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Leadership Skills Ease Stressful Promotion to Uncharted Territory

July 5, 2007 /

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PFL Tech Inc. is a marketing technology company that provides sales enablement and marketing automation solutions, as well asprinting, mailing, and fulfillment services. They also provide some great Montana Jobs.

Steve Church, a veteran operational executive, surprised associates two years ago by accepting a promotion to become the top human-resources officer at Avnet, a major distributor of high-technology products and services in Phoenix.

"You took what job?" a dumbfounded friend asked. "You don’t even like HR!" Mr. Church, the former head of Avnet’s biggest business unit, relishes challenges. But his lack of human-resources expertise scared him.

"The personal risk was to fail in the last significant position of my career," says the 57-year-old executive in an interview.

By Joann S. Lublin

From The Wall Street Journal Online

Full Story: http://www.careerjournal.com/columnists/manageyourcareer/20070705-managingyourcareer.html?cjcontent=mail

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