3 Signs You Are Institutionalized Are you institutionalized like Brooks in The Shawshank Redemption? Brooks was a convict who was being paroled after having been in prison for 50 years. The thought of leaving was so overwhelming, that he attacks a fellow prisoner so he can remain in prison. “Red” (played by Morgan Freeman) explains: […]
US Educational System is Broken – Let Me Explain!
United States Educational System is Broken I am passionate about our educational system—and disappointed with its failings. I just finished reading a Washington Post article called Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous. Fareed Zakaria wrote: If Americans are united in any conviction these days, it is that we urgently need to shift the […]
How to Find Work Flexibility in Your Next Career [Guest Post]
Flexibility in Your Next Career For years, you worked in the same industry, happily clocking into the office each and every day. But now, things are different. While you would still like to keep working, you’re looking for a little more flexibility—and a lot more work-life balance—in your life. That’s where a flexible job comes […]
Re-entering the Workforce – Marketable Skills After 50 [Guest Post]
Marketable Skills After 50 Are you over 50, re-entering the workforce, and wondering about your marketable skills? There are those of you who have served as housewives; still others, who raised their children, then raised other people’s children. You may have taken extended time off to care for a parent. You who have lived great […]
Boomers Working for Millennials: Finding common ground! [Guest Post]
Boomers Working for Millenials If you are a baby boomer, you probably have children that are millennials. Do you network with people your kid’s age? Could you see yourself working for a millennial in the near future? Have you incorporated millennials into your job search network? If you have not, you should, and here is […]
Working for a Family Owned Business – Pros and Cons
Family Owned Business Have you considered going to work for a family owned business? These businesses have their own special qualities. What prompted me to write about this was an e-mail I received after I posted my LinkedIn Publisher post, Are You a Perfect Fit for the Job? Then You Will Not Get It! The […]
The Illusion of Job Security
The Illusion of Job Security Job security was something I was raised to attain. I was raised to be an employee to work for a father-like company that would take care of me. After 30 or 40 years there, I would retire and ride off into the sunset. Job security is something that used to […]
Career Reinvention – A Model for Change
Career Reinvention I thought of the term Career Reinvention while listening to a Marshall Goldsmith coaching webinar. He talked about facilitating organizational change. The principles he discussed are directly transferable to career reinvention. He used the model to the right to guide organizations through organizational change. We can apply this same model for career reinvention. […]
Workplace Communications – Generational Differences
Workplace Communications Workplace communications have changed dramatically in my lifetime. When I started working as a programmer in Chicago in the mid-1970s, I had a phone on my desk. If I wanted to talk to my boss, I would call him and his secretary would often answer his phone. If he was not there, she […]
