Goal Setting is Personal
Why do you do anything that you do?
This question came up the other day in a conversation about business and career planning. On the surface it seems quite obvious and the answer is something we all should intrinsically just know. Or so it seems. However, as we dug into it, the answers weren’t all …
Use About.me to Showcase Your Resume
Would you like to showcase your top resume skills and make more connections?
There are several personal portal websites that can help you do that: About.me, Vizify and RebelMouse are just a few.
If you like the simple, better approach, then About.me is the right service to incorporate into your job seeking efforts. The website, …
Effective Listening Strategies for Career Success
You need a listening strategy, because listening is dangerous. No one tells you that. When you get into an interaction, and fail to have a listening strategy, being receptive turns you into a receptacle. You’re just the recipient of other people’s concerns, personality quirks, beliefs, and goals. That means in the meeting, you get demoted …
The Magic Ingredient that Creates a High Performing Workplace
Developing a high-performing workplace is not as mysterious as small business owners make it seem.
So many struggle with getting employees to:
do more than the minimum job requirements to take initiative on their own to get things done to make decisions for which the owner feels they are paying them for to show up…Investing in Your Interview Wardrobe Pays Dividends
The day for your interview has been scheduled. That means you were among the handful of people selected out of dozens of applicants to continue the competition toward the job offer. Not only do you need this job very badly, but also you studied for it thoroughly by preparing yourself for difficult interview questions and …
How to Reinvent Your Career in 2014
For many people, reinvention is front and center in their minds as we enter the New Year. While most focus on losing weight and saving more money, reinvention can also be about your career. Whether you are star employee looking to move up or dealing with a bad reputation, there are multiple ways to reinvent …
The New 3R’s for Business: Representation, Recommendations, Review
Just as reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic were important when we attended elementary school, the new 3R’s, representation, recommendations, and review are equally important for business. Your personal brand ultimately depends upon taking this into very serious consideration.
RepresentationAs you take on new clients, are you giving them 100% of what you promised plus a …
How to Resign without Burning the Bridges
Whether it is for a new position or you are moving to a new location, it is time for you to move on. As a result, you decided to quit from your current position. However, keep in mind that resigning is easy but resigning without burning any bridges is not. Therefore, in order not to …
We Must Like You to Hire You
In all the time I’ve been working, coaching, teaching and speaking: I have never met anyone who is too stupid or uneducated to get the job they really wanted. I’ve never met a business owner or someone who wanted to be an entrepreneur who lacks the intelligence or ability to build the enterprise they really …
Do Less and Get More Business Results in 2014
If you’re reading this blog post, you likely have lofty business resolutions in 2014 but a fixed amount of time to make them happen. A recent study from the University of Scranton states that just 8% of people actually accomplish their New Year’s Resolutions. You, like most Americans, have likely overcommitted. Statistically, you will more …