Don’t Ignore That “Little Voice”…Pay Attention to These Signals Before Taking The Job (As featured on Live, Lead, Play) Your level of success in any career transition may depend on your “fit” in relation to your boss and the organizational business culture. How can you tell if you’re going to be thriving, growing, and effective or despairing, disengaging, and diminished? Sometimes we’re so eager to take a new job, close the deal, and “win” the offer, that we may ignore signals that predict whether the next opportunity will be a great career move or a regretted choice. Perhaps 07/18/2017
(As featured on Live, Lead, Play) Your level of success in any career transition may depend on your “fit” in relation to your boss and the organizational business culture. How can you tell if you’re going to be thriving, growing, and effective or despairing, disengaging, and diminished? Sometimes we’re so eager to take a new job, close the deal, and “win” the offer, that we may ignore signals that predict whether the next opportunity will be a great career move or a regretted choice. Perhaps
Find your career purpose by working for a nonprofit (As featured in the North Bay Business Journal) Julie is an Ivy League MBA graduate. While working at a mid-level position in a well-known investment bank, she received a fellowship to work in K-12 education to increase innovation. Julie is bored with investment banking and intrigued by a possible career transition to nonprofit work to develop new approaches to education. But she wonders if she could actually make a decent living pursuing her interests. Julie is like many mid-career business 07/04/2017
(As featured in the North Bay Business Journal) Julie is an Ivy League MBA graduate. While working at a mid-level position in a well-known investment bank, she received a fellowship to work in K-12 education to increase innovation. Julie is bored with investment banking and intrigued by a possible career transition to nonprofit work to develop new approaches to education. But she wonders if she could actually make a decent living pursuing her interests. Julie is like many mid-career business
From Manager to Leader As Featured on Future of Talent Institute One of the great career transition challenges is to grow from being a project manager to a leader. The skills and attitudes we learn to become proficient in “getting stuff done” and bringing a team to successfully conclude a project can work against us as others evaluate different criteria: emotional intelligence, motivating others, and turning what others may see as conflict and hindrances into opportunities. The career journey from worker to project 05/10/2017
As Featured on Future of Talent Institute One of the great career transition challenges is to grow from being a project manager to a leader. The skills and attitudes we learn to become proficient in “getting stuff done” and bringing a team to successfully conclude a project can work against us as others evaluate different criteria: emotional intelligence, motivating others, and turning what others may see as conflict and hindrances into opportunities. The career journey from worker to project
Where Do You See Yourself in 3 Years? How to Create Your Future...Now As Published on Live, Lead, Play IS THIS YOU? Jane is a highly educated and accomplished 40-year-old, who has attended some of the United States’ top-ranked undergraduate and graduate universities. She works in a boutique consulting firm specializing in strategic planning in non-profit organizations in one of the most prestigious cities in the country. From all objective measures, Jane has it all. Despite all of this, she feels unhappy, unfulfilled, and unchallenged in her current career. 04/18/2017
As Published on Live, Lead, Play IS THIS YOU? Jane is a highly educated and accomplished 40-year-old, who has attended some of the United States’ top-ranked undergraduate and graduate universities. She works in a boutique consulting firm specializing in strategic planning in non-profit organizations in one of the most prestigious cities in the country. From all objective measures, Jane has it all. Despite all of this, she feels unhappy, unfulfilled, and unchallenged in her current career.
Be Smart. The 3 "Soft Skills" That Make You Valuable John’s a successful, handsome, affable, strong male in his mid-30s, who has a winning smile and wise eyes. He reveals to me his Gremlin—the recurring narrative we each carry telling us we’re not “good enough” to get what we really want. John’s gremlin tells him he’s not smart enough. Being a University lecturer for 30 years, I’m acutely aware of how intimidating the classroom can be for students who may feel inadequate “to make the grade” they believe is expected of them. So, I can resonate 04/10/2017
John’s a successful, handsome, affable, strong male in his mid-30s, who has a winning smile and wise eyes. He reveals to me his Gremlin—the recurring narrative we each carry telling us we’re not “good enough” to get what we really want. John’s gremlin tells him he’s not smart enough. Being a University lecturer for 30 years, I’m acutely aware of how intimidating the classroom can be for students who may feel inadequate “to make the grade” they believe is expected of them. So, I can resonate
