Success
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Not Your Mad Men Career Ladder
Way back, before most of us were working, you got a job with a company and you stayed with that company–making steady progression–until you retired. You were, of course, a man. If you got fired, you had done something pretty… Continue reading
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Manage Your Resistance
Put Your Leader Hat On Who would you rather work with if you’re implementing a new change in your organization? Would you rather work with someone who has been there for ten years–who knows his/her way around the organization, who… Continue reading
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Promoted! Now What?
Congratulations! You just got promoted. Or you just got reorganized into a new department. Or you just got a new boss. How do you make this a step in the right direction and keep from crashing and burning. Ok, crashing… Continue reading
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Appreciate What You’ve Got
This is all going to end. I know this doesn’t come as news to most of you, but everything we have is quite transient. Possessions (think hurricane/fire/tornado), health, and even life itself. There are two ways to approach this fact. … Continue reading
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Get Your ‘Get Up and Go’
I spent much of Sunday morning watching a few hundred people participate in their first triathlon. It was sixty-something degrees and drizzling. What would possess these people—all ages, shapes and sizes—to come out in the rain to inflict discomfort on… Continue reading
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How to Increase Your Visibility in Your Organization
Who Knows Who You Are? One of the most important things to realize as you work your way up the ladder at your organization is that other people are rarely as aware of you as you think. You work hard. … Continue reading
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Work As We Know It Is Changing–Get Ready!
That Was Then My maternal grandmother went to work when she was thirteen years old at a china factory that made dishes for hotels and restaurants and, eventually, naval ships. She stayed in a rental room with her two-year-older sister… Continue reading
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There’s Networking, and Then There’s NETWORKING
Do It Before You Need It I started this blog out of frustration. I had just talked to my umpteenth client/friend/student/colleague who found him/herself out of a job with a stone cold network and a total freak out about what… Continue reading
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Are You a Good Fit For Your Organization?
What is the Culture of Your Organization? Two key components of managing your career to success are to know yourself well and to understand your organizational environment. The next step is to evaluate your fit within your organizational culture. All… Continue reading
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Selling Your Brand
Have You Thought About Your Brand? Have you ever thought about how your boss thinks about you? Not what he thinks, but how he thinks? What about how the organization thinks about you? How about the top leadership in your… Continue reading
