Losing your job must be one of life’s more painful experiences. Whether you are the subject of what HR specialists like to call a large scale reduction in force or you fall victim of cost containment or a reduction in funding, the dramatic, unchosen transition from...
Where do you stand on the now famous publicizing of embarrassing diplomatic gossip? Is it a treacherous, malicious act of betrayal of those who spoke frankly under the cover of diplomatic immunity by those who revealed what they said? Or, is it a welcome...
Back in the day, when Facebook, Linked In, Twitter and all the other social media platforms were just a twinkle in someone’s eye – can you believe it, I am talking about ten years or so ago? – people used to have to know good, old-fashioned communication skills. Such...
One applicable concept is The Art of “Enrollment”, which is the ability to persuade or influence others that what you have to offer is the answer to their problems.
Readers of this blog probably fall into one of the following categories: - you are actively looking for a new position - you are considering the next stage of your career - you are looking to hire someone for your organization - you lead an...
Mindful of accusations of naivety or over-simplification of the human condition, Dr. Fredrickson does not deny the necessity of negative emotions. But, she has shown that the ratio of negative to positive emotions is about 1 to 3 if we want to navigate effectively through life. So, if you find yourself feeling frustrated or angry, you need to compensate by having three positive emotions to avoid each bad feeling dragging you down.
By chance more than planning, I have found myself delivering Career Development seminars to MBA students in Massachusetts and California in the past week. The first group with whom I worked were all women wanting to follow an entrepreneurial path, and the second...
Renee was the consummate professional. For ten years, her career was the model of upward mobility. Yes, she had had a slow start, but after her first couple of jobs trying things out, she accepted an entry-level position and soon hit her stride. She was eager to...