My latest career coaching post for Forbes elicited several interesting comments as people shared their reasons for quitting a job!
As a career coach, I talk to a lot of people who are dissatisfied with their job for a variety of reasons – pay isn’t competitive, work imposes too much on personal life, skills are stagnating, interest in the work has waned, etc. How do you know if you should try to...
For my latest Work In Progress post for Forbes.com, I share 10 career and life areas where we can be more thoughtful, deliberate and proactive in the new year:
Another year has gone by. What are the highlights of last year? What did you intend to do but didn’t finish (or start)? Take an audit of what has already happened, so you can repeat what works and refine what didn’t. Regardless of...
In my last post, I talked about Career Lessons From The Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women Rankings. One of the lessons is to “put yourself out there.” Indeed, if you look at the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women 2012 you see the success from self-promotion: Sara Blakely selling her Spanx firsthand in the foyer of Neiman Marcus or Fawzia Koofi publishing a book and announcing, despite death...
So exciting to see Janet Hanson in the section on Women Changing the World: http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/power-women/women-changing-the-world.html
With two daughters it’s reassuring to be able to show them so many interesting examples of women being feted for power and influence. I’m also a sucker for biographies, so to get a snippet of so many in one place is personal fun. But sometimes you look at a list like the World’s 100 Most Powerful...
The Olympics is a classic display of people at their best in a single, high-stakes moment. Champion athletes have trained years and years and are required to perform at their peak for a specific, short burst of time. You may not be aspiring to the Olympics but you will also encounter career situations – job interview, performance review, raise request, management presentation – where you need to be at your best...
At different points in time, we all need or want something from a wide variety of people. You want a friend to refer you for a job. You want your boss to give you a raise. You need your team to deliver results for your department. It might seem that each of these diverse requests needs to be handled differently. But there is a simple two-prong framework that you can apply...
For the currently employed, the volatile economy makes many people grateful just to have a job. But for some people work isn’t complete unless it’s meaningful personally. How do you do find personal fulfillment when you might be anxious just to keep your job? Or what if you’re resentful at having foregone salary increases for the past few years? Or what if you’re just exhausted at doing more than one role...
On the heels of Independence Day, it’s an opportune time to revisit career freedom –freedom to work when you want, freedom to work where you want, freedom to work on what you love. These freedoms aren’t guaranteed, so often times you have to manage up and negotiate for your career freedom.
Define what freedom means to you so you know what to ask for
If everything on the above list sounds good, prioritize...
In a tight job market, employers can be very choosy about whom they hire. In addition, the volatile economy adds to the anxiety about spending on that additional headcount. Finally, the uptick of job seekers onto the market makes it hard for each job seeker to stand out. But in a down economy, some luxury products still do well, despite cheaper alternatives, despite choosier customers, and despite special offers and deals...
In an earlier post, I profiled Sue Hayden, an EVP at fast-growth technology company Polycom and her advice on corporate “cliff-jumping” across different companies and industries. Recently, I heard from corporate cliff-jumpers of a different sort -- executive women who cliff-jumped from corporate to entrepreneur. Here are lessons from four savvy women who successfully made the leap to start their own business:
Lesson 1: You may not feel 100% ready but...
