I just finished reading Daniel Pink’s new book, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need. I loved this little book, which is written in the Japanese manga style.  It’s similar to a comic book in that it uses illustrations to tell the story with very little text.  Manga is very […]

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I remember the advice I got early in my career. It was something like, “The thing to do is get a job with a big, stable company with good benefits and a pension and stay there until your retire.” It was pretty good advice, given the business landscape in the U.S. during the […]

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As promised, here is the second part of the article, Where to Get Noticed, by author Jill Lublin. If you missed part 1, you can read it here.
Where to - GET NOTICED!
Part II
Organizations
OK, now you know that you have to take action and begin. The question is where do you start? Consider organizational events. […]

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Whether you are a business owner, a wanna-be entrepreneur, or work for someone else, you need to be out there. But, where is “there?”
Networking is an essential activity for growing your business and your career. Increasing your visibility will help you stay viable in today’s business climate. To get you started and […]

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In the past month, I’ve heard about two former computer programmers who left the corporate life behind to live out their dreams as song writer/musicians. Having worked with a lot of computer programmers and systems engineers over the years, I know that many of them are talented musicians. And, of that group, I […]

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The May 2008 issue of the Leading Effectively newsletter from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) deals with women in leadership. Here’s an interesting tidbit, the term ‘glass ceiling’ was coined by journalists Carol Hymowitz and Timothy Schellhardt in 1986. A lot has changed in 22 years, but women still lag far behind […]

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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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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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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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