After several years at a top management consulting firm, my engineer client moved rapidly up the ranks of a start-up from operations to project management to head of business development, until slow growth and slower fundraising made him realize that he not only was not going to have the big exit story to tell at
To go to graduate school or not: that is a question you may face after several years on the workforce and looking for a boost in your career; or after several decades of work and looking for a major change. Given the time and expense of a graduate school education, it makes sense to weigh
Trying to figure out what’s next in your career? You might also be interested in: How To Figure Out What To Do In Your Career – 10 Exercises And Prompts To Get Started I was recently coaching with an international executive education program, where a number of participants wanted to find a job in a new location — some
Trying to figure out what’s next in your career? You might also be interested in: How To Figure Out What To Do In Your Career – 10 Exercises And Prompts To Get Started There are many factors affecting how to choose your next career move, and what you prioritize changes over time. One client prioritized location over all because
Preparing for a job interview? You might also be interested in my blog post: Ten Step Process To Help Ace Your Next Job Interview. A job interview is a person-to-person communication, and some people are difficult, so you will likely encounter a difficult job interviewer at some point. The difficult job interviewer pushes back on what
Flexible working is on the rise. Nearly three out of every four employees say their company offers flexible working and 32% said they regularly work remotely. An entire 79% of employees said they work with at least one person who isn’t based in the same office as them. – The Human Face of Remote Working, 2017 global survey
If you want to change careers, you may wonder how to introduce yourself, when a common networking introduction is simply name and current job title (i.e., the title you don’t want anymore). This anxiety on how to introduce yourself deters people from networking altogether, or might cause an aspiring career changer to mention everything but
Yes, you can negotiate as a consultant, temp, freelancer, or small business owner. Don’t assume that just because you’re not full-fledged staff, you have less influence.Don’t assume that since it’s just you v. a bigger company that you don’t have leverage.Don’t assume that a company can’t pay more, even if they insist they have no budget.Do
A reader of one of my networking posts, Ten People You Need To Have In Your Professional Network, gave me a follow-up challenge: I’ve been to so many lectures or read articles and they all say the same thing. Rely on your network or use your network to accomplish this or that. What they all overlook
Over 40% of goal-setters drop their new year’s resolutions before the end of January. If the motivation for your new year’s resolutions is waning, here are four ways to get back on track: Reaching for a goal takes you out of your comfort zone, and this discomfort causes resistance. Andy Molinsky, professor of psychology and organizational behavior
