Could you use your weekend to be more productive, not by cramming it full of work, but in other ways? Time away from the office is an important aspect of productivity. For a start, that’s when we get to choose for ourselves how we spend our time. Often, however, when it gets to Monday morning […]
We’ve all heard of (or seen firsthand) people doing some pretty crazy things at work. Truth is, you don’t have to throw a chair through a window or quit in the middle of a presentation to cause irreparable damage to your career. No matter how talented you are or what you’ve accomplished, there are certain […]
When I served as a therapist for a number of years after earning my Masters in marriage and family therapy, I had a window into the private, secret lives of hundreds of people grappling with life’s most serious challenges. I found then, as I see in my daily life and coaching work today, that lying […]
Over the course of my work as a career coach, I’ve had some exceptional clients. While I typically help eager job hunters get more clarity and job offers, I felt inspired to work with a young woman named Amy, who didn’t fit my usual profile. Amy wasn’t concerned about landing a job, she was becoming […]
They came of age during tough economic times — student debt has reached an all-time high and the job market is more competitive than ever. Millennial men make more than millennial women in all but one state — New York. While this is bad news for the millennial generation as a whole, it is especially […]
You can learn everything you need to learn in order to achieve anything, but you can never change your leadership until you change your rituals. Rituals can strengthen and spotlight the values, intentions, and experiences you have chosen to live by; they and can be useful when we are trying to figure out what is […]
Mark Goulston spent two years role-playing for a living. He’d pretend to be a suicidal policeman, holding a gun to his neck, threatening to take his own life. Mark Goulston, a former FBI hostage negotiation trainer, role playing. His job was to challenge his audience — a room full of FBI agents and police officers — to talk […]
A few weeks ago I wrote about Why Failure Is The Best Competitive Advantage. We have long been taught to avoid and run from failure but a big part of the future of work is embracing failure because ultimately this is what leads to innovation. The benefits of doing so: increases innovation, improves engagement, removes inefficiencies, […]
Confidence takes many forms, from the arrogance of Floyd Mayweather to the quiet self-assurance of Jane Goodall. True confidence—as opposed to the false confidence people project to mask their insecurities—has a look all its own. When it comes to confidence, one thing is certain: truly confident people always have the upper hand over the doubtful […]
Along with glowing references, a solid resumé is a must-have for any job applicant. But even those with great credentials need to package those achievements the right way to catch a hiring manager’s eyes. How can you get yourself noticed? Having the right keywords on the page — words like “problem solving,” “leadership” and “team […]