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Accountability in the New Year

The holidays are over; it’s a new month, a new year. In a
sense, the new year provides us with a clean slate, a fresh start,
there’s a newness of where we are heading or what we could...

3 Keys to a Successful Start in a New Job

Whether you are new in role within your current organization or
new to the organization, it is important to get off to a strong
start. In each situation, there are three steps you can employ...

Procrastination: The Beast That Eats Your Rainbow

Simple procrastination… simple failure to achieve our
dreams might have been best said by Ben Franklin: "You may delay,
but time will not.”

The term, procrastination, that insidious,...

Managing Change: Using Personal Power to Influence and Persuade

As demands increase to discover innovative ways for managing
explosive change, it has become necessary to persuade and influence
others as never before. Everyone should take some time to
understand...

The Bottom Line on Competitive Sales Presentation Skills

 
Everyone has to sell, and most people hate it. If you
don’t sell in the classic sense, then you’re selling
people on your ideas, or selling yourself. The very idea of selling
sounds...

Is a Management Career Right for You?

Are you thinking about moving into management with your company?
Before you ask your boss for the promotion, it’s a good idea
to spend some time thinking about whether or not you are management
material....

What are You Insecure About?

“I think seventy-five percent of all the dysfunction in
companies stems from some degree of insecurity,” my friend
announced the other day. It wasn’t hard to see where her
conclusion...

Are You Angry About Your Career?

Are you angry? Angry about the economy, your career, job, or
boss? Angry that things are not going your way in your career, as
planned, or expected? There could be a lot to cause anger these
days....

Skills Are Not Enough to Keep You Hired

Technical skills can get you hired, but even great technical
skills can’t keep you hired. Without at least a passable
grade in communication and interpersonal skills, your career can
derail.

Consider...

Your Career-No Man is an Island

Are you someone who likes to ask for help or someone
who prefers to do everything alone? What's the difference? One way
makes your career easier and the other prolongs the process if you
are...

What Do You Believe About Your Career?

 Some people talk about "belief" as this thing that only
works for people who are successful. Ask these successful people
what drives their success, and they'll often mention positive
thinking...

Maybe You Did Fail In Your Career. So What?

 Is there something you've done in your
career that you feel bad about? Did you make decisions or
recommendations that resulted in the loss of your job or someone
else's? Did you say the...

Want to Hate Your Next Job Less?

It isn’t the work – It is the
place…How to figure out what it might be like to work there
before you work there!Have you ever started a new job that
was supposed to be great...

Are You Making A Difference In Your Career?

Many people I speak with tell me they want to make a difference.
They want to contribute at work, do more, and make an impact in
their career. But when asked if they are making that difference,
the...

Branding Yourself - Digital Identity for Career Growth

When it comes to branding strategies for career advancement,
there are several exciting ways for today’s job seeker to
create a unique presence and establish a digital identity.
Online...

The Relationship of "Purpose" to Long-Term Success

To truly succeed, you need a clear purpose, and everyone in
your organization must know it. Yet too often a quest for money and
short-term success gets in the way. The dangerous practice of
focusing...

How To Really Move Forward In Your Career

People come to me all the time because they are unhappy in
their careers and are not sure what to do about it. They tell me
the reasons they don't have what they want; the economy, their
company;...

Personal Branding - Engage Your Senses

Think of your brand in terms of what the customer gains when
it is viewed by each of his or her five senses – hearing,
seeing, tasting, smelling and touching. In a nutshell your brand is
the...

The Warning Signs of Career Disaster

Many of us have recurring dreams. Mine is that I'm driving down
the freeway and can't read the road signs until I've missed an
important exit. Fortunately, it's just a dream. But many people
have...

Tomorrow Will Be A Better Day

Your career has its ups and downs. We all have or have had
career slumps and they do pass. If you are feeling "slumpish" these
days, know that you will look back one day and recognize the
valuable...

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