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 >>
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 >>
Ever wonder how to make work easier? Nope, the ole’ button from our friends at Staples won’t do it. . . But trying new things will. I’m a huge fan of the workplace experiment. Yes, even in your set-in-our-ways workplace, there’s room for a few tests. Experiments, pilots, test runs: they’re low risk/high reward strategies […]Read the full post >>
So, what does a coach do–really? One of our readers asked this question recently as their manager was offering to “coach” them. In this video, Coach Darcy Eikenberg shares the three things a coach REALLY does (and should do)–whether it’s a full-time professional like Coach Darcy, or someone else in your organization who’s coaching. Or […]Read the full post >>
Making a career change at 50–or later–is not just the realm of the lottery winner or risk-ready entrepreneur. It’s possible for you, too. In fact, more and more people are making a career change at 50–or older–because they’re ready to make a conscious choice about their life at work. They want a life that works […]Read the full post >>
Sometimes it seems we’re engaged in a series of battles on our way to career success. We battle for the best job, battle our competition, even battle our commute. Phew. No wonder we’re exhausted. But in my coaching work, I’ve discovered that the biggest battle each of us have is actually within our control to […]Read the full post >>
No matter how experienced, talented, and valuable you are, I know one thing for certain about you. There will be a time in your life when you don’t get what you want at work. Maybe it’ll look like this: You thought you were primed to be promoted . . .but were passed over. . . […]Read the full post >>
I’m not well-schooled in the specifics of The Bible, but a passage making its way around the popular media today caught my eye. Proverbs 24:17 reads, “Do not rejoice when your enemies fall, and do not let your heart be glad when they stumble.” Of course, folks are using those words as caution against excessive […]Read the full post >>
