that it compiles research on a topic and then presents it for a general audience.

So far Cow has learned if there's a crowd, to get out of the way.

Moo!