This article was previously posted by Mary Jo Asmus on her Aspire Collaborative Services Blog. As a leader, you are often rewarded for having all the right answers. You may fight hard for your position on a subject. However, as I’ve watched leaders put an effort into letting go of their own need to [...]
As one year comes to the finish line and another gets ready to launch, reviewing our process, what key trends emerged and where they are going are essential for planning a sustainable strategy for success. Some of the business and career trends that emerged and developed this year were focused around new technologies and platforms(mobile, [...]
“With the pace of change accelerated for most people, the importance of following a process becomes an important, critical and really effective tool to deal with it. The Process Is as Important As The Results It Produces” How does anyone navigate change, be it business or personal? Changing jobs, lifestyle, health, where you live, the [...]
This is an article by JT O’Donnell Founder of Careerealism that ran previously on CareerHMO.com. One of my favorite books of all-time is called, Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn. Published over 50 years ago, Kohn predicted our obsession with psychologist B.F. Skinner’s theory of behaviorism was making us soft (a.k.a addicts). He used multiple [...]
“Careers used to move themselves. Now we are solely responsible for moving our careers in the direction we want them to go” This process is not what we have known and not something most of us have had much experience having to do, but it is the theme of our moment. If you want a [...]
Today is Job Action Day 2011, sponsored by Quintessential Careers and this is my second year as one of the participating blogs that was chosen to participate. Here is the full list of participating blogs for 2011! Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 2.7 million jobs remained unfilled in the U.S. in August 2011, [...]
