Everyone I have ever worked with has, at some point, called another colleague or coworker “crazy.” But does your job actually attract true psychopaths? In the book “The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success,” Kevin Dutton explains that there are jobs that can attract literal psychopaths – […]
Have you ever wondered why some people get the best assignments, the fast track to promotion, the plum gig at the hot new startup? These shining stars have learned to win at work. Buy now on: For five years Forbes Senior Editor Susan Adams has covered the careers beat and those who excel at their […]
Leadership isn’t nearly as complex as people make it out to be, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t hard. The big difference between highly effective leaders and those just playing at leadership is often found in their willingness to do what Doesn’t come Naturally or Instinctively. Real leadership begins in the moment you realize leadership […]
Suppose you were just offered a new job and the company is fairly flexible with your start date. How much time should you take, if any, between gigs? And what should you do with that time? Career and workplace experts suggest taking at least one week off to allow yourself to mentally prepare for this next […]
Congratulations on getting that big promotion to manager! But, what happens if you had to compete against one or more of your colleagues to win the job? And now they’re mad because you won and they lost? Well, I’ve got bad news and good news. The bad news is that you can’t really control whether […]
Inherent in any personal or organizational change is the mental and emotional faculties to do so. Specifically, the skill and will to look uncertainty in the eye, slap it across the face, and say, “Get outta my way! I got this.” Where does such mental preparation come from? In my coaching experience, I’ve seen clients […]
The phrase “Must work well with others” is so commonly found on job descriptions for open positions that it gets ignored almost completely. And yet it’s not simply text placed there to fill space, nor is it an empty request–it’s a threat. If you don’t work well with others, you’re going to get fired. And […]
How do you know when your company has “made it”? What are the signs that your company/startup has officially become viable? Or your viable company/startup has become a mature company? Or your mature company has become the business you always dreamed it could be? [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” […]
“If can ask questions in the right way, you can get anything you want.” Take that from Michael Roderick, a Broadway producer and founder of ConnectorCon, a conference that helps influencers better connect, and Small Pond, a consultancy that helps people build better careers and lives — all by asking better questions. It’s the art of […]
There is a paradox in how we see ourselves in a collaborative, cooperative world of work. This is a balance within each: our self-image, where we give attention, and what we consider priorities. On the organization side, this is also the balance of centralization versus decentralization, leading versus directing, uniformity versus uniqueness, and, supporting scale […]