Career Strategy Roadmap

Don’t stop yourself, create an experiment!

posted on November 8th, 2010 in Association Leadership Development, Association Management Careers, Changing Association Management Careers, Changing Careers, Finding Association Opportunities, Finding Opportunities, Leadership Development, Managing Your Association Career, Managing Your Career, Networking Relationships

For almost everything we do, we can approach “It” with a mindset that makes it a big stakes game of win or lose OR we can approach it as “an experiment.” When you make it an experiment, it isn’t just about doing it the right way or the wrong way, it is about learning from the actions you took, the technique you applied, and the learning that resulted from the experiment.

If you see everything you do as having a huge meaning for you, if you focus on the horrible consequences if you don’t do it perfectly, or when something …

Transform Everyday into Thanksgiving!

posted on October 19th, 2010 in Finding Opportunities, Leadership Development, Personal Branding

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” — William Arthur Ward

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Gratitude is a gracious acknowledgement of all that sustains us.

Gratitude is the confidence in life itself.

Gratitude is the unshakable belief that “all is well”.

Gratitude does not envy or compare.

Gratitude grows and it …

Can You Over Prepare for the Interview?

posted on October 2nd, 2010 in Association Management Careers, Changing Careers, Finding Opportunities, Interviewing, Leadership Development, Managing Your Career, Networking Relationships, Personal Branding

And a related question we will answer here about the interview PROCESS: who is interviewing whom?

You are there to find out what they need. And when you find out what they need you can share with them what you have that will help them address that need and get the results they are looking for.

The key to finding out what they need is to ask questions.

In order to ask good questions you need to get a little insight into the context of the job, get a general understanding of some of the needs they may have and results they …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The First and Most Important Step in the Job Search: Letting Go of the Old Job

posted on July 28th, 2010 in Association Management Careers, Changing Careers, Finding Opportunities, Interviewing, Leadership Development, Managing Your Career

After a happy and satisfying stint with an organization for which you thought you were a great match – until you got downsized and out-placed – what can you do to move on?

Celebrate what you accomplished!

No doubt you left behind a long list of accomplishments. If you can’t make a list of 10 – 20 things you accomplished there, ask some of your former colleagues or look at your past performance reviews and make a list of all of your successes, both big and small.

Close the door on what you didn’t accomplish!

You also probably left behind a few unfinished …