In my practice I often have clients, who come to me wondering why, despite their great work and contributions, they have not received the recognition they deserve. When I probe and ask them about how they were able to champion an idea to make a change in their workplace that made a significant impact, they [...]
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When clients come to me for help they are often looking for ways to advance their careers and to grow. Yet, when I look at their work and how they are engaged in it, I often find that they have slipped into a zone of comfort, and are not really pushing to grow. When [...]
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It is normal for us to display the state of our being in how we project ourselves and how others see us. So, when we’re happy we look happy and others who look at us witness our happiness. The same thing happens to many when they are out of work and are looking for a [...]
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Many of my clients are individual contributors vying to become managers. Others are already managers and are dreaming about executive positions. In such cases one of the recurring themes that comes up is the demonstration of their “soft skills.” There is such misapprehension around this phrase that I decided to devote an entire blog [...]
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“The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.”—Charles Du Bos, French critic and essayist (1882–1939) Happy New Year! As we embark on this New Year, I thought to use this space for some guidance to those who are still in the [...]
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