Blog

01 Jan

  “When everything is important nothing is important.” ~ Brian Mulroney   Premise – Employee engagement and overall poor morale threatens our economic future – both in this country and globally. Up to 70% of today’s workers freely indicate they are no longer engaged and/or burned out in...

25 Nov

Abusive Leaders and The Deafening Sounds of Silence   There’s a jagged headline that will scrape across the public conscience sometime over the next few days. It’s as predictable as the next senseless armed robbery or drunken driver arrest.   Somewhere a person in a position of influence will...

08 Oct

Zombie – a will-less and speechless human held to have died and supernaturally reanimated   Career Zombie – a will-less and speechless human held to have died on the job and marginally reanimated   So what’s the difference in the two? The first makes for good television. The second...

07 Oct

  Want a thriving career? One that will withstand organizational restructures, mergers, acquisitions, and all the other landmines that can complicate?   Here’s a hard-earned lesson for a great many – but one you can apply today.   Whether you are six months into your first job – or ten...

06 Oct

Today thousands of Americans will go to work – most of them will start a job.   A few will grow that job into a career.   A job means that If I do my work then someone will pay me.   A career means that if I do...

28 Sep

The following is excerpted from The Compass Solution: A Guide to Winning Your Career.  This is the definitive manual for navigating the greatest investment of our lives - our careers. Now available on Amazon.   “A leader is admired, a boss is feared.” – Vincente Del Bosque Live...

27 Sep

Average cost of a theater ticket - $8.64 Average cost of a box of popcorn $4,75 Average cost of a medium soda $5.50 The average person will spend the above up to a dozen times per year. But never invest one dime in themselves. They will remain average. It’s YOUR career....

24 Sep

  A number of years back – as my company braced for a coming downsizing – I joined a large group of fellow employees for a major meeting. Not surprisingly, the topic that dominated every side conversation that week had little to do with the task...