Networking with a purpose!
When I work with individuals on career coaching, we often have a discussion about networking. Here’s the concept: To expand the possibilities of taking your career where you want it, […]
Fear paralysis
I had a wonderful discussion with about 75 people in Europe yesterday, talking about career planning. An excellent question was raised about being paralyzed by fear – fear of job […]
Become a child
I read an interesting column in the Dale Carnegie Training Newsletter entitled To Be a Champion, Become a Child. It’s a very straightforward explanation of how your mindset affects your […]
Create some space
I’m extremely gratified by the response to last week’s post, but this time I have something a little tougher to talk about. Which is this: If you life is absolutely […]
Take 2 minutes from the pressure to read this
This is the most pressure-filled, stressful environment that I’ve ever seen. And I’ve been around a few years. Clearly, we’re not going to be able to sustain this intensity for […]
What world-class talent do you have hidden within yourself?
Oh, I’m such a sucker for the Olympics. What touches me is the idea that ordinary talent becomes truly extraordinary when you work hard.
The tangible and intangible progress
I just wrapped up a great discussion with my coach from which I learned a lot. I had an insight which will serve me well in my coaching role: In […]
Congruency
I was taught, beginning in my teen years, that each of us has multiple masks that we wear – different personalities that we adopt in different contexts. Certainly, I know […]
How cool is that???
I had a chance this week to see a great speaker, Brad Montgomery. He bills himself as a humorist, which he is, but his message was very relevant to our […]
Where’s your career headed?
I had a chance to give a presentation to a bunch of great people in a company in the UK this week, about career development. Like all the rest of us, […]