Careers used to progress linearly. You’d start at the bottom and climb up the rungs of a clearly defined ladder until you retired, but the world of work has changed so much. Many organizations don’t have defined career tracks anymore,…
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Corporate-Weary Executives Are Beginning to Embrace the Gig Economy
As an executive coach and advisor to some of corporate America’s most influential leaders, including those in career transitions, I have the pleasure of helping very powerful people. I have seen and coached through it all with my clients and…
How Worried Are You About Your Career? Here’s a Way to See Where You Stand
Workplaces are undergoing profound transformations to accommodate the varying expectations of a multi-generational workforce and the increasing influx of AI-enabled entities. The inevitable need to maintain robust talent pipelines for assuring a healthy supply of capable leaders has galvanized progressive…
What You Need to Do to Build Your Own Brand
As the job market continues to take off in 2018, now is the perfect time to build your personal brand. Differentiating yourself in your career and job search matters. Yet, I see LinkedIn profiles that read like generic resumes, or…
5 Steps to Reigniting Career Development For Today’s Workforce
Career development ain’t what it used to be. Success meant a linear climb to the top of one’s profession or employer. Though some organizations have embraced a flexible approach to career development, we are just scratching the surface. Most companies…
Preparation Is the Key to Career Success
“Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first 4 sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln” As I read, there are some words or phrases that cause me to stop and reread. The Lincoln…
10 Commandments for Performance Discussions
I invested 38 years in the corporate world and my experience spanned a myriad of departments – to include human resources where I oversaw our leadership development program and played a critical role in personnel policy and practice. My time…
Dr. Seuss, Retention and the Mission
Short takes on onboarding, retention and mission statements from the Humetrics blog: The 6 question retention survey Here are six questions you can ask your best people to help keep them engaged and on board: Where do you want to be in your…
Are You Investing In Your Career?
“I don’t read this crap. When someone gives me an article to read, I just say yes I will. I don’t read anything anymore. When I leave work, the last thing on my mind is HR.” This was from one…
Feel Secure In Your Job? Then You’re Just Waiting to Be Ambushed
I worked all those years, coming to work every day, doing a great job. Each year there was a raise and eventually more responsibility. I went home at the end of the day and came back the following day. I…
What’s Hot in the CHRO Marketplace
CEOs continue to upgrade their CHRO talent with talent management, transformation and top team needs driving much of that change. Board members are increasingly prominent in the process and often interview multiple candidates. Our 2017 placements at TSG Executive Search…
Help Them See How to Write Their Career Movie
“As you go through the workday, write the screenplay in your head for the movie you will eventually direct and star in — the movie about your life. Choose the actors to play each of your favorite characters. Keep breathing,…
A Lattice Is the Career Ladder for the 21st Century
I am giving you a heads-up as tomorrow I am resigning my position and going back to my old job, which I love. I hate this new job as I do not want to manage people. I just want to…
If Your Job Doesn’t Have You Saying “TGIM,” You Need a New Job
“I will be glad when the holidays are over so that I can get back to work.” With that statement, everyone in the room looked at me in bewilderment. “You have almost a month break and you are bored and…
When You’re At a Career Crossroad, Let Your Desires Be Your Guide
At the crossroads. “I have an offer on the table for the top role at a new company. Salary is double the current role. I am in that space as to what do I do next. When you mentioned earlier…
Find Your Instrument and Pursue Your Dream
I believe everybody has their own instrument, but maybe they just never took the time to find it. As I looked up from the TV, I saw a 9-year-old piano prodigy who has two Ted talks under his belt. He…
How To Become A Superboss In 4 Steps
Some leaders don’t just build successful organizations; they also attract, train and cultivate the next generation of exceptional leaders. That’s according to Sydney Finkelstein, Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, who identified this category of über-manager for his new…
Do You Have a Job, a Career, Or a Calling?
“I had just gotten laid off and could not find work even with an MBA. My husband was an attorney who did not like being an attorney.” “I became a CPA because my mom and dad said that accountants will…