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How to Influence People at Work and Make a Compelling Case for What You Want
We all need to influence people at work, but it’s easier said than done and it feels especially fraught when the stakes are high. So how do you influence someone to your point of view and make a compelling case for what you want?
How to Become Someone Everyone Wants to Work With
You might think being smart, strategic, technically skilled, or having the best network of connections makes you a great collaboration partner. While all of these are helpful, there’s another quality that stands out above the rest.
The Mistake Leaders Make with Their Personal Brand
Leaders who adopt a certain personal brand of leadership and stick to it can easily become outdated “dinosaurs”. Here’s how to evolve your personal brand as a leader and be more effective.
4 Books That Have Made a Big Impression
Whether your source is the bookstore, the library or borrowing from someone else, give yourself the gift of knowledge and make time to nourish your mind. Here are four books I’ve read that have made the biggest impression on me.
7 Things I Wish I’d Known About Receiving Feedback
Feedback is essential to your career success. Yet receiving feedback can fill even the highest performing professionals with dread. Here are ways to handle the feedback you receive and use it to create an amazing career you excel at and love.
Use This When You Need Career Advice
Who do you turn to when you need career advice? Who do you consult when you need to talk through a career challenge you’re facing or a decision you need to make? Use this free resource to get the career advice you need.
How to Make a Great Impression in Your Next Job Interview
In a job interview, what are the things that make you someone they want to hire? In my guest appearance on LinkedIn Career Talks, I spoke about what hirers are really looking for, plus how you can show this to them in a job interview.
7 Questions to Ask to Be a Better Leader
As a leader, asking questions can be more important than having the answers. And asking the right questions at the right times will help you become an even better leader. Here are some of my favorite questions and when to ask them.
The Mid-Year Review Strategy to Raise Your Profile with Stakeholders
Most people miss the golden opportunity to use their mid-year review to connect and raise their profile with key stakeholders. Don’t be like most people. Instead, achieve three important goals by doing a “reverse” mid-year review.
What to Do When Your Boss is Making Your Job Difficult
Do you have a perfect boss? One that meets with you regularly, gives feedback, listens to your concerns, supports your development, and trusts you to do your job? If not, here are some ways to improve your relationship and career success.
How to Stop Being Underutilized at Work
Being underutilized is demoralizing, frustrating and a waste of your unique strengths and skills. Instead of waiting for an opportunity to shine, use this skill to be more visible to decision-makers, expand your influence and find joy in what you do.
5 Simple Steps to Quickly Shift From Overwhelmed to Back in Control
Do you feel overwhelmed by all the things you’re expected to get done? Whether you’ve said yes to too much or an unexpected event has consumed your already limited time, use this 5-step technique to quickly shift from overwhelmed to back in control.
The Most Often Overlooked Mistake When Negotiating For Resources
If you’re getting turned down for additional resources, you may be making a common and often overlooked mistake. Discover the signs to look out for and what to do instead to succeed in negotiating for resources you need.
4 Common Mistakes to Avoid When You Ask For Resources
As a team leader, you’re responsible for securing resources to get the work done. But if you ask for resources and all you get from your boss is “no”, then see if you’re making one of these common mistakes.
How to Lead and Succeed in a World of Hybrid Working
What does it take to succeed in a world of hybrid working and where things keep changing? The answer is radical adaptability. Discover how you and your organization can embrace radical adaptability to compete and win in the new world of work.
The Career Success Habit You’re Probably Overlooking
Your habits are at the core of what makes you successful. But there’s an often-overlooked habit that is key to having a successful career. Here are five benefits you’ll reap from embracing this overlooked habit.
How to Stop Being Overwhelmed by Work and Enjoy Life More
Do you feel like work is overwhelming everything else in your life? Use this strategy to set the foundation for a healthy work life, and a practical tip you can use right now to protect yourself from being overwhelmed by the demands of work.
How to Regain Your Energy When You’re Stressed and Overwhelmed at Work
Are you tired, stressed and burnt out? Do you feel like you don’t have the time and energy to do the important things you know you should do? Take these three steps to re-energize so you can progress towards your career and life goals.