Posted on August 21, 2014
Mentorship is an opportunity to build relationships and give gifts. Mentoring up, to those above you in rank or stature, may be one of your best career boosters. Really. This post will show you how to do it without getting shot for the message. There’s a common misconception in our business culture that mentorship is …
Posted on August 7, 2014
Your work culture is a conversation, led by leaders or troublemakers, about how things are done around here. If the leader isn’t driving the conversation forward, troublemakers can move it sideways or backwards. Troublemakers include the naysayers, doomsdayers and taker-types. Much of our work life is spent in conversations with others. When these conversations move forward, …
Posted on June 24, 2014
Most people I know sabotage their career by being to efficient with their time. They fill up their daily schedule with meetings and phone calls, thinking that they are being highly productive. The result is a week of conversations, with little time left to “work on work.” A recent IBM survey of over 1000 …
Posted on May 29, 2014
The concept of mentor first appeared in Homer’s Odyssey, and since then has grown into a widely talked about concept. Many of us seek mentors, especially during the beginning of our career. Many of us act as mentors, helping others on their journey to greatness. What I’ve learned through my mentorship practice is that not …
Posted on April 2, 2014
These days, it’s believed that the youth have all the advantages when it comes to technology. They start companies like facebook in their 20’s, run television shows and represent true progress. Companies I work with talk about “aging down” their workforce, so they can stay nimble. The reality is that youth is a state …
Posted on March 18, 2014
This note is for generous networkers that like to use email to glue together people that should meet. In my first book, Love is the Killer App, I call this the 3-Way-Email technique. It helps networkers make more connections than they can by arranging conference calls or meetings. Over the last decade I’ve been …
Posted on February 28, 2014
For many of you, the last recession put you into survival mode. This is especially true if you are in banking, financial services, construction, retail or automotive. Those industries were hit so hard, all growth plans had to take a back seat. Shrinking expenses was the order of the day. As long as we continue …
Posted on February 12, 2014
Recently, I was booked to give the closing keynote at an annual corporate meeting for an industry leader. Their CEO had a vision for the meeting: Create A Mindset Where Winning Is the Only Acceptable Outcome. She picked me because I’d worked at a company (Yahoo) that famously developed this outlook, then lost it over …
Posted on December 11, 2013
I’ve been working on a new book now for the last few months. In between other stuff in my life. When I get a moment or carve out a few hours. I guess that means I’m just grazing on it. Sure, I could slap a self-imposed deadline on writing it (or better yet, the detailed …
Posted on November 22, 2013
In 2002, when I published Love Is the Killer App, I proclaimed: “Your network is your net worth.” My point was that it was our greatest resource and number one fallback when times get tough. Each one of us is part of a network of relationships, where we serve as a resource for each other. …
