Jo McDermott

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  • Who’s Looking Out For You?

    Are you a “High Po?” A ‘High Po’ is a high potential employee.  Organizations identify employees as high potential and invest in those employees.  Companies identify and invest in high potentials (HPs) because they believe that the HPs have the… Continue reading

  • Manage Your Boss, Manage Your Career

    Isn’t Your Boss Suppose to Manage You? Yeah, in an ideal world, your boss is smarter than you.  You boss is a leader who inspires and motivates you.  Your boss knows how to get the roadblocks out of your way… Continue reading

  • 5 Books That REALLY Changed My Career

    Here She Goes Again I suggest books all the time to my friends and clients.  I’m sure some people hide the eye rolling from me while they think: “here she goes again.”  I learn best from books, so I want… Continue reading

  • It All Starts With That First . . . Step

    Know What You Want I used to be in charge of Executive Development for a large corporation.  One day a middle manager came to talk to me about her career dreams.  Within the organization, she had been designated a “hi… Continue reading

  • How Can I Know What I Want To Do (When I Grow Up)?

    It’s OK to have changing career goals.  It is normal, in fact.  Many people either fell into their current career by happenstance, or they selected one that is no longer (or never was) satisfying.  They struggle to figure out the… Continue reading

  • WOW! Yourself

    Do You Stand Out? When was the last time your boss, your employees, your customers thought “Wow!” after dealing with you?   You know, the way that Jeremy Lin has recently “wowed” us all.  If it hasn’t happened in a while,… Continue reading

  • You Have All The Time There Is

    Do you frequently use the excuse  that you don’t   have enough time to . . .  Network?  Spend  time  with the kids?  Exercise?  Learn to ski?  Write  a book?  It’s an excuse I frequently hear in my coaching practice.   … Continue reading

  • Get Ready to Lose Your Job

    I hope you never need this advice. Chances are good, though, that you will–even if you are a high potential, can’t-do-anything-wrong super dooper employee. Most of us end up out on the job hunt street in our career. The number… Continue reading