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How to make your vision a reality!
If you’ve been following along over the last few installments, then you know we’ve been talking about a career vision: what it is, how to create one, and this week, how you can act it to make it a reality. Ideas on paper are one thing, but truly realizing what’s inspiring for you, that’s your ultimate goal! Your vision is just the start of ideas. They will, like little acorns, be able to take root and grow with the right nurturing. And if you remember at the very beginning of this conversation, I talked about a surprise tip, so here you go: research shows that a vision without a...
read moreWhat’s Your Career Status? Part 2
In our most recent blog post, we talked uncovered which career status is most on track for you. Now I’ll cover specific action steps you can take to move forward. Status 1: “I’m pretty happy in my career right now and want to keep things moving forward well.” Recommended Action Steps: Articulate clear growth goals. This is important because in a conversation with your manager, if you say you want to progress, don’t rely on him or her to have the ideas for you because quite realistically they won’t. They have lots on their plate and they’re hoping you’re going to come...
read moreOur 20 best tips ever…and here are 16-20
Tip # 16: Update your successes. In Tip #8 (earlier blog) I suggested about documenting your successes and having a handful of those ready to go. Once you get that started, every time you have a little win, I want for you to jot it down somewhere. Keep a record. This will give you easy access to content that can help you sell yourself more successfully in performance reviews, as you might be updating your resume, and also great content for job interviews. Just get in the habit of noting what happens, how you made it happen, and what were the results, those metrics around how did you help...
read moreOur 20 best tips ever…and here are the 1st 5!
It’s our 20th anniversary in business! And over the last 20 years working with over 5,000 amazing clients, I’ve boiled down our best career progress tips to this list. This is super cool stuff, so get ready to take some notes and take some ACTION, because I predict that you will have some moments where you say, “Oh, that’s a good idea,” or, “That’s a great resource.” So, without further ado, we’ll dive in. Tip #1: Our first tip is around getting clear on what your values are. This is a great place to start, because for whatever’s going on...
read moreNegotiating: The Single Biggest Mistake People Make
I am excited to share this information with you about how to negotiate with confidence. Let me start by saying that this is a huge topic, so we’ll cover it over this blog and the next 3 following, where I’ll share some golden nuggets that have been helpful to our clients over the years. What are your biggest challenges when it comes to negotiating? Keep that challenge as a goal to improve upon, making the following information more personal and helpful. What specifically do you want to be better at negotiating? Negotiating can cover everything from talking your kids into helping clean up the...
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