5 Biggest Mistakes You’re Making with Your Work Relationships
For this week’s post, I’ve recorded a short video where I talk about the biggest mistakes people make with work relationships. This will be relevant to you especially if you are a leader or want to...
View ArticleSurvey: 40% of Us Aren’t Where We Thought We’d Be in Life and Career
Recently, Bellevue University released the results of a nation-wide survey on perspectives of career-success attainment. I interviewed Dorothy Graham, Career Coaching Manager at Bellevue University,...
View ArticleDon’t Give Up on Your Career Ambitions! Take Action!
I often hear from people as early as in their 40’s who think their ability to steer their career in a good direction is gone. They don’t like where they ended up, but seem to think their days for...
View ArticleBuild Your Online Reputation: How to Create the Right Digital Dirt [WEBINAR]
The employment landscape has changed dramatically over the past several years. There is fierce competition for every job that becomes available. What can you do to beat out the competition? Be known!...
View ArticleTop 6 Critical Conversations You Should Have With Your Boss
Communication seems to be the most under-rated, yet most critical thing we do as humans. There are all too many things we should be discussing and communicating about, yet for some reason, we don’t....
View ArticleHow to Keep Momentum on Your Career Goals
One big problem we all have when it comes to pursuing our goals is losing focus or momentum. You see it the most for people trying to lose weight. They get all excited in a flurry of planning and...
View ArticleHow to Prepare for Your Annual Performance Review
Many employees think of the performance review as a time to passively receive their boss’s opinion of their worth. If that’s your view, you may be missing a valuable opportunity. Instead, look at the...
View ArticleManaging Yourself through the Management Merry-Go-Round
Many people out there right now, especially those in a corporate environment, experience frequent changes in management. It’s not uncommon to find people who have a new boss about every year or even...
View ArticleHow to Focus on Your Career in a Chaotic, Crisis-Filled Job
I love the quote: “It’s hard to remember you were here to drain the swamp when you’re surrounded by alligators”. Unfortunately, many of us work in an environment where the business is not well managed...
View Article4 Strategies for Getting Ahead at Work as an Introvert
Are you the kind of person who let’s others take the lead in a business meeting? Or you dread social occasions? Or realize you don’t speak up when maybe you should? It can be tough to be an introvert...
View Article9 Questions to Ask Your Manager During a Performance Review
A few days ago I posted a video with advice on how to prepare for a performance review – if you’ve missed it, you can watch it here:...
View ArticleTop 10 Things that Make YOU a Bad Manager
I contend that no one wakes up and thinks “how can I make life miserable for my employees”. In fact, I think the bad manager really doesn’t give much thought to what or how they are conducting...
View ArticleShould You Panic If You Have “Open Time” While on the Job?
Most of us rush from one task and phone call to another all the time – especially while working. There is always more work to do than people to do it, making each day feel like a horse race. However,...
View ArticleWimpy Manager? Push Over on Employee Performance Issues?
If you have been anointed manager, you surely must know that there are things you are responsible for that you’d rather not do. The highest priority item on that list of tough things to do is dealing...
View ArticleAre Your Values Really Your Values?
When pursuing job opportunities, it’s always important to have a solid understanding of the type of company and culture where you can be most successful. Discerning the best opportunity for you is as...
View ArticleHow to Stay Engaged in Your Job When You’ve Lost Interest
There may come a time when you will wake up to realize you’re done. You’ve lost interest. It could be that on the surface the job looks like it should be ok. Maybe you’ve had some great...
View ArticleWhat to Do When Your Manager Has No Performance Standards
When we embark on a career, we generally have visions of a fun, exciting adventure. This is our opportunity to prove ourselves and all the things we’ve learned. We plan to be successful. Yet, all too...
View ArticleThe 3 Biggest Mistakes Introverts Make That Stall Their Management Career (You?)
As an introvert, you’re continuously facing challenges in our extroverted national culture. Add on top of those challenges the demands of your role as a manager. It can be easy to make mistakes that...
View Article7 Tips to Help You Get Promoted (Only If You Want More Money)
You might as well admit it, you want to get promoted and you want to make more money. Most people don’t launch a career with the idea of staying in the same spot for the next 30 years. This is you...
View ArticleHow to Know When It’s Time to Change Your Career
The idea of changing careers can be daunting. We invested a lot of our personal time and emotion into the one we currently have. Does changing, especially now, really make sense? Yet, it’s hard to...
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