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 gauging relationships, your name in personal [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Competency Development – Part II
Competency: self-development
Who benefits: employees at all levels, those seeking to enter or reenter the workforce
Consultant Usage: reference material
What’s it about? Today I continue with the second part of a three part series devoted to suggesting workplace competencies and listing one or two of my all time references for [...]
It’s a typical frantic, modern Christmas season, full of parties and errands and things to buy. It was simpler for the Cratchits.
You probably remember the Cratchits from Dickens’ Christmas Carol. Poor Bob Cratchit worked for the man who has given his name to anti-revelry, no-joy, cheapness: Ebenezer Scrooge.
Cratchit didn’t make much working for Scrooge, about [...]
“I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.”
Lee Iacocca
Some guide dogs seem to be almost “robotic” but not very warm and lovable. They are easily trained and go on to have a wonderful technical career but once they retire its hard to place them with the long waiting list [...]
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 starting the New Year with a [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Competency Development – Part I
Competency: self-development
Who benefits: employees at all levels, those seeking to enter or reenter the workforce
Consultant Usage: reference material
What’s it about? I started to put together an end-of-the-year list of the top ten best business books of all time (as determined by me ). Somehow the [...]
It’s the Holiday Season here in the US. There are parties and gift buying and taking time to be with family. And there’s job hunting, too.
If you’re looking for a new job, the holidays present some special challenges. Your mission is to adapt your job hunt to the conditions of the season.
The business world slows [...]
“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go but ought to be.”
Rosalyn Carter
Ajax, our guide dog puppy in training, just passed his AKC Canine Good Citizens test at 9 months (a bit of surprise because he still like to greet dogs he meets [...]
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 new ways to do resumes, different [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Your Next Move: The Leader’s Guide to Successfully Navigating Major Career Transitions
Competencies: career development, self development
Who benefits: employees on a vertical climb
Consultant Usage: career counseling, executive coaching
What’s it about? This is a very narrowly written book, so this review is not for every reader. If it is not for you, [...]