How to focus better at work and become indispensable

I’m working with a client on career development and his situation is fairly common, particularly, with corporate jobs. He’s interested in a promotion but unable to show enough impact to those who would promote him. He works long hours but always seems to be late with his deliverables. He’s frustrated. There is a lot of […]

3 Ways to Build Your Career Confidence

I listened to a professional basketball player in an interview recently.  After the game, he was asked this question: how do you keep your ‘swag’ in the game?  The answer, “swag is an attitude, whether you hit the net or miss, you walk away with a smile”.  Swag brings energy and energy exudes confidence, trust, […]

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. Here I’d like to show you the next step – communicating across an organization, not just to your manager and […]

A Better Way to Communicate with Your Boss

A colleague of mine sent me a blog post he wrote for me the other day about a situation he was in at work. I liked it and hope you do too. – Coach Wolfgang John is a relatively new employee and asks his manager if something that he put together is done correctly. His […]