Your Career: The 23 Best Pieces Of Career Advice Readers Ever Received…”Have an Avocation. Don’t Let Your Work be All That You Are, Don’t Let It Consume You.”
A long time ago — or maybe it only feels that way — our careers were at their beginning. Full of promise, ambition, and possibly misplaced self-confidence, we embarked on our journey up the corporate ladder. The luckiest among us received plenty of advice from the wiser and more experienced people in our lives, whether […]
Strategy: 25 Time-Management Tips Every Young Professional Should Know…”No Car goes Without Gas, Manage Your Energy, Not Just your Time
Montreal-based designer Étienne Garbugli spent most of his 20s equating long hours of hard work with success. But as he got older, he learned better ways to manage his workload and schedule his days. Garbugli’s presentation “26 Time Management Hacks I Wish I’d Known At 20” was viewed millions of times and became SlideShare’s “Most Liked” […]
Your Career: How To Not Work For The Rest Of Your Life…It’s 100 Percent Possible for You to Not Feel Like You’re Working for the Rest of Your Life, I’m Not Throwing Around Empty Inspiration
I was fascinated and thankful to recently read, “How to Accept that You Have to Work for the Rest of Your Life,” because it opened me up to a big realization, which went something like, “Holy crap! I totally forgot that a huge chunk of our generation feels like this!” We need to stop and […]
Leadership: Why You/Your Boss Lacks Emotional Intelligence…Whether You’re a Leader Now or May Become One, You Don’t Have to Succumb to This Trend
Over the past century, the heartless, no-nonsense CEO has become something of an icon—and a cliché—in American society. Hollywood would have us believe that the Machiavellian chief exec is still alive and well. Whether it’s the Donald from The Apprentice or Jack Donaghy from 30 Rock, these eat-the-weak-for-breakfast-types seem to be as powerful as ever. […]
Strategy: 9 Predictions for the Search Industry in 2015…You Can Say What You Want About Google’s Motives/Morality/Evilness, but the Basic Fact of Their Power Does Raise Concerns
It’s January, and a great time to offer some thoughts on what we might see this year. What follows are my predictions for 9 things to expect in the world of search in 2015: 1. We Will See Massive Expansion of Google’s Knowledge Graph: This is a one of the bigger areas of investment for […]
Leadership: How To Turn 2015 Into A Year Of Career Success…“A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish.”
In my last blog, I discussed the importance of doing things differently during 2015. One of the tips I mentioned was creating a career strategic plan – to get you from where you are today, to where you want to be. That sounds difficult, you’re probably thinking. Actually, it’s not. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, a famous […]
Leadership: The Future of the CFO…CEOs say Their CFOs don’t Understand/Assist Them With the Challenges that They Face With Running Their Organizations
The title of chief financial officer may be a bit of a misnomer in the modern enterprise. For one thing, finance only begins to describe what the C-suite, shareholders and the rest of the business expects of a finance chief. CFOs are expected to play a more strategic role in the C-suite at the same […]
Leadership: Business New Year’s Resolutions Every Manager/CEO Should Make…Most are Personal Resolutions as 2015 begins ,but What About our Professional Ones?
The act of setting new goals and resolutions permeates everyday culture during the year-end holiday season. Television and radio commercials, not to mention social media posts, remind us to make our personal resolutions as 2015 begins – but what about our professional ones? The New Year can offer Managers/CEOs a powerful catalyst for business growth. […]