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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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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In a keynote, Seth Godin, a well-known marketing and leadership consultant spoke (watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgKAuz_wsgA) about how we should put art in any job that we do. By art he meant an ability to have freedom to contribute something inspired, stemming from the creativity that freedom allows in a job. What a great idea! On [...]
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A segment of my client pool is always after new jobs. Some land laterally because they want a change, others get a promotion, yet others want to go into a new area, and do not much care how that looks on their résumé. In any case when they land a new job I often get [...]
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I have several clients, who are quite ambitious and who are working on their career growth with singular focus. Some have gone up from being a senior manager to being a director, others have rapidly progressed from a first-level manager to a vice president, and are continuing to look for their ongoing growth. In many [...]
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I’ve been a career and life coach for 10 years now. During this, my fifth career, I have worked with over 5,000 clients globally, and have come to realize that there is a life cycle to a professional’s career. These days a person can experience multiple careers during their working life, quite different from those [...]
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When clients get a call for a job interview I strongly suggest that they work with me for practicing their interviewing skills. There is so much riding on how well you do in an interview that most underestimate its real importance. They also think that merely working hard on giving the right answers, especially in [...]
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Your should never hold your past salary hostage to your future compensation.
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Posted in career growth, Career Tips, Enterpreneurship, Helping Others, Interview Skills, Job Search, leadership, Life & Living, Mentoring, Resume on Sep 11th, 2011
Effective outbound communication is often dependent on how well you know your audience, how well you can tell them a story, and knowing how to create the right effect.
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