Dale Dauten’s weekly commentary on business life, Corporate Curmudgeon, syndicated by King Features, appears in newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Minneapolis Star Tribune. He also co-writes the career advice column Kate & Dale Talk Jobs. His management experience includes positions with two major corporations and two consulting firms, as well as creating a nationally known market research firm retained by dozens of industry leaders, including McDonald’s, P & G, and AT&T. Dale has authored two books, The Max Strategy: How A Businessman Got Stuck At An Airport And Learned To Make His Career Take Off and The Gifted Boss: How To Find, Create and Keep Great Employees.