I decided to share excerpts of my first book, “Path for Greatness: Work as Spiritual Service” as a series for this year. I’ve shared this book with groups around the country and with professional associations to great reviews. I look forward to sharing the ideas from my book with you. To a wonderful new year …
Professional Development/
Improving Yourself
How do you want 2013 to be different than 2012? Are you on track? What usually happens is that we get all excited about changing something in our personal or professional lives. We truly want to change but then as I say “life and work intervenes”. We get busy with other commitments. And our hopes, …
George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, was asked who would he want to be (anyone in the course of history) if he could go back and do it all over again. His answer was that he would be the man he never was. The time is now to be the “best versions of ourselves,” as taught …
Do you find yourself tongue tied or feeling awkward in “small talk” situations like networking events, cocktail hours or meeting where you know no one? Most of us do – even extroverts like me. So don’t despair! Here are a few ninja skills to help you get over the “I don’t know what to say …
Carla, a system analyst, has just been hired after months of job search. She ‘s highly motivated to succeed because her last position did not work out as she had hoped, particularly with her boss. She requested career coaching to help her start out right foot. Here are 5 questions I suggested to help her …
This is the time for New Year’s resolutions – to set goals and to make changes in our personal or professional lives. Let’s focus your attention on your career for 2013. Whether you want to find a more satisfying job, make more money, get that promotions make a job change, push for that promotion or …
Experience of course. So is loyalty, dedication and a strong work ethic. However, none of these alone is enough to ensure your job security – that you continue to be employed in the future. You must add value. That means what you do contributes specifically to your organization’s bottom line. After all, you can work …