What can derail a perfectly good career? Check these examples of people on the brink and determine what behaviors you or someone you know share with these folks: You start out hard charging; promoted up the corporate ladder because you deserve it, not because anyone is pushing you. You are known inside and outside the [...]
Career Management
Whenever I attend or lead a seminar, I notice that participants love lists. When they hear that there are five ways, or three ways, or seven ways to do something, they’re leaning forward and ready to write. Never mind what the topic is or what the ways are, it must be worth writing if you [...]
Someone who can innovate and execute is indispensable to employers and is often a skill that leads to entrepreneurial success according to an article by Jonathan Fields (click to read his blog post on the subject). Here’s an excerpt from the post: “Truth be told, though, there’s one person who’s even more valuable than the [...]
There’s no substitute for timely feedback and no time like the present to offer it, so when you are witness to an unacceptable and inappropriate interaction and can see its immediate negative consequence, address it. Take if off-line, so that you can speak directly, privately, and personally. Describe what you observed, as though you filmed [...]
Dave Duckit lost his job because he wouldn’t fight to keep it. Hannah Highway lost her job because she valued being right more than she valued doing the right thing. Larry Leeway lost his job because he needed more room to maneuver than his company had space to give him. What are the stories behind [...]
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