Welcome to my blog
Accelerate your time to success
Sign up to get FREE advice, tips and strategies to achieve greater success in your career and life
One Person You Need for a Successful Career
This person recognizes your talent and cheers you on to your wins. They have your back, support you through tough times and help you believe in yourself when there’s doubt. Do you have someone like this by your side?
My 3 Favorite Productivity Strategies
In my personal quest for productivity, I’ve tried many tips, tools, strategies and apps. Some have stuck but most have not. The good news is I’ve found a few that have stood the test of time. Here are three strategies that are helping me most.
How to Speak Up Without Risking Your Job
When we’re unhappy at work, we naturally think we have two options: either leave for another job or suck it up and stay. But what if you could use your voice in a constructive way to influence outcomes and change things for the better?
How to Decide If a Late-Career Change Is Worth It
It was a hard decision but I made a late-career change and I’m glad I did it. But we’re all different and there’s no single “right answer”. So here are eight things to consider when deciding to make a late-career change.
What Not to Do or Say to Your Sponsor
It takes time and effort to find a sponsor and then build a trusted relationship. The key to success is what you do and say once you have a sponsor. But it only takes one misstep or negative interaction to lose their support.
How to Recover After Saying Something You Regret
Have you ever said or done something without thinking and then regretted it? Recently, I had one of those moments. This is what I did to recover and turn something bad into something good.
How to Be More Decisive
Being indecisive is a showstopper if you want to progress to senior levels in your career. Here are 4 steps to becoming more decisive so you can be a better leader and decision-maker, and live your life without regrets.
What Kind of Decision-Maker Are You?
Living a life of no regrets means making conscious decisions followed by taking action. But for many of us, it’s not so easy. That's because there are two kinds of decision-makers in the world. Which one are you?
Are You Limiting Your Team’s Potential?
It’s easy to fall into the trap of putting people in a box, to pigeon-hole and put them in a category. But when you do, it can stifle their development and hurt their confidence. Here are ways to change the situation.
How to Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself
I recently faced a setback. A project I was working on was nowhere near hitting our targets and time was running out. I almost gave in to wallowing in self-pity and feeling sorry for myself, but I didn't. Instead, I did something else and it felt satisfying.
How to Create Your Promotion Plan
You can’t leave your promotion to chance. Having a plan substantially increases your chances of success because you know exactly what to do. Discover the 5 elements that make up your promotion plan and why they're important.
How I Nearly Won a Ferrari
When my team returned from a live event in Phoenix, Arizona, and said, “we’re going to enter the Ferrari competition!”, I said without hesitation, “I’M IN! What do we have to do?” That’s when the “fun” began.
7 Signs You’re Ready for a Promotion
If you want to be promoted, you’ve got to show you’re promotion-ready. But, what does that look like? These seven universal signs tend to show when someone is ready to be promoted. How do you measure up?
7 Common Mistakes That Can Kill Your Promotion Chances
Every promotion is a milestone in your career. So you work hard and give it your best shot. But what if your hard work isn’t enough? What if you’re not doing the right things? Worse yet, could you be making these mistakes without knowing it and killing your chances of promotion?
Career Mastery™ Tip and Interview
From the 2018 Career Mastery™ Kickstart Summit, Michael Bungay Stanier shares a Tip on How to Give the Very Best Advice as a Leader and Carla Harris shares insights on How to Find Great Mentors and Sponsors.
Highlights from Career Mastery™ Kickstart 2018
It’s been an amazing first week at Career Mastery™ Kickstart 2018! World-class experts shared Tips, strategies and insights to take your career to the next level.
What Separates Winners from Everyone Else
What separates winners from everyone else? Why do they get great projects to work on, new opportunities, public recognition? What is it about them that they tend to make more money and achieve their life goals? It comes down to one thing and you can start doing it today.
The Skills You Need to Achieve Greater Success This Year
If you want to rise higher in your career, have opportunities to lead exciting projects, and be singled out for promotion, then technical skills are necessary but insufficient. So, if being good at your job isn’t enough, then what does matter?