Lifelong Education As knowledge is shared more widely around the world, you need to constantly stay updated on new information. A college degree or professional certifications are undoubtedly valuable in the course of a career, but they don’t provide a fraction of the learning that’s available to you. Graduating from school shouldn’t mean that your […]
Are You Leaving an Abusive Relationship, I Mean, Job?
Leaving an Abusive Job is Like Leaving an Abusive Relationship I have two clients who left abusive work environments. Both show signs of recovering from an abusive relationship. I want to tell you their stories and get your feedback. Denise’s Story Denise worked for the same company for over 15 years. She rose up through […]
3 Treatments for Make Stuff Up Disorder
Make Stuff Up Disorder I introduced Make Stuff Up Disorder (MSU) several weeks ago in the post, Do You Suffer from Make Stuff Up Disorder? We all suffer from this disorder from time to time. If you say, I do not make stuff up in my head under stress…well, I do not believe you. This […]
Are you Staying in a Job you Should Quit? – Guest Post
Are you Staying in a Job you Should Quit? So, you’re fed up at work and dream of the day you explain to your boss, ever so eloquently, that you won’t be coming back. Yet day after day after day, you continue to do just that. Are you crazy?!? Even though it takes guts to […]
Failure Is Not an Option Is Total BS
Failure Is Not an Option is Total BS Those of us who grew up during the race for space are familiar with the phrase, “failure is not an option.” Gene Kranz wrote the book Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond. The phrase was immortalized in the movie Apollo […]
Recovering from My 3 Biggest Career Mistakes
Recovering from My 3 Biggest Career Mistakes In my last post, I chronicled My 3 Biggest Career Mistakes. I want to discuss how I went about recovering from those mistakes and give you a model to follow. If you have not read that post, please go read it now. Recovering from Reinvention Failure I have […]
My 3 Biggest Career Mistakes
Biggest Mistakes I have made many mistakes in my career. This is the first post in a two-part series. In this article, I will chronicle my biggest mistakes, then next Monday, I will write about how I recovered and what I learned from these experiences. So, let’s get started! I Was Seduced by a Former […]
What Motivates You? Most Likely, Your Boss Does NOT Know!
What Motivates You? What motivates you to be the best that you can be at work? I can almost guarantee you that your boss does not know the answer to that. This post was prompted by an article I shared last week. I got a flood of comments from the following article: 95% of Managers […]
Are you a Multipotentialite?
Multipotentialite? I was introduced to the term multipotentialite by a prospective client last week. You are probably thinking, “What the….yet another classification, just another way to put me into a box.” One thing I can say after giving close to 300 Birkman assessment feedback sessions as part of my Career Pivot evaluation over the last […]
