Everybody blows it from time to time. We miss a deadline at work, we respond impatiently to a good friend or family member or we don’t return the phone call we said we would. I’m not saying we blow it all the time, but sometimes it happens to the best of us. How we handle […]
One of my favorite questions to clients and seminar participants is “Are you getting paid what you’re worth?” The answers and the looks I get are interesting! A good percentage of people tell me they are worth more than what shows up in their paycheck. How about you? Ask yourself yourself this question and see […]
A reader of my blog post for http://womenworking.com/blog (I’m the guest career coach for January) asked me what advice I had for those struggling to get a better job or for recent college graduates who haven’t secured a job in their field. Here is my response: MelissaAnne, thanks for sharing what’s been going on with […]
A reporter recently asked me what advice I would give someone who was in a job they didn’t love. Her specific question was “How can an employee love their job when they’re struggling to even like it? How can they go from “This isn’t what I want” to “I love this job!” Maybe you’re in […]
I’m coaching a client, whom I’ll call Mark for now, who has been excelling as a manager for almost one year now. He’s really good at what he does, has a great personality, loves people and his direct reports respect him and like to be around him. You’d think he’d be walking on air with […]
This afternoon I received a phone call from an accomplished sales professional. But, he wasn’t calling me to sell me something. He recently found out that he would probably be unemployed by the end of the year. And even though he has been very successful in his profession, he was concerned. I get that and […]
