Read Lean In or attend a panel discussion of successful executives and you often hear things like, “Then I was offered the opportunity to …” or “Then I was asked to join…”. It can leave the best of us wondering, “What am I doing wrong that I am not in such demand?” What they don’t tell you …
Your Story – Why it’s Key to Getting a Job You Love A recent client took a shot at giving me her elevator pitch, and it sounded like this, “Seven years at X bank, an internship at Y bank, all in selling financial products with good results.” Even with how much I like her …
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It’s amazing how consistently I see job-seekers make these mistakes. It’s not that they aren’t talented or smart — it’s that (please listen up!) job search and career management are a separate job from the job you do. It’s frustrating but true. Doing a job without learning the tools of career management means you are …
The response to the Career GPS offer has been fantastic! It looks like summer is, in fact, a good time to think about career. To share more about my approach, I am offering an exercise I call “Jump Starting Your Value Proposition.” When we know and trust what we are good at, others see our …
Summer is a fantastic time to do the groundwork for your next career move! It’s also the time we want to relax and feel free. I get it. Which is why this summer I am offering the laser focus version of my Career GPS program, so you can stop putting it off, and start following …
Last Tuesday I attended the International Coach Federation’s Prism Award event where talent development and coaching experts had a robust discussion on trends. In the room were top coaches. On the panel were heads of Talent Development from PVH Corp, Google, Comcast, GSK, ESPN, Coca-Cola and Prudential, all of whom have in-house “universities” that include robust coaching …
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Do you ever find that you beat yourself up, only to realize later that it wasn’t that bad? With a bit of understanding, you can skip the beating up part and get back to being productive. This week I was explaining to my kids that Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, and it comes …
In a career, there’s no guarantee you’ll make it without sacrificing what matters most. What you can do is create a roadmap that reduces uncertainty and puts you in control. You gain influence that lets you impact others. You gain confidence to follow your path successfully. You gain the knowhow to manage your career on …
The biggest frustration I hear from my HR business partners is around selling talent development to management and having a seat at the corporate strategy table. Selling talent development and coaching is no easy task. We know it works. Yet the benefits are difficult to measure, and reports that do exist tend to come from …
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I recently started working with a stylist. Leaving corporate life, having two kids, starting a business, reintegrating to corporate life and getting eight years older can leave a girl in need of some guidance. It has been wonderful. Before working with Karen, I found myself spending time and money on things that ended up hanging, …
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