When You Should Say YES! to the Counteroffer
You have been on the interviews, the hiring company has done its due diligence on you, you have done your due diligence on the company… and the job offer is made!
You like what you see in the offer, you have discussed it with your family and friends and you accept. Over the next week …
Intentions are Important, but Results get Counted
How many times have you said or heard … “But, their intentions were good”
Did you immediately assume whatever they attempted was a failed effort?
Did you think that a giving something “the old college try” is good enough?
Usually when I hear the words “their intentions were good” I start to think … uh …
Small Business Owners: Is Your Personal Brand Suffering?
Everyone read email today.
By the time this post publishes, not everyone will have posted on Facebook, or even tweeted, added to your Snapchat story, pinner something or not had any time to put anything on Instagram – yet today.
Yet, we’ve all read email. In fact, most have read it four times already today. …
4 Ways to Ask For a Flexible Work Schedule
A decade ago, flexible working was considered something of a perk.
Nowadays, with smartphones, tablets and laptops, more and more of us manage to carve out arrangements that allow us to work flexibly in some shape or form.
This might mean working one day per week from home, staggering the commute or doing longer hours …
How to Overcome Office Politics
You’re sitting in the breakroom enjoying your lunch when you overhear your coworker talking about your boss getting fired because he lied to his supervisor. As you listen closely to the conversation, you find the story hard to believe. After lunch, you decide to confront your boss about the situation, and it turns out, it …
Why Your Boss Probably Hates You
As a career coach specializing in communication, I’m presented with a wide spectrum of work stories. Some end in, “I don’t know why my boss hates me.” Variations on this are:
My supervisor hates me The project manager hates me The recruiter seemed to hate me Everybody at work hates meOf course, hate is …
Good-Natured Humor Enhances Your Personal Brand
You should have humor as part of your personal branding – but make sure your humor fits the situation: Choose the right time and place to use suitable, relevant, and brief wittiness. Still, if in doubt, go for it. Good people will be grateful for your attempt to put them at ease.
To ratchet up …
State Your Career Goals in 20 Seconds for Success
You need to be able to state your career objectives in twenty seconds. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a student, a seasoned employee or the CEO, it’s critical that you learn how to communicate clearly, directly and in simple terms about what you currently do, what you aspire to do and what you hope to …
Innovate, Disrupt, Commercialize – Not Necessarily in that Order
There isn’t much new under the sun. However, there are a lot of things that haven’t been commercialized effectively.
What? You might be thinking there are countless things that have yet to be discovered and developed. And I completely agree. In fields ranging from Agri-Business to Robotics to Zero Gravity research there are many, many …
The Burden of a Timely Thank You
I admit it.
Saying “thank you” comes easy to me but being thankful has taken some work.
For some people, being appreciative comes naturally. For others, it takes time and work. We’re all created different, so it goes that we may not all be appreciative of the same things, or at the same time. Regardless, …