Setting Healthy Boundaries at Work “Not My Monkey” It happened again. This time, Suzie raised her hand at the company meeting to make a suggestion that genuinely needed the involvement of the purchasing and operations teams. Somehow, the whole project was dumped in her lap. Again. Suzie was a great problem solver. As…
Can Your Listening Skills Transform Your Leadership Ability? The First Step in Communication Mastery What are you listening for when you talk to your team? Are you looking to have your thoughts and ideas affirmed, or are you open to new ideas? Here’s the way many conversations go in the workplace. See if you recognize…
What to Do If You Fail Your 30-Day Challenge? The 30-Day Challenge is a Learning Lab Your 30-Day Challenge didn’t go as well as you expected. You failed. Here are some of the reasons that a 30-Day Challenge could go sideways: Your goal may have been too aggressive or ambitious to begin with An unexpected obstacle arose…
The Power of the 30-Day Challenge What Can You Achieve in 30 Days? As part of this month’s theme of “Focus and Discipline,” I thought it would be fun to share a few ideas about 30-day challenges. The beauty of committing to a 30-day challenge is the burst of movement, progress, and energy that you…
How Your Social Media Habits Help or Hurt Your Job Search The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Social Media Social media is growing in importance not only as a job search tool, but also in how companies evaluate candidates and employees. Your social media capital, or, how your reputation and influence could help…
An all-too-common message that I hear from job seekers today is that the long-term unemployed now face yet another layer of challenge and frustration. Many of you are learning that being unemployed for six months or longer…
Now that you have written your 100-Day Plan using the S.M.A.R.T. goal approach (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-Bound), you are set for the year, right? After all, what could possibly go wrong?
The first days of 2016 have swept past us, and with them, some opportunities have already been won or lost. One of the secrets to finishing strong in 2016 is to begin with a goal and write out a 100-day plan.
What’s On Your Career Bucket List? The Pros of A Career Bucket List What are some meaningful accomplishments that you would like to check off your career bucket list before you retire? If you don’t have a career bucket list yet, December is the perfect time of year to set about creating one. You could…
A Few Methods for Reinventing Your Job Search Another day at home and you find yourself submitting one online resume after another. You may feel discouraged, as though every application goes into the “electronic black hole”. Start with a plan and work the plan. Once you have conducted your self-assessment and job market assessment, it…