Optimize Your Annual Review!
Performance appraisals emerged during Frederick Taylor’s Scientific Management movement in the early 20th century. Despite 100 years, we haven’t made much progress. 60% of employees feel performance reviews are a …
The Cab Driver’s Dilemma
Pretend you’re a cabbie for a moment. Business has fallen due to start-ups like Uber and your boss stated yesterday that if you don’t bring in more money, you’ll soon …
This is the KEY to Getting Ahead
At the 2016 MAKERS Conference, Carla Harris, managing director at Morgan Stanley stated: “All the important decisions about your career take place when you are not in the room.” This …
What You Don’t Know…
What you don’t know can lead to assumptions, erroneous conclusions, and potentially poor decisions. Our brain is constantly trying to make sense of behaviors we observe and in the absence …
How Obstacles Lead to Great Success!
One of my all-time favorite movie lines is from “A League of Their Own.” When Tom Hank’s best player quits the baseball team right before the playoffs because “it just …
How Planning Makes You a Better Networker
A common excuse for avoiding networking is a lack of time, but in many cases, the actual barrier is a lack of planning. Networking opportunities are everywhere, but if we’re …
When Your Boss Says “No” to a Raise
If you’re among the 43% who’ve mustered the courage to ask for a raise, there’s a 75% chance you received some type of bump according to a Payscale survey* of …
Should I Disclose My Pregnancy in an Interview?
For every story of a woman who shares her pregnancy and gets passed over, another woman proclaims she disclosed and got hired. It’s a risk. While the laws are designed …
Easy Ways to Stay in Touch with your Network!
Staying in touch with new contacts is by far one of the biggest challenges I hear from would-be networkers. There are two key hurdles: 1) time and 2) strategy. Let’s …
7 Ways to FAKE Being Quick on Your Feet
As someone who’s always 10 seconds late with a witty comeback, I’ve always envied people who could think quickly on their feet. Appearing confident in conversations is a key business …