The Career You'll Love

What’s the next step in your career?

The way you answer this question says a lot about how you relate to your work – whether it’s pulling you or pushing you.

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“If you speak like that, maybe some day you can lead of church of 10 or 12 people!”

These words stung badly. (more…)

In 1955, the American Friends Service Committee used a phrase, Speaking Truth To Power, which conveys a quite useful concept. The idea is that it’s difficult to talk about harsh truths to those who have power over you, especially if that might be perceived as criticism.

This is useful in the workplace as well.

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I still remember clearly the day, probably 25 years ago, where I reacted to someone’s comment – in front of a group – with, “That’s bullshit, Fred!”

I have to explain that I learned MANY years ago that profanity in the workplace was unacceptable. I left that behind when I got my first career job. The group had never heard one blue word from me before. So why might it be appropriate to react with that much force, especially in front of a group?

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ASTD-NRC: Northern Rockies Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development

Join us on January 20th for this skills-focused work session where Carl Dierschow will explain to us the five powerful principles of Leadership Coaching.  This will change the way you coach those who work with you – both as a team and as individuals.  Your group will see increased focus, clarity, and creativity as a result of applying these principles. As a champion of human development for your organization, these principles will also help you to develop future leaders who are expert at aligning people to create a future they never thought possible.  We’ll have a chance to practice new skills with dynamic exercises, and build powerful intentions for change in our key work relationships. Carl Dierschow is a Certified Small Fish Business Coach located in Fort Collins.  He has over ten years experience in organizational coaching, having created and led the internal community of practice for coaching in Hewlett-Packard.  Small Fish Business Coaching provides assessment and business management coaching for owners of small businesses who want to rapidly accelerate achievement of key business goals. Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:30 am – 1:30 pm The Moot House on South College, Fort Collins, CO $15 NRC Members and Partners/ $25 Nonmember Register Here

This is the time of year when we explore and celebrate the “scary” side of our culture. But it’s generally done in such a light-hearted way these days that it’s really not scary at all – everyone knows it’s put on for show.

Here’s a tough question: What REALLY scares you? For real?

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You might have been dreaming about starting your own company. Since I now have some experience with this, and worked with others who have launched out in this direction, I thought it might be good to let you know what I’ve learned.

The logistics of starting a company are fairly straightforward, and there’s lots of help you can get. Do your homework, hook up with seasoned advisors, and you’re set.

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For whatever reason, it seems that expectations and commitments grow without limit. There’s an infinite number of things to work on, to worry about. Not only that, but the things you DO work on sometimes don’t go as planned.

At some point you have to admit that you’re not superhuman.

Here’s the key question to ask yourself: Five years from now, will it matter?

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Unless you’ve ever been an independent contractor, you may have a warped view of how it’s different from being an employee. On the surface, it appears that both contractors and employees might do the same work. The employee gets lower pay (per hour) in return for job security, while the contractor gets higher pay (per hour) and the ability to work for multiple customers.

That’s a much too simplistic view, and could cause you to make some bad decisions about your career choices.

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