Seeking Respect in Interviews Are you seeking respect and backing off your usual style when you first meet someone? I have several new clients whose natural style is to be direct in their communication. In contrast, they have a high need for respect in their dealings with other people, as defined by their Birkman Assessment. […]
I am a Square Peg in the 2nd Half of Life – What Now?
I am a Square Peg and Over 60 Years of Age I admit that I am a square peg! The nice round holes that my corporate masters created for me were a painful fit. I did manage to squeeze myself into those holes and got paid well for it but at what cost? I have […]
Top 10 Most Popular Career Pivot Posts for 2017
Top 10 Career Pivot Posts I wanted to share with you the top 10 Career Pivot posts that were published in 2017. I have published a similar post the last several years. I changed my posting strategy in the middle of 2017 to create new posts every Monday and update a previous post from 3-4 […]
Are You Discouraged Pursuing Millennial Job Opportunities
Millennial Job Opportunities Millennial job opportunities are exactly what some of you are pursuing in your attempt to reinvent yourself. What I have been hearing is you are getting pretty discouraged. Many of you are pursuing career opportunities that target the millennials and are wondering why you are not being selected and if you are […]
Is Telecommuting Good or Bad for Your Career
Telecommuting and Your Career Recently, the Austin Business Journal had a poll about telecommuting called Would You Be A Good Telecommuter? This a hot topic, as we now have Los Angeles-like traffic in Austin. The question about telecommuting is not whether it would be good for you, but whether it would be good for your […]
Mentors – Both Formal and Informal
Mentors Do you have one or more mentors? My one regret from early in my career was I did not seek out mentors. I regret not having someone who could guide me when there was a fork in the road. I have encountered multiple of these forks in my career, and I did not always […]
People at Work – A Blessing or a Curse?
People at Work Do you like the people you work with? Do you like your team? I just had a conversation with a gentleman who left his last two jobs because of the people he worked with. Job #1 – He was a contractor and was told to do his job. He was not privy […]
