Office Politics

Office Politics

Office Politics   Are you ignoring office politics at your peril?   What pops into your mind when you hear the phrase “Office Politics?” People tend to think of office politics as negative, even distasteful. From that perspective, the ideal would be to find...
Strategic Thinking

Strategic Thinking

Organizations want more “strategic thinkers”   Have you ever heard someone described as a strategic thinker, or been advised you need to think more strategically, and wondered what that really means? It’s a challenge to describe strategic thinking to someone...
Serendipity

Serendipity

Serendipity …and the 3 ancient princes   Aside from the fact that it’s a fun word to say and to think about, I’ve always thought of serendipity as the occasional “happy accident,” and associated most strongly with the “accidental” part. But somewhere along...
Master Your Self-Talk

Master Your Self-Talk

Master Your Self-Talk to Get Unstuck and Become Unstoppable What’s the story you’re telling yourself?   Do you recognize your inner voice? How often is it negative? If you’re like most of us, the stories you regularly tell yourself are probably negative more...
Create a New Story

Create a New Story

Create A New Story The ability to choose your own story, with intention, is a gift of being human   Last week I wrote a career tip about recognizing your inner voice and the story it’s telling you, so you can identify it when it pops up, and choose instead to...
Balance is a Verb

Balance is a Verb

Work-life balance. For a long time, I thought I must be doing it wrong. People talk about balance as if it’s a noun. A static thing. A permanent condition. As if, once you attain it, all your problems will shrink into dust motes and float away while you experience a...
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