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Get a Mentor. Use a Mentor.
Get a Mentor I know you’ve heard it. If you’ve been reading this blog, you’ve heard it from me. You need a mentor to help your career. Easier said than done, right? Typical questions about mentors and mentoring are: What … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Career Development, Career Goals, Executive Development, Feedback, Success, Trust
Do You Really Need A Mentor?
Do You Need A Mentor? It’s common to hear that you need a mentor for career success. Is that still true? Yes. You need a mentor. You need several. Over the course of your career you need people who help … Continue reading
Filed under Career Development, Career Goals, Executive Development, Hi Po, Mentor, Networking, Unwritten Rules
Mentor Me, Mentor You
Find a Mentor. Use a Mentor. Be a Mentor. I’m sure you’re always hearing the advice that you need a mentor. In fact, you’ve even heard it from me. Why do people keep giving that advice? There is research that supports … Continue reading
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How Do You Get Motivated On Sunday?
Dreading Sunday Evening? I recently had someone ask me how to get motivated on Sunday. Great question! My question is what do you need to be motivated to do? I assume that when most people wake up on Sunday, they’re relatively … Continue reading
Filed under Career Development, Personal Change, Reframe
My Top 10 Blog Posts
Someone recently asked me what my top blog posts were. Here are the top 10 in terms of readership. Which one do you like best? Get a Mentor, Use a Mentor Personal Change Management Take Feedback, Especially Bad Feedback, as … Continue reading
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The Art of Networking
Network Now, Before You Need To LinkedIn sent out a lot of emails this week, notifying people that they were in the top 10%, 5%, 1% most viewed profiles. LinkedIn probably did that to pump up their own volume, but you should … Continue reading
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What The Heck Are Unwritten Rules?
Four Problems There are four problems to being able to understand the unwritten rules in your organizations. The first is that you believe you know the rules (these are your beliefs about how organizations are supposed to work) and that … Continue reading
Starting a New Job? Hit the Ground Successful!
First Steps to Success in Your New Job The first thing to ask is why they hired you? What do they need you to do? How does that compare with what your predecessor did? You can’t assume that you were … Continue reading
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Why Doesn’t Your Team Work?
All of us get to spend time on teams. Some of us spend all of our time on teams. There are terrible teams, good teams and great teams. Most of us rarely get to spend much time on great teams. … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Career Development, Career Goals, Diversity, Executive Development, Teams, Trust
Onboard Yourself
Onboarding Onboarding is the process that organizations use to get their employees up to speed enough to do their jobs. Another term for it is “organizational socialization.” Organizations have informal and formal methods for the knowledge transfer or processes, tools, … Continue reading
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