If you search “how to avoid career burnout,” you’ll discover tacit advice like: “Get some exercise,” or “Meditate to control your stress,” or “Manage your time better.” Which sounds lovely. But that kind of “wisdom” gives me indigestion. Truth is, the old school ways to avoid career burnout don’t work anymore. That makes sense, right? […]Read the full post >>
If you’re leading through change, you’re probably getting more advice than you can absorb. “Embrace ambiguity.” “Onward & upward!” “Whatever you do, just keep moving.” ACK. I recently did a review of the top articles that appear when you google “leading through change,” and not only was much of the advice outdated, it was in […]Read the full post >>
Should you stay in your job? Or is it time to move on? If you’re asking yourself the question, you’re not alone. On one hand, you might be feeling the itch for change. And often, the conventional wisdom is that if you want to scratch that itch, your only recourse is to find a new […]Read the full post >>
The question comes up all the time: “Should I leave my job?” But that question misses a big part of the decision, which is: “Can I fall back in love with my job?” Because it’s likely that everything’s not broken in your life at work. In my video below, I offer three ways you can […]Read the full post >>
You’d think that with all the info available at our fingertips that we could forever cease making career mistakes. And you’d be wrong. Career mistakes are not only common, but they’re happening more often than ever as we get caught up listening to old, outdated advice–advice that no longer works for our real lives at […]Read the full post >>
Managing upward can seem like managing through a minefield. One misstep, and . . . BOOM! But let’s face it. If you’re a smart professional who wants to do good things for your company and your career, you’ve got to master the skill of managing upward–effectively communicating with and influencing your boss and other leaders […]Read the full post >>
What’s the future of work in the new decade? Uhh. . .how long ya got? #bigquestions As I’m writing this, it’s a new year and even a new decade, depending on when you start counting. And as is true every new year, and especially every decade, experts come out of the filing cabinets with their […]Read the full post >>
A few years ago, I noticed that most of the year-end review tools out there focused on the negative. You know–here’s what you HAVEN’T DONE, here’s the goal you MISSED, etc. That perspective drove me crazy. Plus, to be honest, it made me feel like crap right at a time when I needed to feel […]Read the full post >>
Here at Red Cape Revolution, we usually focus on our lives at work. But why do we work anyway? One of our main reasons (although not always the only one) is to have money to take care of our families, now and in the future after we’re gone. But talking about money with your family […]Read the full post >>
The clock’s ticking down to figure out what to give everyone this holiday season–and my stress level’s going up. If you’re in the same tinseled boat, here are a few ideas that may kick up your gift-Q without deflating your money-Q. They’re all appropriate for the gift-worthy people at work, too. (Note: Any Amazon links […]Read the full post >>
