Transforming Lives!!
Posted in career growth, Career Repositioning, Career Tips, Job Search, leadership, Life & Living, Mentoring, Office Behaviour on Mar 10th, 2012
During the past two weeks I got three calls from potential clients. When I asked them the reason for their contacting me they all said that they just had been given their Annual Performance Review and that they were rated overall as “Needing Improvement.” They wanted to know if I could help them recover from [...]
Posted in career growth, Career Repositioning, Career Tips, Interview Skills, Job Search, leadership, Life & Living, Mentoring, Office Behaviour on Feb 25th, 2012
One common trait I see in my clients is that they get too emotionally attached to their employer, their boss, and their job. So, when they are looking for a promotion or a better opportunity within their company they rely too heavily on the promises—expressed or implied—by their management. In most cases they work hard [...]
Posted in career growth, Career Repositioning, Career Tips, Interview Skills, Job Search, leadership, Life & Living, Mentoring, Office Behaviour on Feb 18th, 2012
When my clients land in a new job, they are all energized about opening a new chapter, and forging ahead to make up for any lost momentum in their career—their main reason for getting a new job! This is especially true for those, who land a promotion in executive positions at companies that are rapidly [...]
Posted in career growth, Career Tips, leadership, Life & Living, Office Behaviour on Feb 11th, 2012
I have a client who was recently promoted to an executive position in the corporate ranks. As a part of her new job she is now expected to put together strategic presentations to senior executives, which are often attended by the CEO. So, barely a few months into her job she was excited about [...]
Posted in career growth, Career Repositioning, Career Tips, Interview Skills, Job Search, leadership, Life & Living, Mentoring, Office Behaviour on Jan 29th, 2012
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 [...]
Posted in career growth, Career Repositioning, Career Tips, Enterpreneurship, Job Search, leadership, Life & Living, Mentoring, Office Behaviour on Jan 22nd, 2012
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 [...]
Posted in career growth, Career Repositioning, Career Tips, Interview Skills, Job Search, leadership, Life & Living, Mentoring, Office Behaviour on Jan 14th, 2012
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 [...]
Posted in career growth, Career Tips, Interview Skills, Job Search, leadership, Life & Living, Mentoring, Office Behaviour on Jan 7th, 2012
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 [...]
Posted in career growth, Career Repositioning, Career Tips, Interview Skills, Job Search, leadership, Life & Living, Mentoring, Office Behaviour on Dec 24th, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in career growth, Career Repositioning, Career Tips, Interview Skills, Job Search, leadership, Life & Living, Mentoring, Office Behaviour on Dec 17th, 2011
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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