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Playing Your Cards Right: 7 Steps to Making Your Employer Your First Customer by Dee McCrorey - Sep, 2010 A thought crosses your mind while sitting in your cubicle at work, “One day I’d like to run my own business.” You’re not alone. A recent study on employee engagement, (complimentary copy of the article with registration) conducted by the Corporate Executive Board's Corporate Leadership Council (CLC) and published in the May 2010 issue of Harvard Business Review, found that 25 percent of the "employer-identified, high-potential... |
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Is Multitasking Helping Or Hurting Your Performance? by Ramon Greenwood - Sep, 2010 With your workload piling up, multitasking may seem to be the only way to get the job done. But hold up. Research by the University of Michigan reveals that what we think of as multitasking may be nothing more than skipping about between multiple tasks, forcing our brains to refocus with every new subject. This reduces productivity by 20% to 40%. “Attempting to multitask is one of the single greatest ways to undermine pr... |
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How to Get Inside the Mind of an Employer by Kevin Donlin - Sep, 2010 There's an old marketing maxim I live by when advising job seekers. It dates back to the 1930s and comes from Robert Collier, one of the best writers of sales letters who ever lived. It goes like this: To create successful advertising, the writer must enter the conversation already going on in mind of the reader. Because everybody is thinking about something. If you can tap into a person’s thoughts with your mess... |
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Have you Developed a Career Disaster Management Plan? by Nimish Thakkar - Sep, 2010 Disaster management and emergency preparedness, once the exclusive domain of large government and corporate entities, are now being utilized by regular people like you and me to hedge against uncertainty. When disaster strikes, we are often incapacitated by fear and confusion. Rational planning and decision-making are not always easy in such situations. Fortunately, we can learn a lesson or two from our corporate counterpar... |
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Put Your Career on the Fast Track by Nimish Thakkar - Sep, 2010 Achieving impressive, but consistent, career growth is every professional’s dream. Yet, many believe that aiming for professional success is a difficult undertaking that often requires complex Machiavellian strategies or political tact. Not true. The best recipe for long term success is plain old PHP (planning, hard work, and persistence). Speaking of success, what actions if taken in 2007 will fire up your career and take ... |
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Resume Writing Strategies from a Career Coach’s Secret Toolkit by Nimish Thakkar - Sep, 2010 Ever wonder how career coaches and resume writers transform ordinary resumes into attention-grabbing documents? As career professionals, we use a variety of strategies to position job seekers and add the much-needed “punch” to their resumes. 1. Address employer needs; speak their language Employers look for solutions, not people. When a company publicizes an opening, it is advertising a need, a gap within its system. In... |
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Tips for Writing a Persuasive Cover Letter by Nimish Thakkar - Sep, 2010 Much has been said about creating a perfect resume, but job seekers pay very little attention to the document that precedes it: the cover letter. A well-crafted cover letter can not only deliver a solid first impression, it can actually influence the hiring manager even before the resume is reviewed. In my professional practice, I often come across cover letters that resemble cookie-cutter templates. Generic letters can be... |
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Influencing Change at Work – Three Sources of Power by Dr. Maynard Brusman - Sep, 2010 How effective are you at influencing others to achieve work goals? Are you politically savvy? How is power and influence used where you work? The ability to influence others to get work done is a critical workplace competency. Inspiring leaders know how to motivate others to achieve sustainable business results. They relish engaging moments with their people creating a culture of trust and achievement. Sources of Power The... |
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Influencing Others to Achieve Work Goals by Dr. Maynard Brusman - Sep, 2010 Are you good at influencing others to achieve work goals? Do you think being politically savvy is important in your organization? How is power used where you work? The ability to influence others to get work done is a critical competency today. Inspiring leaders know how to motivate others to achieve business results. They relish engageable moments with their people creating a culture of caring and achievement. Power, Polit... |
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Persuasion at Work – The Power of Power by Dr. Maynard Brusman - Sep, 2010 How effective are you at persuading others by effectively using power at work? Are you politically savvy? How is power and influence used where you work? The ability to use power to influence others is an important workplace competency. Inspiring leaders know how to motivate others to achieve business goals. They create a culture of trust and achievement. The Power of Power Power is ultimately defined as the ability to hav... |
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