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How to Have a Productive Meeting with Your Mentor
Meeting with your mentor presents tremendous upside for your career, but there are things you must do to ensure your meetings are successful. Here are three tips to set yourself up for success when meeting with your mentor.
How to Get Back on Track When You Feel Lost, Powerless or Unsure
We all have personal power. But sometimes life’s challenges can make us forget that. When you feel lost, powerless or unsure of what to do, there are 3 sources of personal power you can always tap into to get back on track.
How to Advocate for Yourself and Get the Career Opportunities You Deserve
You won’t always have the luxury in your career of having an ardent advocate, such as a sponsor, mentor or manager, fighting your corner. That's why speaking on your own behalf is an important skill to have.
How to Lead in Uncertain Times
In times of uncertainty, we can fall into a state of fear where options seem limited and it’s hard to think clearly. These three steps can help you tap into your best self, face the uncertainties, and step up to lead.
Pick a Fight to Motivate Your Team
Most leaders get it wrong when it comes to motivating their teams no matter how well-intentioned they may be. Discover how you can engage your teams by “picking a fight” and how team members can energize their own work.
How to Communicate Better as a Leader
People pay attention to what their leaders say. That’s why as a leader, you have to be especially conscious of how you communicate. But no matter how good your intentions may be, it’s easy for your communications to be misconstrued if you’re not careful.
The Trap That Even Good Leaders Fall Into
There’s plenty of advice out there about how to be a good leader. But there’s one assumption that most people make about what it means to be a good leader that’s counterproductive and can hurt your ability to lead well.
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?