Creating a Values Driven Career
Dart Lindsley has been designing how to make work more rewarding and productive at Cisco for 18 years and now doing so at Google. He is one of the best managers whom you have ever heard. Listen to his perspective to understand good management and managers in a whole different way: Learn the four dimensions…
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Knowing how to change careers is valuable. We are now at a historic inflection point where many more people are reevaluating how they want to work and what changes are possible. That trend is your friend. More people are quitting their jobs and looking for other opportunities. Yet, there are more jobs and opportunities to create work available to…
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How might a small shift in the way you communicate in your relationships change your life? Active listening is an important tool for creating conversations and relationships to affect change (both internal and external change)! Conversations are more than just speaking, after all. Whether you’re wanting to learn how to better communicate with your kids, or…
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Do you wish your job had more flexible working hours? Or even a 4-day work week? Do you find yourself constantly saying, “I don’t want to go back to the office!”? We are, now, are in a historical inflection point with a collective reconsideration of who we are, what we care about, what we want to do…
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With the easing of restrictions and calls for business professionals to come back to work physically, the prospect of office parties, networking gatherings, and business conferences may add to the anxiety and ambivalence you may already have about social interactions. Many people hate these mixers as a necessary evil to doing their jobs, but now,…
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Are you anxious that you cannot foresee how to sustain career and job security moving forward in this time of great upheaval? If so, you’re not alone in wanting to future-proof your career. The pandemic has heightened uncertainty and anxiety around jobs, relationships, and finances. While it’s normal to be worried, these feelings can hinder…
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Loyalty and betrayal are basic values that define our relationships, based on the continuum between the two. Many people in careers spend most of their waking hours working in organizations with people they come to depend on. So, when matters go awry based on misunderstandings or events beyond your control, you may feel especially vulnerable…
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Whether you’ve been looking for a job for a while now, or only started since the coronavirus pandemic, you might feel overwhelmed by your job search. Perhaps nothing can instill more anxiety in a career than the job search and interviewing process, whether it’s you or your spouse trying to find a job. Like perpetual first dates,…
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I am often asked about the usefulness of an MBA. Having taught in several MBA university programs (15 years at San Francisco State University among others) and seen career trajectories of many MBA graduates—including my older son who is well into 15 years in his career—I have my own and observed experience[JS1] [JS2] . First, you can…
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