#BestofFSCBlog : #YourCareer -So, What Have You Done for Me Lately? (Applying the SAR). Typically, you are going to be called in for an annual or semiannual review. The company may be on the verge of a massive downsizing: Who can we cut? Where is the fat in our organization?
I’ve received many a puzzled look. Jar of moonshine? Jar of marmalade? What is this “jar” you speak of? It’s quite simple: you never stop recording your achievements. You have to maintain a journal of actions and results. This is the ongoing history of your SARs (Situation / Action / Result) within the organization, and […]
Your #Career : 3 Skills You Need To Rock Your Interviews & Your Career…I’d Like to Share My Take on What Interviewing Really Is, & Why you Need to Be Interviewing & Out there Consistently & Regularly Talking to Other Employers, Leaders & Managers.
If you can’t answer these questions, you can’t present a compelling story of who you are and what you have to offer. Secondly, you’ll not be able to guide your career to the level you want it. Amazing careers require a great deal of planning, vision and management, as well as a big dose of […]
Your #Career : The 5 Questions Everyone Should Ask Before Accepting a Promotion…The Fatter Paycheck. The Bigger Office. The Increased Authority to Make Decisions . Note: 2015 Gallup poll, Only 35% of U.S. Managers actually Feel Engaged in their Jobs.
To most people, moving into a management role seems like a natural rite of passage when climbing the career ladder. But for all its impressive-sounding perks, joining those ranks may not necessarily upgrade your job satisfaction: According to a 2015 Gallup poll, only 35% of U.S. managers actually feel engaged in their jobs. As the […]
#Strategy : The 5 Best Ways to Say ‘No’ to Your Co-workers…If you’re Constantly Shifting your Schedule to Accommodate a New Project, or you’re Picking up the Slack for another Co-Worker on a Frequent Basis, your Own Work will Suffer.
You have to say ‘yes’ to a lot of things throughout your day. You answer emails and questions, get roped into mandatory meetings, and need to pick up projects at the last minute in order to meet company deadlines. In some cases, you won’t have a choice about those new tasks that get added to […]
#Leadership : 4 Things You Need To Know About Working With #Teams Today…Not all Teams are Created Equal. So if Working in Teams is as Normal as the Workday Itself then Remember These 4 Points When Working With your Team
Businesses today are compelled to keep up with the rapid pace of change if they want to survive. If they want to stay competitive, however, they must get ahead of that change curve. Companies—and the people who run them—must adapt to change by finding new ways of working for which there are no blueprints. And they must […]
#Strategy : This Is What Happens To Your Brain When You Fail (And How To Fix It)…Failure is Inevitable. How we Move Forward from Failure Determines whether Failure becomes a Biologically Ingrained Habit or a Spotty Memory. What Will you Choose?
Four months after graduating college among the top of my class, I failed. Imoved to Vancouver to be with my boyfriend and travel somewhere. I tried to be Lululemon’s Senior Director of Marketing, but somehow that didn’t work out. So I wound up a legal secretary—a job that was, for me, unfulfilling and unrelated to […]
Your #Career : LinkedIn Thinks it Can Tell you How Likely You are to Get a #Job ….A New Patent Awarded to #LinkedIn on Tuesday Describes a System that Could Score your Success Chances & How your Strengths & Weaknesses.
Applying for a job can be anxiety-inducing, but LinkedIn has come up with a way to tell you what your chances of getting a job could be — and what you can do to improve them. A new patent awarded to LinkedIn on Tuesday describes a system that could score your success chances and show […]
Your #Career : You Only have One Chance to Make a First impression…….When you Unintentionally MisUse or MisSpell a Word, you Appear to be Uneducated, & your Entire Message Loses any Sense of Credibility.
A client recently shared an email he had received from a competitor in his industry. The author of the email was attempting to position himself as an expert in their trade and belittle my client for his unique style of doing business. The email carried a negative tone and read as a stream-of-consciousness rant written […]
#Leadership : Why Everyone Must Get Ready For 4th Industrial Revolution… It’s Well on its Way & Will Change Most of our #Jobs. First came Steam & Water Power; then Electricity & Assembly Lines; then Computerization… So What Comes Next?
Some call it the fourth industrial revolution, or industry 4.0, but whatever you call it, it represents the combination of cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things, and the Internet of Systems.In short, it is the idea of smart factories in which machines are augmented with web connectivity and connected to a system that can visualize […]
#Leadership : What To Do When You Catch A Liar…It’s a Hard Fact to Accept, But your Friends & Coworkers Lie to you Regularly. The Real Challenge Lies in How you Respond Once you Catch Someone in the Act.
Some people tell infrequent lies to make themselves look good or to protect themselves. Others are pros. They’ve been doing it their whole careers, they’re good at it, and they’ve learned how to avoid getting caught. That’s why there’s no single solution that works in every situation. The best thing to do is to carefully […]