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5 Common Mistakes That Can Kill Your Promotion
You work hard for a promotion 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?
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How to Build Your Network in 5 Minutes a Day
Your network is one of your most important assets. But how can you fit networking activities into your already overstretched day? Use this simple strategy. It has generated the most “quick wins” for me and it will for you, too.
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9 Capabilities to Advance Your Career Faster and More Easily
At any given point in your career, people will be forming opinions on whether you’ve “got what it takes” to make it to the next level. Which of these capabilities would make the biggest difference for you if you worked on it now?
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How to Show Up and Lead Right Now
It’s easy to look at this period as “lost time” when it comes to your career but what you do during this time is absolutely critical to your career. This is the time to empower yourself to be a positive force and lead from wherever you are.
How Consulting Saved My Client’s Career
We’re in a tough climate filled with unknowns. Times like these are a stark reminder of the tremendous value of having a reliable income stream. Consulting can be a powerful option for having greater control over your own destiny.
How to Emerge From This Crisis Better and Stronger
We’re all feeling the effects of this COVID-19 situation somehow. Whatever way it's affecting you, the most important question you can ask yourself right now is this: “How do I want to emerge from this better and stronger?”
3 Common Virtual Meeting Mistakes to Avoid
One of the challenges of the “new normal” is adjusting to online meetings. Doing virtual meetings well is an important skill to have if you want to keep advancing in your career. The key is to avoid the basic mistakes most people make.
Six Career Challenges in the COVID-19 Crisis and What You Can Do
We're facing big challenges in the COVID-19 environment. These are the six main challenges that people are facing when it comes to their work, job or career. Which of them are you facing?
Staying Connected in Challenging Times
While “social distancing” keeps you physically isolated and apart from others, it doesn’t mean you are alone in the world with no help or interaction with people. Whatever challenges you’re facing, the key is to stay connected to others.
Resume Mistakes and How to Fix Them
Why do some people keep hitting wall after wall in their job search while others are able to land their dream job? The key thing that separates the winners from the losers is having a powerful resume that gets you noticed.
How to Succeed in Your Biggest Goals
When it comes to achieving success in your career and life, there’s one thing you can do that will stack the deck in your favor toward winning rather than failing. It’s something most people don’t do and why so many goals don’t get achieved.
Why Being Busy is Overrated
It’s not always good to be busy. Left unchecked, being “so busy” will ultimately stand in the way of advancing in your career and having trusted relationships with the people who matter most in your life.
How to Sound Like a Leader
You don't have to be in a seat of authority to demonstrate leadership. Anyone at any level can behave like a leader and a key part of being seen as a leader is to sound like a leader.
How to Impress Your Stakeholders
People are always forming impressions of each other. When it comes to your career, these impressions can make a difference to the opportunities you get. So, how do you impress your stakeholders who have a say in your career?
The Trouble with Wanting to Be Right
Every leader has blind spots. Things you don’t see from your perspective, but everyone else does. And like driving a car, it’s the things in your blind spots that can cause big problems. This common blind spot can hold you back from achieving greater success.
