Are you LinkedIn yet? If not, it’s time to get out there. Social networking is a great way to be visible on the Web. If you are interested in job offers, opportunities to collaborate, and attracting new clients and customers, then you need to get busy building your profile on one or […]
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According to a recent survey conducted by careerbuilder.com, 4 out of 5 people say that they are not in their ideal job. Another study by the The Conference Board found that fewer than half of all workers are satisfied in their current jobs. Here are some other interesting factoids:
1 out of 4 workers […]
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I’ve been thinking about change and transition a lot this past week or two. I found several quotes about change that I’d like to share with you.
“People only change when the need for change becomes self evident.” ~ Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s
“There’s only one corner of the universe you can be […]
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One of the best books I read last year was What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith. In case you aren’t familiar with Goldsmith, he is the author of many books and a well respected executive coach. In this latest book, Goldsmith makes the observation that the characteristics that […]
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Last week, Marcus Buckingham was a guest on the Oprah show. I’ve seen Mr. Buckingham speak on a couple of occasions and his message of identifying and building on our strengths is a compelling one. I’ve been a proponent of this notion of focusing on strengths ever since I learned about the concept of Appreciative […]
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Today is Earth Day and I’ve been thinking about what I can do to be more eco-conscious. I recycle my newspapers, but that is about the extent of it. So, I’ve decided that I’m going to pay the extra fee that my county charges to recycle more paper products as well as containers […]
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I finished reading Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth, a few months ago and I loved it. Now, I’m downloading the weekly webcasts from Oprah.com and watching them with great interest. I see why Oprah is so excited about this “web event.” The content of each webcast is engaging and has been […]
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I was a guest on a BlogTalkRadio program earlier this week in a segment about managing conflict in the workplace. The show, which is part of the WOW Women! Series, is hosted by Barb Giamanco. Barb is a fellow coach, business owner, and co-founder of Women’s Mentor Network (WMN). Listen to the […]
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If you are in a leadership position within your organization, it is quite likely that one of your responsibilities is coaching your staff. In a poll conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership of its Leading Effectively e-newsletter readers, 70 percent of the 262 respondents said that coaching others is part of their job […]
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A recent post in the Wall Street Journal blog, Independent Street, posed the following question: Executive Coaching - Worth the Money? I am obviously biased, but there are ample hard data and anecdotal data to answer that question in the affirmative. I believe coaching is most effective when it is used for personal […]
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