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Do You Want To Start Your Own Business? Then Do It.
Stop Planning. Start Doing. I speak to a lot of people who want to start their own business. I speak to lots of people who don’t start their own business. There is only one difference between people who want to… 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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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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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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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
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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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Create a Stakeholder Plan For Your Career
I’ve been working a lot with Stakeholder Plans for large organization change lately, and I was thinking that it would be a good idea to create one for a career plan. For those who haven’t had the pleasure of creating… Continue reading
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Get Off Your Butt! DIY Executive Development
I’m going to rant a little l talk to people all the time who are sitting around waiting for their company to “do something” about their development. They know that they are talented (and for the most part, the company… Continue reading
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Looking for a job? Look in the HJM!
Looking for a job? Soooooo many people are looking for jobs these days. People who have been laid off are looking. People who are dissatisfied are looking. People who have been underemployed for a while are finally feeling like things… 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
