Yesterday we talked about “unicorns” at work introducing the concepts of I-, T-, and M-Shaped individuals. Today, I want to expand that conversation to another category. These are the multi-passionate or sometimes referred to as hybrid professionals. They...
Companies are looking for more creativity and innovation. This creativity often comes from looking at problems through different lenses. At the team level, this can be fostered by increasing the diversity of the team members ensuring there are varied...
I read a recent article in Fast Company titled “Five Key Skills New Managers Will Need This Year”. This is a good article full of statistics about transitions back to the office and hybrid work. The focus is around the responsibility of implementing return to office...
I recently read an article from Fast Company titled “Managers, You Can Support Your High Performers by Asking This Question Twice”. The article suggested that you repeat the question “how are you?” when people provide a short, canned answer like fine, good, or...
Everyone has them. A person at work that never seems to see the situation the way you do. They rub you the wrong way. Interactions with them are a challenge. Yet, there isn’t an option to avoid them. You may be on a team or project together. They may be your client or...
When we think about looking for a new job, the first thing we often do is freshen up our resume and make sure it’s up to date. We dive into the search and start sending resumes and cover letters to companies that seem of interest. Soon we realize that we want to...
I recently read a Fast Company article titled “The 4 Crucial Expectations Gen Z teams have for the Workplace”. For quite some time marketing conversations about Gen Z have focused on how younger buyers have higher expectations for getting information that is...
Thinking about several topics – personal branding, intentional connections, career development – a collision happened in my mind. How does our professional brand change as our career evolves? Can we be more intentional about what the long-term imprints look like? Is...
There are so many benefits of routines that help us keep positive habits. Morning routines can ease us into our day. A nighttime routine can do the same to ease into sleep. We add healthy habits to routines like exercise, skin care, brushing our teeth, meditation, and...
Careers are interesting. There are no roadmaps out there to help you navigate. The process is extremely personal and no one else can define what is best for you in your career journey. Personal branding is an area I’ve spent time learning and...
A few weeks ago, I had a thought that work meetings can start to feel like middle school. You go from class to class, on the hour, and when the day ends, the homework begins. Conversations with many adult knowledge workers sound similar. We just...
Jobs and careers move in cycles. When we start a new role, we are learning a lot about the responsibilities, the organization, the team, and the projects. The job is getting done. However, we are primarily following directions and process. This is the time...
In 2007, Marshall Goldsmith wrote a book titled What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful. I read the book years ago when making a career transition and would recommend for others to help reframe your approach in a...
I read a Fast Company article called “These are the 4 Key Skills New Managers Need to Develop Most”. The four skills introduced are openness to learning, empathy, giving feedback, and handling pushback. The article suggests that these skills can be developed before...
The last two days, we have covered time and strengths as two self-awareness areas to help achieve our goals. Today, we are going to cover the third (and final) area - motivation. The three assessments below can help us understand projects that get us excited to wake...
Yesterday, the blog focused on a career bucket list. Our lists were likely full of all kinds of dreams. Creating an innovative approach to your work. Taking on a special project. Speaking at a prominent event. Achieving a promotion. Better work life integration....
It’s National Bucket List Day! The role of the bucket list is to help you get the most out of life. The list contains your hopes, dreams, and aspirations that you want to accomplish before you die. By creating a list, people often start striving to check...
For years, the corporate ladder has been used to describe the climb of an individual’s career. You move from independent worker to supervisor of a small team, to managing larger teams, and finally reaching the “top” of your organization or your area of...
I came across a quote recently that I really connected with. “Life is like a canvas. It begins blank & every day is like another brush stroke. Make your life a masterpiece.” - Nadhuri This could be a wonderful way to think about a career. Imagine how much could be...
There was a concept from the book That Will Never Work by Mark Randolph the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix. He incorporated a process in business that he called “scraping the barnacles off the hull. Background For those who aren’t familiar, barnacles are marine...
When we think about our careers, we often don’t look beyond the next role or promotion we hope to achieve. Exploration of opportunities involves looking at the roles of others in your company or occasionally pursuing LinkedIn to see what interesting roles may be...