Transforming Lives!!
Posted in Career Mentor, Career Tips on Jul 12th, 2009
Looking for a job is tough even when times are good. In a deteriorating economy it provides new challenges. But, then it also provides you new ways to differentiate yourself and stand out from the crowd. As a career coach I repeatedly encounter some behaviors that get in the way of clients being seen [...]
Posted in Career Mentor, Career Repositioning on Jul 11th, 2009
“You don’t know how far you can you until you go too far”-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most professionals believe that their manager has the responsibility for advancing their career! In fact some are under the illusion that their managers often lie awake at night wondering about how to promote their employees’ careers and how to make worth [...]
Posted in Career Mentor, Mentoring on Jul 10th, 2009
When we were growing-up your intelligence (IQ) was your main asset: Your parents touted you for how much smarter you were than your siblings, in spite of the fact that this invidious comparison rubbed your siblings the wrong way and that they resented you for it; in school you were the first to raise your [...]
Posted in Mentoring on Jul 10th, 2009
“Advice is like snow — the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The other day a client from Japan called for some advice: As a project manager he was responsible for delivering some products to an important customer. He had a team [...]
Posted in Life Mentor, Mentoring on Jul 7th, 2009
Suffering is not ennobling, recovery is! —Dr. Christen Bernard
As we go through our life, we face ups and downs. In most cases we deal with them as they come and learn from the lessons, dealing with them. In the process we discover ourselves. This is what makes our life meaningful; having conquered the challenges and [...]
Posted in Life Mentor, Mentoring, Uncategorized on Jul 5th, 2009
The doctrine of the material efficacy of prayer reduces the Creator to a cosmic bellhop of a not very bright or reliable kind. -Herbert J. Muller, educator, historian, and author (1905–1980)
In tough economic times, as many of us are facing these days, we often pray; more than we do when things are going well [...]
Posted in Career Tips, Life Mentor on Jul 2nd, 2009
“Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.”
—Evelyn Waugh
During many of my talks I often get asked why the world—especially the employment world—has become so impolite, even rude. When asked to amplify, those asking the question tell me that they do not get response to their emails, [...]
Posted in Consulting, Life Mentor on Jun 2nd, 2009
When Katie Couric left her high-flying job as a co-host of Today and became the first solo female anchor of any major TV network desk by joining CBS Evening News, her show was doing quite well, both on NBC and among the crop of the early morning line ups. Real motivations apart, she admitted on [...]
Posted in Life Mentor, Mentoring on May 2nd, 2009
“No one makes you feel inferior without your consent.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
This article is about how we get in our own way to go and conquer what could otherwise rightfully be ours! These two stories are the most recent encounters I have had with two clients: One in his early 50s and another in his mid-20s.
So, [...]
Posted in Life Mentor, Mentoring on Apr 14th, 2009
“A strong mentor/mentee relationship is the basis for forging tomorrow’s leaders.”—Jack Welch, Chairman, General Electric (1982—2002)
Navigating successfully through a career requires many ingredients. Hard work, planning, being there at the right time, knowing the right people, among factors, all play a role in a successful career. But, even then a career is filled with road [...]
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