personal change
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My Generation Is Best, The Other . . . Not So Much
That OTHER Generation is IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!! One of my favorite team building exercises is to put people of the same generation together and have them describe the other generations. I have them make a list of the characteristics of the other… Continue reading
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So you want to start your own business . . .
Get Ready! I talk to a lot of people whose life goal is to start their own business. For most of them, it’s a “some day . . . ” kind of dream. You can’t start too soon. There are… Continue reading
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I Hate My Boss!
Unless you’re independently wealthy, you probably have to figure out how to deal with a boss you hate–at least for a while. Pretty much everyone has this problem at some point in their career. The good news is that you… Continue reading
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What If . . .?
You’re 18 and Can Do It All Again What if when you were 18 years old, you were given a list of all the major things that you would accomplish between the age of 18 and your age now. All… Continue reading
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Rot at the Top
Is All Corporate Leadership Rotten? When I taught leadership, I always discussed Manfred Kets de Vries’ (see his book, The Leadership Mystique) theory that when organizations go down the drain, it is usually because of rot that started at the… Continue reading
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Genericize Yourself, Increase Your Options
Broaden Your Opportunities For the first ten years of my career, I did product development and operations at an electronic publisher. Before the Internet. Explaining what I did was very hard. (It would be a lot easier now). When I… Continue reading
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Are All Organizations This Crazy?
People frequently ask me, “Are all organizations like this?” This political? This crazy? Yes and no. All organizations are functional and dysfunctional in their own ways. Like families. Even the very best organizations rub some people the wrong way. Organizations… Continue reading
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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
