Posts by Carol Ross
It’s All Made Up
Try this out. Find a quiet place. Get comfortable and relaxed. With pen and paper handy, Imagine that your annual salary is $5K. How do you feel and what are your thoughts? Now imagine that your salary is $25K. How do you feel and what are your thoughts? Now imagine that your salary is $50K.…
Read MoreLove in the Workplace
I just finished the book, Love is the Killer App by Tim Sanders. Sanders talks about love in the business world, lovecats, and bizmates. While I couldn’t always go with the language (and I’ve been out of Corporate America for several years), I could resonate with his main point. When we genuinely care about the…
Read MoreComing Around
“It’s your destiny to do this work. You are the complete package.” My coach wrote this in an email to me today. She is talking about work that I had largely abandoned after I left my last corporate gig (Avaya), over three years ago. I started on this coaching path back in 2003, learning what…
Read MoreWorking Identity
I just finished the book, “Working Identity” by Herminia Ibarra. The author was on the faculty of Harvard Business School for many years and in her research on how young professionals advance or don’t advance in up-or-out firms (e.g., consulting firms), she noticed another population. One that was actively seeking to move to new careers.…
Read MoreWhen Reality Intrudes…..
I’ve been wanting to write about getting old. I see the signs that I’m not 25 or 30 anymore and I don’t like it. I look in the mirror and see more white mixed in with my thick dark hair. I notice dark streaks under my eyes—well-hidden with glasses but clearly evident when I’m putting…
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