Self-Promotion
Marci Alboher, the online career columnist for the New York Times, has a great thread on self-promotion. Start with this posting on her blog and then go backwards. Don't forget to read her NYT columns, titled, "Selling Yourself By Showing...
Best Places to Live
My town, Louisville, CO, was named this past week as one of the Best Places to Live by Money magazine. Louisville came in third, behind Hanover, NH and Middleton, WI. The article portrays a Pollyanish lifestyle. While that's not entirely...
Boundary Crosser as Game Changer
It hit me yesterday during a coaching session. My client was talking about how she was dreading attending a professional meeting with her peers, academic researchers. Nothing new would be discussed. She could see the direction that people were focusing...
Finding the Right Fit, Part 3
This is the final installment of a series of postings on finding the right fit when interviewing for a job. The first posting talked about the role of values in creating a good fit. The second posting explored how talent...
New York Times Column: Shifting Careers
I'm quoted in this week's edition of Shifting Careers, an online career column for the New York Times. The column focuses on questions posed by readers who are young grads, with each situation addressed by a different coach. If you...
The Impact of Blogs
I've been blogging for two years. 300 posts, 112 comments. An article in today's WSJ talks about how blogs have been around for 10 years. Interviews with prominent bloggers and readers of blogs, ranging from Mia Farrow to Newt Gingrich...
Quieting the Mind
"Leadership is in short supply today. For me, I start my workday early...not only to think but to quiet my mind and spirit. It is during those few hours that solutions that are less harsh come to me." --Koh Poh...
Boundary Crossing on the Radio
On August 22, at noon PT, 1pm MT, 2pm CT, 3pm ET, I will be interviewed by CoachDQ, Dawn Quesnel, host of Career Life Balance Radio. We'll talk about my favorite topic--boundary crossers. You'll learn more about why I've decided...