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Stand Out: Work On Projects
Internal People on Projects When I work as a consultant on big change projects in companies, there are always consultants (outsiders) and business representatives (insiders). The insiders are usually identified as subject matter experts, business leads, and sponsors. Despite what… Continue reading
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How Do You Know When You’re In Trouble With Your Boss?
I used to get feedback on 360° assessments that I was unreadable. I didn’t do much about it because I really didn’t see it as a problem. I knew what was going on inside my head and I wasn’t thinking anything bad… Continue reading
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How Do You Get Motivated On Sunday?
Dreading Sunday Evening? I recently had someone ask me how to get motivated on Sunday. Great question! My question is what do you need to be motivated to do? I assume that when most people wake up on Sunday, they’re relatively… Continue reading
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The Specialization Sweet Spot for Career Success
Too Specialized–The Other Kiss of Death I wrote recently about avoiding the Career Kiss of Death by avoiding becoming a commodity. Becoming too specialized can also be a kiss of death. I once worked for an electronic publisher that published… Continue reading
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Avoid the Career Kiss of Death–Don’t Be A Commodity
Stand Out or Be Out One of the worst things that can happen to you career-wise is for your employer (or potential employers) to see you as interchangable with other people with the same skill set. If they think that… Continue reading
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Bosses Are People Too
You Think The Same As You Did Before For those of you who are over the age of 25, you know how you feel the same no matter how old you are? The outside may seem older, but to yourself—inside… Continue reading
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Get Better At Your Job. Now.
How Good Do You Want To Be? What kind of employee do you want to be? What kind of a manager? What kind of a leader? What kind of a boss? What kind of a sales person? What kind of… Continue reading
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Are You Making Mistakes On Purpose?
We all make mistakes. Mistakes have consequences. We learn from our mistakes and don’t make them again. Or do we? Sometimes, especially when you find yourself doing something over and over again—being late, forgetting to send something, leaving certain people… Continue reading
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How Do You Lead From the Middle?
Many people are frustrated by their managers. We want our managers to live up to our expectations, our hopes, our projections. We want them to be charismatic, thoughtful, insightful, inspirational, good communicators, etc., etc., etc. Some managers are good, but… Continue reading
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Why Doesn’t Your Team Work?
All of us get to spend time on teams. Some of us spend all of our time on teams. There are terrible teams, good teams and great teams. Most of us rarely get to spend much time on great teams. … Continue reading
