Is everything going “okay?” Is “okay” good enough? Every now and then it is healthy to take a “time out” and reflect upon our career situation. Is it time for a change? Here are some questions to ask yourself to help answer that question – based on a recent Harvard Business Review article. 1. Reflect over the past three months. *How are you doing? Objectively, … [Read more...] about Is it Time for a Career Change?
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Build Your Resilience
As leaders, people watch us much more closely than we realize. We need to be role models of building our resilience so we can encourage others, and they will emulate us. In this way, we are building a resilient team. Here are things we can do to build our resilience. Many of these ideas are from a recent article in Harvard Business Review. *Begin by making this a … [Read more...] about Build Your Resilience
If It Was Impossible to Fail
What Goal would you set? If the proverbial Genie told you that you could set one personal Goal for 2025 and you were guaranteed to be successful, what Goal would you set? Take your time. This is an auspicious moment. And we are not used to thinking this way. We are used to setting incremental goals based on where we are right now. But now you can be … [Read more...] about If It Was Impossible to Fail
Nailing Your Next Job Interview
Proper prep for an interview or promotion conversation with your bosses could be the difference between getting that new job or not. Here are some suggestions on how and what to prepare, based on an article from Harvard Business Review. First, take a “Marketer’s” mindset to the interview, not a “Historian’s.” You want to demonstrate your excellent fit with the needs of … [Read more...] about Nailing Your Next Job Interview
Moving Past Disagreement to Dialogue
As the US becomes even more polarized, disagreements over a wide variety of topics are more and more common. The only way we can move forward as a society is to find ways to work through our disagreements and forge a path forward. How can we move past disagreement and enter into real dialogue? Here are some ideas. First, we need to adopt a mindset that the other person … [Read more...] about Moving Past Disagreement to Dialogue