I had an eye opening experience yesterday when I asked a question that I always ask my clients as a way of getting to know them: “What is getting your juices flowing these days?” I expect to hear about the stimulating projects or creative endeavors they are working on; or the fun things they are [...]

Yesterday I heard someone say that they had climbed the ladder of success but when they got to the top, they realized it was leaning against the wrong wall.  What a great visual metaphor for our career journey! I think the concept may have come from a Stephen Covey quote: Management is efficiency in climbing [...]

When you think about it, the whole process of finding a job is like playing a game of baseball – you probably aren’t going to get to home base the first time you get up to bat, so keeping your eye on the next base is the name of the play! STEPPING UP TO BAT: You [...]

I guess it started with the three magi and their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh or the miracle of the oil and Chanukah Gelt, or maybe the introduction of St. Nick or Santa Claus or perhaps gifts to celebrate Epiphany or the New Year! Whatever the messages from your past or from the media [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]