This is the story of Sergei and Tony. Both of them served in World War II. When they came home, they chose their life’s work in the same way.
They looked at projections of what the “best jobs” would be in the years ahead. My guess is that the lists they looked at resembled the one [...]
“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
John Wooden
Coaching has been around as long as anyone can really remember. Executives have always had trusted advisors, mentors, Board Members and outside confidants to help them succeed. Mostly it has been informal but in the last few [...]
In the past few articles, I’ve spent a good amount of time discussing how to choose keywords for websites. The next logical question concerns what is to do with these keywords.
Most people focus all their energy putting the keywords within the body of the website. This is good. The body of a website is the [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about interview deception, youngsters versus oldsters in [...]
One of the most interesting things about marketing is that it constantly offers a multitude of choices and options. There’s never a lack of things to try or things to improve.
Sometimes that leads to paralysis. Marketers and business owners just don’t know what to do next.
But some decisions are really no-brainers. Here are three. I’ve [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: public speaking
Competency: oral presentations
Who benefits: those who make oral presentation or public presentations
Consultant Usage: self-development or coaching tool
What’s it about? One of my all time favorite opinion polls was conducted many years ago by a major newspaper in London. Can’t remember which one, but never could forget the results. The poll [...]
“I didn’t even realize it was Ellen,” Beth said, “she was crying so hard.”
There are good ways and bad ways to handle layoffs. Ellen’s was especially brutal.
She had joined the company after college, done well, and risen to a high middle manager position. She was in financial services, so she knew that everyone was at [...]
Making sense of what occurs in human systems or how they change or the most effective way to lead them or which design is most productive is fraught with difficulty. Yet, nothing is more important in today’s world for creating healthy organizations and healthy people. Because we lack a lot of convincing evidence, based on [...]
“A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.”
Ara Parasheghian
I really wanted to believe that Santa Claus was real.
I really wanted to believe the tooth fairy was the Federal Reserve.
I really wanted to believe that leaders are made and not born.
I really wanted to believe that coaching [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about online search firms, social media and [...]