(3-minute read) With the end of the year rapidly approaching, most of us feel like there's too much to do and too little time. Every day we're confronted with a long list of To-Do's that expands because of unexpected requests. Managing your personal time, work and in-the-moment projects can feel overwhelming and stressful-especially as we [...]
(3-minute read) Throughout a career, the time spent leaving a job is relatively short. We spend exponentially more time interviewing and working. But the act of leaving is a critical part of career pathing. As disruption in the job market continues to accelerate and our new distributed workforce evolves, the art of leaving well is [...]
Advice for Workers Who are Quitting, Companies that are Losing Talent and Organizations that are Hiring (6-minute read) On the verge of going back into the office, 4 million U.S. workers quit their jobs in April 2021. 4,000,000! So, I wasn't too surprised when, a few weeks back, the editors of LinkedIn reached out to me, [...]
(3-minute read) This month, we thank Karen Brown, Vice President Development & Philanthropic Services at Fairfield County's Community Foundation for suggesting this month's topic of how to assess career risks and get to what is next. Over the past six months, we've lived and worked under extraordinary circumstances. While working from home, we've figured out [...]
(2-minute read) At some point you’ll be asked to or want to do something you’ve never done before. The territory may be unfamiliar. The outcomes may be unknown. This new stuff can be exciting. It can also be scary. Most of us have been in this place. We want to move ahead but feel unsure [...]
(3-minute read) With the end of the year approaching, it’s natural to look back and consider how you did against the goals you set for yourself back in January. At the same time, your organization or company is in the process of setting budgets for the coming year. So while you’re looking back, your organization [...]
2-minute read and an activity This is not a topic I planned to write about, but things changed as I followed the disturbing reports of parents buying their kids into top colleges. I wondered if at birth, the parents’ said, “Don’t worry little one, mommy and daddy will buy you an Ivy League.” I doubt [...]
(Read Time: 1 minute, 30 seconds) Although made famous in our time by media theorist Marshall McLuhan, 'Walking backwards into the future' predates Mr. McLuhan by more than a few thousand years. It's the process (in artwork, writing and cultural practice) by which ancient Mesopotamians made the decisions that shaped their lives. This tradition was rooted [...]
