About five months ago, I started having chest pains whenever I did anything that required even mild exertion. The pains were not severe, but I was concerned enough to see a doctor. I have always been athletic and in great shape, so I assumed it was nothing. Tests, tests and more tests The first...
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One of the secrets to Turbo Charge your Career is being fit. I am not talking about joining a gym necessarily. I am talking about getting physically, emotionally, and spiritually fit. Pump Me Up To be physically fit, all you need to do is eat food that is good for you. You know what...
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For many years, I have been against annual or semi-annual performance appraisals, sometimes called reviews. The idea that once a year you and your boss sit down face to face and talk about how you did the entire previous year just seems unnatural. The business guru Dr. W. Edward Deming agrees with me. Surprise!!...
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As a career coach and senior executive, I can’t tell you how often I hear people say “I hate my job. I just don’t know what to do with my life. I really hate my job. What do you think I should do?” That is a very tough question that I can’t answer for...
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Charley Charley, a new retiree-greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn’t seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean-shaven, sharp minded and a real credit to the company; obviously demonstrating their “Older Person Friendly” policies. One day...
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Email may be one of the most effective and efficient forms of communication since the telephone. And, it can be one of the leading causes of workplace problems since the rumor mill. When used correctly, email is a truly wonderful tool, but it is also a way of sending impersonal, and unnecessarily harsh communiques...
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So, you’ve spent hours and hours searching job boards for openings. You contacted all of your friends, joined social sites like LinkedIn, and expanded your network. You’ve read my book “The Professional Guide to Creating a Killer Resume” and tweaked your resume to the point that you are really happy with it. And you’ve...
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I have been in business for some time now. I love business and I love management. I have had my fair share of challenges, but I have learned something from each one. Some years ago, as a new manager, I had a bad tendency to drop my boss’s name anytime I had to deliver bad news. I...
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I began to notice that my boss was asking me questions that not only came out of left field, but seemed to have an unusual amount of detail that executives at our level are not normally involved with. I would take the question, research it, and almost always come up with the answer which...
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I have been telling people for years that companies are only as healthy as the people that work in them. I also like to tell people that the health of the company is directly related to the health of the leadership. For example, if a CEO demonstrates low integrity, sarcasm, and lying, he will...
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