As a talent leader, I’ve spent decades recruiting skilled people, managing their experience and helping to guide their career growth. My own career is … Read more
Are You Committing Career Malpractice?
Do you know X? I noticed a job posting and when I checked the company, it showed that you had connections there. Let me know if you know her. Like you, I … Read more
Analytics Can Play a Key Role In Career Planning Conversations
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
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 … Read more