For example, a client of mine made these three rules for leaving the house. “I make the bed, defrost the dog food, and get to work a half hour before I’m due for a meeting.” Her meetings became hugely successful because she felt confident. She felt…

Tweet For the last 30 years US parents, schools and youth athletic teams were all fed a singular, central message about how to rear successful children and guess what? They were wrong. All the developmental literature and experts have been pumping…

Tweet As a career coach and business communications expert, I often surprise people by knowing something about them that they have never told me – and maybe never told anyone else. I am not psychic. I am empathetic. When I ask you a question, and…

Tweet I believe there’s a list in the universe like the one we believe Santa keeps all year. At his annual retreat with senior elves, Santa wrestles with finite resources he allocates at the end of Q4, among all the good boys and girls. At work, the…

Tweet As a career coach specializing in communication, I’m presented with a wide spectrum of work stories. Some end in, “I don’t know why my boss hates me.” Variations on this are: My supervisor hates me The project manager hates me The recruiter…

Tweet My career transition practice is full of amazing people with a huge well of talent, potential and experience. Each person is completely different. And with each person, I’ve identified a specific obstacle they are overcoming, so they can…

Tweet You may not realize you have an image. And the image that exists for you may not be ideal. The goal of reputation management and personal branding is to intentionally and authentically put together an image that is coherent, consistent and…

Tweet Asking a complete stranger to connect on LinkedIn can be fine! No worries. Just have something – like a group – in common. That means you look up who you want to link with, and join their group. Participate two or three times, and then fire off…

Tweet If you are like most of us, you are doing more with less. Most businesses take pride in the ever increasing productivity of workers. Bosses often pile on too much work to too few people. Solo-entrepreneurs over-commit themselves. And, pretty…

Tweet In sociology, you learn that all small groups function similarly and that includes the opportunistic behavior of bullying. This learning is one of many reasons I encourage students to get something more than a vocational education, since simply…

Tweet As my partner often repeated, “Nice beats genius every time.” Make sure you fit into the culture and connect with people at work in a polite and congenial way. Showing respect for your co-workers is paramount, no matter what else you…

Tweet “If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.” Back in 1970, Stephen Stills delivered a mantra useful for those times when you’re far away from where you’d rather be. Quoting fellow musician and road warrior Billy Preston,…

Tweet 1. North Dakota 2. Nebraska 3. South Dakota 4. Iowa 5. Wyoming 6. Oklahoma 7 Vermont 8. Hawaii 9. Utah 10. Kansas You might be thinking, “These aren’t strategies, they’re states. You would be wrong and right. Yes, they are states. But, they are…

It’s nearly impossible to avoid social media, especially as a college student. And many of us would agree that there isn’t anything inherently wrong with that. But unfortunately numerous students don’t realize the potential implications of posting…

Tweet The business of football got uglier when information about the bounty for pain scandal surfaced. This scandal is currently decimating the management, income, and personal brands of the New Orleans Saints. The ironically named Saints are not the…

Tweet Answer these questions (honestly – no one will know but you): 1. An office mate eats a sandwich with a whole lot of onions a. I consider his odor might increase my chances for a promotion 2. My IT consultant leaves after fixing my computer – it…

Tweet These 20 questions cover five key areas that are critical to your accurately evaluating how well you’re doing at work. Your answers (or score) predict whether you’re likely to be promoted, fired or kept simmering in the same spot for years to…

Tweet Who are you? You are a theme. You are one unified, coherent, understandable and consistent presence – if you are successfully branding yourself with your network, both real and cyber. You can’t be all things to all people. You must be one…

These are the “rock star” quiz results posted for Luis, an avid Facebook user and recent UCLA graduate who’s desperately seeking an internship to extend the Brazilian native’s U.S. visa. Unfortunately, Luis’ Facebook wall is a real liability, since…

Tweet Job Market is Sweet if You Can Tweet (As of today, a bounty of tweets have appeared on my latest article, carried by numerous online and conventional media. Lots came from huliq.com, linked here, in case you’d like to see it there. Forgive the…