It’s easy to believe that our small decisions have minimal impact on our career success. We tend to frame success (and failure) in terms of big decisions, but the truth is that smaller decisions, even those that take only a second to make, can have lasting repercussions. Last second plays win or lose sports games … Read more
You spend about a third of your life working, according to reference.com. Considering we spend a third of our life sleeping, that means we spend as much time at work as we do with our family, friends, pets, and hobbies. Where you work matters. It matters for your career success, and it matters for your … Read more
What’s your New Year’s Resolution this year? Eating healthier? Changing careers? Working out more? Most of our resolutions revolve around external activities and habits (and according to studies shared on Inc., most of us quit on them by the second week of February – yikes!). But could I suggest a different resolution for this year? … Read more
Today’s workforce is multigenerational and diverse, but despite generational and cultural differences, there is one fact that remains true for everyone. Whether you are Gen-Z, a Millenial, Boomer, or Gen-X, you have to separate yourself from contenders in a competitive environment. This fact remains true even if you are working virtually rather than face to … Read more
Good employees look out for their company and their boss, even if it means standing up to the boss. Good bosses don’t want “yes” people to lazily agree with all of their decisions. Sure, everyone likes to feel validated and hear that their ideas are wonderful, excellent, and stupendous, but a good boss knows to … Read more
The days when you stayed in one company for your entire career are long gone. According to a 2019 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) survey of baby boomers, the average number of jobs held in a lifetime was around twelve (12!). Whether by choice or not, most of us will find ourselves transitioning from one … Read more
You’re going to make mistakes. In fact, if you’re going to go anywhere in your career, you should be making mistakes at work. Mistakes mean you’re taking risks and learning, not failing. But we’re often scared of making mistakes. A survey by Accountemps found that 28% of employees were scared of making mistakes. Sometimes, in … Read more
You can do everything right, and things can still go splat in your career. As much as we’d like to think that our careers are entirely in our hands, there are many factors over which we have no control. Keeping your current job may be one of them. Even if you work hard, keep learning … Read more
With all the communication tools available to us, there is still massive mutual mystification when it comes to clearly understanding each other. Many factors contribute to that, including the languages people speak in our diverse workforce. A US Census report on findings from 2009-2013 found that sixty million Americans speak languages other than English at … Read more
Every day, all day long, each one of us “acts” for whatever role we are playing at the time: spouse, friend, parent, boss, subordinate, and so forth. It’s not that you’re faking it, rather you are learning, adapting, and taking responsibility for your effect on others. You are choosing who you want to be each … Read more