Archive for September, 2010

Navigating to the CEO Spot for Association Executives – Great Attitude, Great Relationships, Great Fit!

posted on September 24th, 2010 in Changing Careers

Navigating to the CEO Spot for Association Executives – Great Attitude, Great Relationships, Great Fit!

“Great attitude, great relationships and great fit: that is what it takes to be successful” according to Brent McClendon, CAE, currently Executive Vice President of the International Wood Products Association in Washington, D.C.

Great Attitude

To move ahead in my career I had to move every three years or so.  And I had to travel a lot – I didn’t have a lot of preconceived restrictions about what I was willing to do to or not do.  A great attitude is not saying I am only going to …

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Getting Organized for the Job Search: 5 Tips for Creating a Daily Schedule that Works!

posted on September 5th, 2010 in Changing Careers

Getting Organized for the Job Search: 5 Tips for Creating a Daily Schedule that Works!

The job search is not the same as a job!
The job search is different from having a job – you are not part of a team, your mission is personal, and the dead ends and no responses can drain your energy, de-motivate you and worse – impact your perception of self worth.  So, the advice to attack the job search like a job and work a 9 – 5 schedule is missing something – consideration of what works for you!  This may be trial and error …

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Salary is Not the Only Measure of Your Value

posted on September 1st, 2010 in Changing Careers

In the world of work, the most prevalent way we have of measuring our value is the salary or the total compensation package. That makes sense – after all, we are selling our services to a market place and the value of those services is reflected in how much we are paid for them.

But is that the only measure of your value?

Association staff today are experiencing the discouraging notion of having to go back to a salary they were earning 20 years ago or at some earlier stage in their career development. This is happening for a …

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