Career Success

The Secret to Being Remarkably Lucky — Have an Open Mind

“Lucky people appear to have an uncanny ability to be in the right place at the right time and enjoy more than their fair share of lucky breaks.” — Richard...

Be An Abundance-Based Leader Rather Than A Scarcity-Based Boss

An abundance-based leader has unique qualities and traits which prevent them from being moulded as a scarcity-based boss or manager. They set up the systems and structure ensure that things happen...

Secrets to Improving Your Leadership Communication

As a leader, effective communication is critical to supply details about the mission and vision of what you are trying to carry out. However, it is also essential to motivate,...

How To Improve Your Chances That Your Team Will Follow You

There are hundreds of books dealing with the complexity of what it means to be an excellent leader. However, as with many things, the most straightforward and simple answers are...

Creating Succession Plans for Millennials

While they are often stereotyped as self-absorbed and entitled, Millennials are also regarded as hardworking corporate contributors. Let's check in on the latest trends surrounding this outsized demographic group. The...

Mission Imposter: Myths Female Executives Tell Themselves

Let’s reflect on the incredible impact of women in the world and the workforce. In my long career, I’ve worked with many incredibly talented women. However, I’m continually amazed that...

The surprising damage smart workers can cause

If you are overqualified for your role, are you causing more trouble for your firm than you are worth? A negative attitude is a part of the surprising damage that smart...

How to Advance When You Have No Clear Career Path

Today, most organizations organizational are reducing levels of management. Further, there are fewer levels of management. Accordingly, your career path is transiting from a Corporate Ladder to a Corporate Lattice. Moreover,...

Business 4.0 — How agile leaders are redefining customer-centric

Every few weeks someone is espousing the virtues of being customer-centric as if it is a breakthrough winning strategy. Customer excellence has worked for centuries and will continue for many...

How A Growth Mindset Becomes A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Being a sounding board for executives, after my lengthy career as a CEO, I often hear comments that they feel they are a little bit stuck. Intuitively these leaders know...

Secrets to Excel As A Leader — Asking Questions and Seeking Help

Many people think leadership is all about having the right answers at the ready. Yet, no matter how experienced you are — understand the importance of showing humility by asking...

Why we find it so hard to leave a job—even one we hate

Many of us experience a moment where we struggled to move forward. We may have perceived that something vital had shifted. We hang on to a role that does not...

Parents — Tips You Need to Know to Boost Your High Schooler’s Career Success

As you read the article, please consider what advice you give to your younger self, coming out of high school as you embarked on your career journey. It’s a belief:...

Process Praise May Be The Key to Correcting to Gender Balance in STEM

The workplace is changing. So are the skills that employers need. Beyond the traditional career paths requiring a background in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), employers are seeking the...

Powerful Career Advice for Your High School Student

It is decision time. Your daughter or son is entering their final year of high school. They are at the age when they should be preparing for what’s next. However,...

Forget Resolutions — Do a Past Year Review Instead

The things we desperately long for today are universal and timeless. However, they are elusive and difficult to sustain in this tech-frenzied, time-crushing world. To get the things we want...

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