Look, Taste and Smell Like You When making your next career move, the first thing you should do is find people who look, taste, and smell like you who are doing the kind of work you want to do. This is particularly true if your industry is in decline and you need to make a […]
Podcast #181 – Marc interview Wendy Marx, author of Thriving at 50+: The 7 Principles to Reinvent and Rebrand Yourself Description: Wendy Marx is a marketing and branding authority sought after for her ability to turn virtually unknown people into brands of distinction. As founder and president of Thriving at 50 Plus, her proprietary coaching […]
What is the Pandemic Changing in the World? The COVID-19 pandemic is changing just about everything. It is getting us to re-evaluate our lives, businesses, relationships, how we spend our money and time, and what is important in life. To me, that feels like just about everything. This post was largely inspired by Josh Bersin’s […]
Do You Know When to ‘Throw in the Towel?’ Sometimes you have to know when to ‘throw in the towel’ and move in a new direction. I know, I know, some of you are saying that this is being a quitter – or more importantly, admitting that you are a failure. Well, that is BS. […]
Podcast #180 – Marc interviews Wendy Mayhew, Author of WISER: The Definitive Guide to Starting a Business After the Age of 50 Description: Author Wendy Mayhew has been an entrepreneur for 40 years. Her most recent businesses are WISE – Seniors in Business and WISE 50 over 50 Awards. WISE – Seniors in Business was […]
Mindset and Belief Systems We all have mindsets and belief systems that proved useful in the first half of life. I am squarely in the second half of life and that mindset no longer works for me. Over the last couple of years, many of my mindsets and belief systems have been challenged. My wife […]
Positive Steps after a Layoff? I originally wrote this post on positive steps after a layoff back in 2013 after there was a massive resource action at IBM. It was updated back in 2017 and republished as I was seeing a large number of small layoffs. You may choose to call this a RIF (Reduction […]
Podcast #179 – Marc works with “Phil” (not his real name) to pivot his career in the last of four episodes. Description: This is a 4-episode series where the first 2 episodes comprise the first feedback session. The next 2 episodes are the 2nd and 3rd feedback sessions. I do not record the 4th feedback […]
Turning 64 – Will You Still Need Me When I am 64? I am turning 64 during the worst health crisis in my lifetime. Of course, being a child of the 60s, my mind immediately goes to the lyrics of the Beatles classic song When I’m Sixty Four. When I turned 60 I wrote about […]
Buyout Package Have you – or has someone you know – been offered a buyout package? If you work for a large multi-national corporation or the US federal government, the answer is probably “yes”. As I update this post for the COVID-19 pandemic, that offer may be delayed until later in the year due the […]
