Jo McDermott

Goal Setting

  • Do You Ever Think About Your Legacy?

        This has been a tough week.  A dear friend’s husband had a stroke.  A young acquaintance died.  A friend lost a job.  Another friend had a baby girl. The juxtaposition of all these events has made me think… Continue reading

  • Do You Need More Education To Grow Your Career?

    How Do You Decide? I recently have had a couple of folks let me know that they have completed the next level of their education.  One of them reminded me that I had responded to his “I’ll be x years… Continue reading

  • Stick with Your New Year’s Resolutions: Find Your Gateway Habits

    Another Year, Another List Do you make the same New Year’s Resolutions year after year?  Save money.  Lose weight. Get a new job. Get a promotion.  Spend more time with the family.  Do you ever get your resolutions done?  How… Continue reading

  • Personal Change Management

    Personal Change Management Is More Important Than OCM “Organizational change management” is usually listed on job descriptions as a required skill for executives.  Don’t get me wrong, it is a critical job skill.  Personal change management is just much more… Continue reading

  • Starting a New Job? Hit the Ground Successful!

    First Steps to Success in Your New Job The first thing to ask is why they hired you? What do they need you to do? How does that compare with what your predecessor did? You can’t assume that you were… Continue reading

  • Get Your Business Started. What Are You Waiting On?

    It’s Time to Put Up or Shut Up So you want to start a business.  Someday.  Someday will come and go and where will your business  be?  What are you waiting on?  You want to get everything set up first?… Continue reading

  • 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

  • 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

  • Fed Up With Looking For a Job?

    Fed Up With Looking For A Job? Have you been looking for a job for a while?  Have you sent out dozens of resumés and heard NOTHING back?  Have you talked to recruiters who told you that you weren’t qualified… Continue reading

  • Get a Mentor. Use a Mentor.

    Get a Mentor I know you’ve heard it.  If you’ve been reading this blog, you’ve heard it from me.  You need a mentor to help your career.  Easier said than done, right? Typical questions about mentors and mentoring are: What… Continue reading