Why are we as professionals worth what we’re paid? This question can have as many answers as there are people to ask it – and each of our own answers is unique, but there are similarities. Are you having difficulties with tricky salary negotiations? If you’re looking for advice on how to deal with a […]
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There are a lot of factors that can affect our journey towards reaching our goals, whether they are personal or work-related. While it is easy to lose track of our own objectives with so many distractions present, it is not entirely a bad thing to suddenly find yourself walking an entirely different path far from […]
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Being an impactful leader takes more than business acumen and intelligence – it also requires emotional smarts and self-regulation. Author and psychologist Daniel Goleman, author of “Emotional Intelligence”, helped popularize the term and create more awareness of it in the 90’s. Goleman believes that success in life requires more than IQ alone. His research showed […]
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Interviews are happening again, and more than a few folks may be a little rusty. Time to shake the dust off of the interview technique and get prepared to answer these common foundational, but tricky interview questions. Each of these questions is one that I’ve asked in most of my recent interviews as a hiring […]
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When you picture the day-to-day job of a career coach, plenty of things come to mind. Helping clients polish their resumes or online profiles. Preparing them for interviews or negotiations. Even just being a resource for them for all the strange questions that come up during the job search process. For me, that also draws […]
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“Every success is a rectified failure”, the French author Charles Pépin made this statement full of truth. Usually, business failure is seen as a weakness. Intellectual and emotional stability will allow us to decide whether we take it as a catastrophe or a learning experience. Remember, if you have learned to walk, you know how […]
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Are you onboarding new hires remotely? It’s even more important to be intentional about how you onboard new members of your team when you can’t do it in person. On this blog, we are discussing how to best welcome new employees and build trust in a remote world. Onboarding Employees Remotely 1. Connect With Your […]
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I hear from clients all the time: I want to be a better leader. So the question is, what makes us a better leader? As we always say great leaders aren’t born, they’re made. Whether you’re just getting started on your leadership journey or you’re a seasoned pro take a moment to evaluate where you are […]
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Google the word “resume” and you get about 636,000,000 results in 0.72 seconds. That will give you close to one billion different opinions and options on how best to build a resume. With that many different options, resume mistakes are bound to occur – that is very overwhelming! In the words of Heidi Klum: “Keep it […]
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When we traditionally think about leadership, we may automatically think of titles or people in charge (managers, supervisors, directors, and so on.) However, leaders aren’t only defined by their organizational title or role. They are defined by their actions and impact to a group or project’s goals and outcomes. There is no one size fits […]
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