Wouldn't it be nice to ensure a job is a good fit BEFORE you take it? Almost a slam dunk guarantee? Well, there is a way. Some people are so happy to have the offer though that they don't care about the fit. They just want the job. Unfortunately, if they skip this step,...
What if wives had new ways to keep the emotional connection present with their young ones when they return to work?
All day long, negative feedback surrounds us. We knowingly take a sip of steaming hot coffee and burn our tongues. We race across the street rather than wait for the light and get honked at by oncoming traffic. Or we try to make one extra stop before we need to be somewhere and are...
Finding a job in the city or town where you live is hard enough. Just finding the job opening is hard. Then the number of applicants applying for the same job increases competition. No one calls back, emails or texts. Applications get swallowed up in a...
There comes the moment in a woman’s career when you realize: being good isn’t good enough.
Maybe you get passed over. Or you discover that the departmental fool is earning as much as you. (I remember that one.) You’re feeling underappreciated, perhaps even invisible. Despite the outstanding outcomes, the extra miles, the collegial contributions, your career has stalled.
The thing is, there are job skills, and there are career skills. Being good—even great—at...
When last we met, I challenged you to take a quiz: “What is your ambition quotient?” (Did you miss it? Check it out here.) How did you score? If you’re lagging a bit, you’re not alone. It’s tough to keep our ambition fresh when we’re in the trenches focusing on the day-to-day. As promised, here is my best coaching advice to boost your ambition quotient:
1. Pay attention to all...
We all want to advance our careers. Stagnation reduces engagement and engagement produces boredom. Then employees start looking elsewhere for something “more”. Employees tend to rely on managers and companies to provide the engagement and keep their careers advancing. Yet all employees can proactively...
We all want to advance our careers. Stagnation reduces engagement and engagement produces boredom. Then employees start looking elsewhere for something “more”. Employees tend to rely on managers and companies to provide the engagement and keep their careers advancing. Yet all employees can proactively...
Late one night I was catching up on reading and I came upon an article in The Dartmouth about a lecture Anne-Marie Slaughter gave on campus on the topic of work-family balance.
There are two women who have been responsible for many compelling discussions among other women in the past year or so. Sheryl Sandberg’s widespread call for women to “lean in” to high-powered careers has been hotly debated,...
