Juicy Nuggets: excerpts from Sandra Mobley’s book of the same name and new articles in the spirit of finding passion in your career.
Feedback: From Fear Factor to Success Factor
How do you feel when someone says, “Can I give you some feedback?” And what if that someone is your boss or anyone else senior to you? Maybe you wish you had one of those “turtle shirts” from a Saturday Night Live skit. Just shrink down inside the shirt and you’re...
Leadership Presence: Clean Up Your Verbal Communication
We would never intentionally send out a memo or important document with typos and misspellings. Yet, we regularly speak or make presentations peppered with “verbal typos” that detract from our message and undermine our leadership presence. Verbal typos include: Vocal...
Leaders of the future
Leaders of the future will have enhanced skills as compared to today's leaders. Tom, a senior executive in financial services, first engaged The Learning Advantage to help him get promoted. Through assessments it became clear that he wasn’t providing sufficient detail...
When to Press the Pause Button
How many times do we run from one meeting to the next without time to reflect, prepare, or even hit the bathroom? And if we have spare few minutes, we feel compelled to pull out our digital dog leashes and scroll through emails. What is the cost of all this constant...
Is the best time to make a career change while you still have a job?
Interesting article in last Sunday's NY Times. http://nyti.ms/1xp2fhp The article provides courage to look for engaging work and to not settle. Conventional wisdom said it is easier to get a new job while you are employed, but for many of my clients, the demands of...
Turn Around a Stressful Commute
Creative outlets lessen road rage When faced with a stressful commute, planning rush hour avoidance techniques can reduce stress. For example, if you can do errands near work until traffic dies down you can be productive and reduce your commute time. Choosing a...
Knowing when to take a risk to rise
Tips on how to test your risky idea to succeed Responsible risk taking is necessary for effective leadership and learning. There are ways to improve the probability of your risk succeeding. One rule of thumb says risk sooner, rather than later, risk big and do so for...
Building Self-Image by Celebrating Success
Taking inventory of accomplishments helps to recognize strengths For many of us an achievement is barely a cause for celebration; we just move on to the next challenge. As a coach, I find many of my clients are unable to enjoy their accomplishments and they spend way...