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...
In the notes app on my phone, I came across a quote that had captured my attention and wanted to remember in the future. A little research guided me to Marcus Buckingham and his most recent book “Work + Love”. In an interview about the book, he had made...
We take deep pride in our work. We put our all into the projects we take on and stive to make the work the best it can be. Yet, it’s inevitable that through our career negative reactions and feedback will occur. Work we think is good will get a harsh critique or be...
When we talk about careers and life in general there is always a focus on lifelong learning. Growth and development are promoted to keep ideas fresh and avoid becoming stagnant. When I ran across the quote below, I realized that it’s not enough to just learn we...
When it comes to creativity, there are mixed messages on mental clutter. On the one hand, a mind cluttered with many experiences and different pieces of knowledge can leverage the information to make new connections and spark creativity. On the other hand, a mind...
There has been a lot written in the past 2-3 years about a move from the Information Era to the Era of Creativity. Businesses will survive by continuing to innovate and develop creative ideas. In fact, the World Economic forum identified that creativity is or is...
I’ve spent a lot of time struggling with the fact that personal development tends to fall into the category of “self-help”. Today, I did some research, dug under the surface, and came to some conclusions about the genre. Rooted in HELP The source of my challenge with...
When life gets busy, we can suddenly find ourselves running our lives in defense mode. We are going to the meetings, completing deliverables, getting the kids to events, making meals, and all the other things. These are the times that we feel like we are on defense...
I listened to a two-part podcast (7 minutes each) of Optimal Living Daily titled “Seven Steps to Learn and Master Anything by James Altucher”. The purpose of the episodes was to provide steps to master activities faster than the suggested 10,000 hours it takes to...
Businesses large and small are focused on creativity and innovation to stay relevant and lead their field. For those who aren’t creating, they feel they are falling behind. Companywide goals are set. Yet many individuals and teams struggle to find space for...
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average person holds 12.4 jobs between the ages of 18 and 54. Those jobs often span 5-7 different careers. I often hear when someone wants to make a career change that the main thing holding them back...
Yesterday, I covered how we need to plant seeds so that things grow in the future. This got me thinking about how to work “seed planting” into everyday routines. That’s when the realization hit me. Most of us spend so much of our days watering and...
This morning I listened to a podcast by Laura Vanderkam titled “Plant Seeds to Enjoy the Harvest”. The concept was that you need to intentionally plant seeds so that things have an opportunity for a harvest in the future. I think this is an interesting concept...