How to Find The Work You Were Meant to Do
A framework to find what you are meant to do, will enjoy doing, and that your organization will value.
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When You Lose Control of Your Face in a Meeting
Facial expressions speak louder than words. How to control your face in meetings.
5 Tips for Navigating a Layoff
I have not been laid off in 2023 (at least not yet), so I admit that any commentary I make about the current layoff situation could be...
3 Ways to Separate Yourself in a Job Interview
Three easy ways to stand out in your next job interview. I’ve found these three things to be very high ROI—they don’t take a ton of extra...
Followership: How to Master an Underrated Career Skill
If 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 people
Many managers—especially new ones—believe that the key to being a good boss is to be likeable. Why, then, are so many people both...
My Post Vacation Clarity on Work
Folks, 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 strategy
Yeah, I know commencement speeches abound with thoughts of defying consensus and following your dreams. Then, there is that quote often...
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 Strategy
The 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 Resume
When 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 You
Some 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 Presentations
For those of you who have important business presentations coming up, here are my thoughts on how to best prepare. Sorry for the novel,...
The Top Ways to Mess Up a Job Interview
It’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,...
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...
Five Excuses People Use To Stay In Jobs They Hate
Sometimes 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...
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