It may sound like stating the obvious, but your outlook on life, impacts your life. Outlook is powerful in that a positive vs. negative perspective has the capability of shaping our successes vs. fueling our failures, respectively. People generally have a disposition towards one perspective, which drives daily behavior. However, ultimately the choices you make […]
Leadership
Getting a Promotion or a Raise: Asking Isn’t Enough
A simple, but generally unsuccessful approach to getting a promotion or a raise, is to ask for one. Another generally unsuccessful way is to ask for one merely because you have been at your job for a certain amount of time. And a sure way to guarantee that you won’t get a raise, is to […]
Addressing Challenges and Solving Problems: A 4-Step Approach
Each and every day, we are faced with at least one challenge—and that is probably on what many of us might consider a “light” day. Sometimes you call it challenges, other times problems. Whatever you call them, the idea of facing problems can be scary, but it gets significantly easier when you actually realize that […]
Essential Strategies for Managing Up…And Managing Down
Leaders today are often caught in between leading and managing the employees they are responsible for and remaining accountable to their supervisor and higher ups. Holding the capability of both managing up and managing down is a skill. I have found many executives favor one over the other because of their comfort zone, how they […]
Interviewing Do’s and Don’ts: A Hiring Manager’s Guide
Interviewing is a sensitive area of business—and it can be stressful for hiring managers as well as job seekers. As an interviewer, it’s important to keep in mind that you must both provide information to the job seeker about the open position and also gather it. A successful candidate is one who is a MATCH […]
8 Tips for Building Assertive Communication Skills as a Woman
Effective communication is always a hot topic in the professional world. Indeed, communication experts agree that the most productive and progressive way to communicate is through honest and transparent dialogue—which is the basis of assertive communication. Assertive communication is defined as a communication skill that sits halfway between passivity and aggressiveness. Sometimes, it is incorrectly […]
Understanding and Preventing Burnout on Your Team
As a leader, you may feel a certain level of dedication to your company that allows you to press on with projects and deadlines at a greater intensity as compared to junior associates or your direct reports. While your level of commitment is admirable, you need to stay aware of the levels of enthusiasm and […]
360 Assessments: How to Use Them Wisely
360 Assessments can be powerful, and that is the good news. The challenge is to appreciate the power and use them wisely: They can promote development—and are an essential tool in executive coaching. They are an opportunity to collect and report comprehensive data. And most importantly, the reports should be written as “working documents” that […]
Build Your Career: Get Out of Your Own Way
While it’s impossible for any of us to know exactly what the future holds, the more I work with my clients, the more convinced I become that some of biggest stumbling blocks about our careers are sometimes of our own making. Yes, there is uncertainty related to a job market that is volatile as well […]
Diversity in the Workplace: Promoting Women’s Equality
Women’s equality has been slowly improving since 1965 when the EEOC was created and it became illegal to treat women differently at work. A diverse workplace has consistently been shown to be more productive and profitable. Steps that can promote equality in the workplace include: Reframe female equality as a business issue and acknowledge it’s […]
