Thoughts on people, teams, organizations, communities, effectiveness and success
Politics aside, are there times when not getting the job – but making an otherwise strong showing – is the better result for you and your career?
After all, isn’t work and life really as Henry “Red” Sanders (and later Vince Lombardi) observed, “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing“.
Maybe. And maybe not.
Here’s why.… Read the rest
Executive, career, and team coaches come in all flavors. How do you know who you should hire?
Daniel Coyle, author of the best seller The Talent Code, has a new book out, The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills.
Read it.
Coyle’s work has lots of great, research-based ideas on boosting talent, and even picking a coach to help you get where you want to go.… Read the rest
Optics – whatever they might be – count. A lot.
Just ask Big Bird.
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced that he’d stop funding PBS – effectively sacking Big Bird and the Sesame Street crew that generations of kids and their parents have grown to love – as one of the first steps to lower the multi-trillion Federal debt. It was a rare misstep in a sterling first debate performance against President Obama in Denver.… Read the rest
Getting off the dime and asking for help in a job search is often the hardest thing that people encounter.
It doesn’t have to be.
Here’s how:
The email from the prospective applicant family asked my thoughts regarding my son’s grade school.
It could have just as easily been about a place to work or somebody referencing an employee.
It brought to mind a simple question.
When do you shift from “highly recommend” to a more nuanced “recommend with reservations?”
Just as the most qualified candidate may not be the best candidate for a job (“He had lots of great skills and experiences.… Read the rest
Life, careers and work are full of decisions.
Sometimes, though, the hardest yet best thing to say is one simple word: “No.”
We know from research (channel Ronald Reagan: “Facts are stubborn things.”) that all those little decisions we make every day take a toll and turns out it’s a big one.
Carmel macchiato with non-fat milk or 2% non-fat?… Read the rest