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Your Move … And What You Can Do About It

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, [...]

[ More ] December 9th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Leadership & Wellness |

List Mania

If he were still alive, I’m betting Ray Charles would have another hit with this little ditty, sung to the tune of “Crying Time.”
Oh it’s survey time again, we’re gonna learn who
Is the best leadership company of all.
But I can tell by the lists I see before me
That this one’s different from the one last [...]

[ More ] December 8th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |

Life Unbalanced

“Just because you’re not sick doesn’t mean you’re healthy.” 

Author Unknown

Results of a new study from the University of Maryland confirm what working parents already know — the expanded work week is undermining family life. In a study of over 500 employees in a Fortune 500 company, researchers concluded that long hours at work increase [...]

[ More ] December 6th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Leadership & Wellness |

12/4/09: Top Career Posts this Week

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 dealing with holes in your resume, [...]

[ More ] December 4th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |

How Did That Happen?

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way
Competencies: trust, conflict management, two-way feedback, performance management, coaching, interpersonal effectiveness, empowering others
Who benefits: employees at all levels
Consultant Usage: must read for all executive coaches, counselors, should read by organizational consultants
What’s it about? Let’s begin with my disclaimer.  [...]

[ More ] December 2nd, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Leadership & Wellness |

Intuition Sucks – That’s Why We Test

Recently I sat in on a presentation by Ronny Kohavi, GM for Microsoft’s Experimentation Platform. The talk was called Top Seven Testing Pitfalls.  Among other things, it gave me some good ammo to share with you on the subject of why constant testing is so critical.
As a lifelong marketer, I am thrilled – thrilled – [...]

[ More ] December 2nd, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in B2B Marketing |

Can you fit yourself to a T?

In his book, Good to Great, Jim Collins borrows the concept of foxes and hedgehogs from Isaiah Berlin. “The fox knows many things,” he tells us. “But the hedgehog knows one big thing.”
If you are a fox, and good at a lot of things, you may find it hard to get a job. Your resume [...]

[ More ] December 1st, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |

How Holidays and Vacations Make you Sick and What to do About it.

I woke up this morning with a tickle in my throat that has developed into a painful sore throat. This is a familiar beginning of a cold or flu will likely hit me full force tomorrow… Today is the Sunday of my Thanksgiving break and impending sickness must be my punishment for enjoying four peaceful [...]

[ More ] November 30th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Productivity |

Measuring How Successful You Are: The Personal Success Scorecard

“I couldn’t wait for success, so I went ahead without it.”
Jonathan Winters

In a lot of my executive coaching we discuss performance, effectiveness and success.  Some executives perceive they are wildly successful using only a narrow way of defining their life–with work being the most important factor despite having poor health, broken family relationships and a [...]

[ More ] November 29th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Leadership & Wellness |

11/27/09: Top Career Posts this Week

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 taking care of yourself, deciding when [...]

[ More ] November 27th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Career & Mentoring |