Thoughts on people, teams, organizations, communities, effectiveness and success
Other times, though, you realize that like that unfriendly cat who has suddenly decided to be friendly, it’s in your lap; what you’re staring at is your future that’s become your present.… Read the rest
Sometimes the job you’ve been promised won’t be there; sometimes the job you think you’ve lost may return.
So how do you know if it’s a sure thing?
You won’t.
Learn why the “sure thing” today is likely the maybe thing tomorrow, and what you can do to make yourself better prepared when that sure-thing-to-make-or-nothing happens.
Why is the sure thing is not exactly the sure thing?… Read the rest
The myth is that startups mostly exist in places like San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Austin, Portland and Boulder, Boston or New York City.
That part is no myth; startups up do exist in those places.
But there is another startup in the town where you live. In fact, it’s even got your name on the door.
It’s the startup called you.… Read the rest
It’s great when good people do well.
It’s even better when good people, talented people navigate a career bump or two and end up in a better role with a better boss and culture than they left behind.
Someone I’ll call “Amy” is one of those people.
I know her through community work we’d done together, and my coffee with her this week was to catch up on her new job, and to debrief on how she got there.… Read the rest
It would be great if everything we tried in our careers worked out the way we planned.
Sometimes it happens.
And sometimes it doesn’t.
In both cases, you – and me too – need a Plan B.
I know; I’m at one of those inflexion points in my practice where either things change over the next few months or my Plan B kicks in.… Read the rest
Caveat Emptor – something Stephen Colbert translates as tuff tittie – should be the motto for any buyer.
Looks like it should be the same for any job hunter using social media to find their next gig.
While many a job hunter has seen the Craiglist Scam Alert (“affiliate scammers are posting bogus ads promising (nonexistent!) employment, paid research trials, or other compensation, but then notifying repliers that they’ll need to jump through a hoop first.… Read the rest