A month ago when I was speaking at Penn State, a very motivated student asked me for career advice but, before I could say anything, she adamantly stated that she wanted work dealing with “real issues” and wanted nothing to do with “Corporate America.” This is an all-too-common, misguided perspective, usually perpetuated by people – unfortunately some of whom are college professors – who have never worked in the business world,...
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First, thanks for spending your time reading this blog. You are making the choice and I won’t disappoint you. Isn’t that the amazing fact about life? We all have choices. Not every choice has to be an epic choice that changes the course of our life, but every single day, we wake up and decide what we are going to do, who we are going to interact with, how we are going to treat people, identify what we are going to accomplish and at...
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Ever sit in a meeting and wonder how much it’s costing your company to have all of those people in attendance? It’s staggering… yet most companies hold regular meetings where all of their salaried people get together to cover things that could be relayed through an email, video message, or sometimes, a text! One of my consulting clients is a medium sized organization that holds A LOT of meetings. They frequently request that I...
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“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”….Wayne Gretzky So often, people go through life living in the “what if” and look back at aspects of their life with regrets. I recently read a blog from Bonnie Ware about regrets that people voiced when faced with death. It touched me and I hope you it impacts you in the same way. Excerpt from Bonnie Ware REGRETS OF THE DYING For many years I worked in palliative care. My...
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One of the things that has separated me from a number of my peers is the sheer amount of professional development that I’ve done over the past 10 years. I’ve spent $30-40,000 in courses, weekends, boot camps, books, CD’s, and webinars. And to be quite honest, that is a drop in the bucket compared to what some of my friends spend. (I know one very entrepreneurial couple that will spend $100k this year alone in professional...
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Whether it is a drug test or background check, you need to understand what employers require when applying for a job. There have been numerous stories about candidates being denied because of a drug test or background check and even current employees being fired about lying on the application. The most recent instance was the CEO of Yahoo who was accused of lying about his degree. There are a few things you need to know, when you start...
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