Followership: How to Master an Underrated Career SkillIf you run an Amazon search of “leadership,” you’ll get over 60,000 book titles. If you do the same thing for “followership,” you’ll get ...
How good managers command respect from their peopleMany managers—especially new ones—believe that the key to being a good boss is to be likeable. Why, then, are so many people both likeabl...
My Post Vacation Clarity on WorkFolks, I’m back from my annual pilgrimage to the Montana and Idaho mountains. Every year when I return, I do so with renewed perspective ...
New graduates, for the love, "follow your passion" is not a sound career strategyYeah, I know commencement speeches abound with thoughts of defying consensus and following your dreams. Then, there is that quote often a...
Are You Giving Up Your Power At Work?Few things make employees more anxious than feeling powerless to control their destinies. The irony of this is that no one can take away ...
Why Fixing Your Weaknesses Is a Terrible Career StrategyThe great American poet, Ke$ha, once said, “We R who we R.” Grammatical critiques aside, the woman has a point! You come hard-wired with ...
The Four R's of a Great ResumeWhen I was in business school, I spent a ridiculous amount of time working on my resume. In search of perfection, I wrestled with trivial...
Don't Let Evil Bosses Ruin YouSome bosses are evil. And I’m using the word evil like Mike Meyers would use it: “E-vil. Like, the fru-its of the De-vil.” That’s some ...
Leadership: Why Persuasion is Better than Power“The more you tighten your grip, Lord Vader, the more star systems will slip through your fingers” –Princess Leia There are two prominent...
How to Prepare to Deliver Killer Business PresentationsFor those of you who have important business presentations coming up, here are my thoughts on how to best prepare. Sorry for the novel, b...
The Top Ways to Mess Up a Job InterviewIt’s sort of unfair. A 45 minute interview is all you get to show a potential employer who you are and why you are amazing. In fact, inte...
What Does "Leadership Presence" Mean, Anyway?In performance reviews, some feedback is easy to give and simple to correct. For example, a boss telling and employee that she needs to w...
Five Excuses People Use To Stay In Jobs They HateSometimes people are just in the wrong job. The simplest way to identify this is if they absolutely hate going to work every day for a pr...
The Art of Internal SellingIf you work for a corporation, you have picked a career in sales. You may not work in the sales department. You may not call on customers...
7 Bad Interview Questions and How to Respond to ThemWhen interviewing for a job, there are some things within your control: your preparation, your resume, your attitude and your dress. Othe...
For New Bosses: 8 Tips for Difficult Feedback DiscussionsThere are three cardinal sins often committed by new managers. The first is micromanagement. New managers have spent their entire careers...
Want to be Happy at Work? Stop Comparing“If I could just get into the sixth grade reading class, then ‘Little Miss Perfect’ would stop bragging to me,” my eight-year-old son, Ma...