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Working for a micromanager

Dear Joan:
I am in a bit of a tough situation. I’ve been working in
this mid-size company in a mid-level position since little over a
year. Due to a lot of company wide-politics and new...

Career Success Tip: The Importance of "Face Time" With Your Boss

Actively seek out opportunities over the
course of each week -- several times -- to spend
substantive/quality one-on-one time with your boss, manager or
direct supervisor.  Use those opportunities...

An Action Tip for Dealing with Procrastination

We ALL procrastinate on things.  There are always items
on our "to do" list, whether written down or in our head, that we
KNOW we need to take care of, but we've continued to put off. 
Begin...

Performance review - tips for writing your self assessment

Dear Joan:
My performance review is coming up in a few weeks and I would
like to ask you a question about something that has me ill at ease.
Last week my boss asked me if I would fill out a ‘self
assessment,"...

Describe Your Ideal Work Environment

Have you ever been asked to describe your ideal work
environment? What do they want to hear? What if I describe
something that they cannot provide? Isn't this a no-win
question?
As I have indicated...

The skill that separates

If you want others to care about what you have to
say—care about what they have to say!
Two highly accomplished lawyers are sitting at the bar at Sparks
Steakhouse in New York....

Creating good decisions

The best litmus test for whether a problem is simple or complex
comes from the book Making Things Happen. If the problem takes a
long time to describe, it's complex. If not, it's simple.
For...

When your employer’s promises turn out to be "smoke & mirrors"

Dear Joan:
I accepted my current position four years ago, with the
understanding I would be promoted after a one year "mentoring"
period.  That promotion never came and it now appears it...

Where Did We Go Right?

Career Success - 3 Surprisingly Simple Ways to Bullet
Proof Your Career
In all the years that I have been working as a career and job
coach I am always amazed at how many managers tell me they...