“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...
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...
A career lesson I was to see again and again and again over the course of a career. Leaders LEAD....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
I stumbled into a career a long time ago – relatively ill prepared but anxious to learn. I had no real plan – certainly no strategy. My goals were equally unsophisticated. Work hard – make some money. Oh, and there was a company car thrown in too…a...