Blog Articles about Career Management
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March 04, 2010
Don’t ever argue ever.
This is a quote from Dale Carnegie.
Here’s the deal. If you argue and you win, the other person is angry. If you argue and you lose, you appear ineffective. If you agree to disagree chances are you are both angry.
There is no upside to arguing. Ever.
January 06, 2010
January Sucks. So Does September.
It’s official. No one really wants to go back to work in January.
I spend my days talking to people. I am a coach. That is what I get paid to do. A funny thing happens when you spend your days talking to people, you notice trends.
Here’s a trend that I can’t help but notice, January sucks. Everyone I talk to is in a funk. They are re-thinking their career. They feel unmotivated. They are pondering early retirement. Do you know what will happen by the end of the week? Most people will feel better and that will be fine. There is no big hidden issue, you don’t need to change your job – January sucks.
Do you know what else I’ve noticed? The exact same thing happens in September. It gets better too once you get back into the swing of things.
So what? Just remember that in January and September you will feel unmotivated and then go on to remember that you will also feel better.
September 23, 2009
My next challenge. Do I have the courage?
I have started writing a book and truth be known, I am dabbling. I am running a business, enjoying my family and meeting my personal needs (hanging with friends and getting some exercise). I am walking the talk. I am balanced.
There is one hitch—writing a book is not something you dabble at. You write a little. You edit a lot. You write a little more. You edit a whole lot more. You look at what you wrote and you think,
“Is that it? All that time and that’s it?” I had no idea how much work it was.
That said, I am happy. I am enjoying writing and I want to write more.
I often tell my clients that careers are more like a set of stairs than a hill. You have periods of great growth and then periods of plateaus. I am perched right now on a plateau about to step up to a period of growth.
To really get growth, I need to scale back other things and just write. I need to take that step off the plateau and up that next riser.
Will I have the courage?
I did it five years ago and I will do it again. My next step up. I just have to figure out how.
November 04, 2008
Performance Management is so yesterday
Think about it. Even the words "performance management" are kind of off putting. Begging the question "Who are you to manage my performance?". I have always disliked the performance management process. I say this, even though as an HR professional early in my career, I helped put in place many performance management systems.
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