diy executive development
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Are You On Your Way to Failure?
Derailment Executive coaches call it “derailment.” Derailment happens when the organization has made an assessment of you that basically takes you off the planned (yours or the organization’s) trajectory of your career. Derailment is usually talked about from the perspective… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
