World of Work
Advice on Careers and Business
A few places to look for good advice on your career or business: How To Hire a Career Coach from Marci Alboher's blog, Working the New Economy. Marci draws on the advice of many coaches (I know, because I was one of them) to compile some thoughtful answers to the biggest questions around hiring a…
Read MoreI Want to Work for Zappos
I want to work for Zappos. I thought I was unemployable after being a solopreneur/entrepreneur for the last six years. After listening to this keynote at the SXSW conference by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, I’m reconsidering. Okay, not really. I still love being on my own. But IF I ever went back to being…
Read MoreElevator Pitch
Just found a very cool tool from Harvard Business Review that helps you craft your elevator pitch, HBS Elevator Pitch Builder. The elevator pitch is one way to crystallize your thoughts on the unique value you bring to the world and how that matches with the marketplace. I also have used Robert Middleton's idea of…
Read MoreHow I’m Not Ready to Step Back Into the Fire
I set aside time this morning to research burnout and retention in an industry that is new to me. This industry is a potential niche for the organizational/group work I do with a partner. My business partner and I had agreed to review a dozen documents as part of the research, ranging from studies on…
Read MoreYoung Entrepreneurs
Through Twitter, I'm meeting some interesting people. Two new followers are @joeldrapper and @9miles. Joel Drapper is a 15-year old blogger and web designer in the UK, home-schooled. He comes from a family of 11 kids. Yes, you read that right, one shy of a dozen. I'm particularly impressed with his story about buying a…
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