Coaching preparation
Here are some coaching preparation questions you can ponder if you wish: 1. What do you want your next career move to be? (or if it’s easier, what do you NOT…
Surviving corporate restructures
Surviving corporate restructures is really hard. Things move slowly, and it’s painful. It feels like you’re undergoing surgery, but the surgeon is using…
Looking for a job
Looking for a job is tricky. Try these tips. Know your outcome Decide what you want to do next. What’s your “brand”? What are you already known…
Promote yourself
Self-promotion is an essential soft skill. Hiding your light under a bushel may be polite, humility is all well and good, but it doesn’t get you the promotion,…
Introverts
I had a large introverted group of clients recently who wished to behave more extrovertedly. Here are my kindle highlights from Eric Barker’s Barking up the…
What is worth measuring
What is worth measuring? Is what we’re measuring worth measuring, or just easier to measure? Historian and author Jerry Muller of Catholic University talks…
Are we learning from failure (or is it woe poor me?)
When things go wrong were you unlucky? Or is there something you can learn? The most quotable quote in this podcast (and there were many) was this: No one ever closed…
Manage time using Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)
Manage time using Business Process Re-engineering (BPR). BPR your life takes the principles of business process re-engineering and applies them to the way you manage…
Train your data science team: 6 ways to muck it up
Training your data science team is tough. They are already fabulously smart. Making them smarter, faster and nicer is hard. It needs focus determination and the…
Nudging
How do you get people to do what is good for them? How do you help them make a choice that works for you and for them? It’s all about the nudge. This McKinsey…