What 3 words describe how I want my career to be this year?
In December and January we typically begin to reflect back on the past year to determine what worked for us, what didn’t and how we did or did not achieve our goals for the year. [...]
Steps to Avoid a Career Crisis and Achieve Your Dream Job
We’ve all had them – moments when something in our career is going so poorly that we are forced to take dramatic action. Have you ever said one of these lines? I can’t stand my [...]
Getting Co-workers to Follow Your New Process
Procedures - the rules of engagement and interaction your team or unit has devised to get work done collectively - are a necessary way of corporate life. You can’t just tell the development team to [...]
Treat Career Opportunities Like the Stock Market
Many people think the “opportunities” that come along in their career are the big hits: How does a great new job offer at a trendy company sound? What about a promotion at work? Wouldn’t a [...]
The Benefits of Communicating Up
This is a continuation of a previous post titled “How to find the right balance communicating with your boss”, where I described steps for making sure you find the right communication balance with your manager. [...]
How to Find the Right Balance Communicating with Your Boss
This comes from a client and the insight he gained through our sessions and working with her boss. - Coach Wolfgang When Goldilocks went into the three bears’ house, she found one bowl of porridge [...]
How Negative People Can Ruin Your Performance at Work
Thanks to Monica Gomez for her guest blog. A brief bio is below. - Amy Most of us prefer to spend time with positive people rather than spend time with negative people. Happiness is contagious, [...]
Carpet Cleaning and the Lost Phone Interview
I have a guest blog to share... interesting story with a very practical set of recommendations. Enjoy! - Coach Wolfgang My phone interview begins in 3 minutes. I've done all my prep. My resume is [...]
The Definition of Career Success
How do you define career success? Here are many of the definitions my career coaching staff and I regularly encounter: What a feeling Example: I am successful in my career if I feel happy to [...]
Career Success Story: Showing Initiative & Taking Ownership
One of my clients wrote me about how a small change she made led to big results at her job. Here's the background. In our coaching sessions, we often discussed the ways she was expected [...]
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