“If you’re not having fun, it’s half your fault.” This is a quote from Doug Dietz who plays the leading role in one of the greatest … Read more
Take Your Career Off Auto-Pilot
“’If you spend 12 hours a day doing work you hate, at some point it does not matter what your paycheck says,’” he told me. There is no magic salary at … Read more
The Lasting Value of Take Your Child to Work Day
For many employees, yesterday’s Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day was one of those moments on the journey through work and life that resurfaces the … Read more
Employees Want to Grow Their Career So How Are You Helping Them?
The lure of a new job beckons these days from all corners. It might be an intriguing job listing in your LinkedIn feed. Or perhaps a former colleague … Read more
HR Needs Better Skills to Step Up Career Coaching
Talent management and talent acquisition leaders and talent management-focused HR business partners are often the first responders for employees seeking … Read more
Mapping the Employee Journey Pays Off For Everyone
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