Considering implementing a formal mentoring program? Here’s a sneak peek into your future: When the organizing committee first meets to discuss it, you’ll consider making mentorship mandatory for everyone. Someone will remind the group that the best mentoring relationships are ones that happen organically. Someone else will remind the group that if mentoring relationships had [...]
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I get that a lot (though not as much recently), even from people I’ve known my whole life. The irony is, for years, I helped other people answer that question with crystal clarity while I myself didn’t have an answer. And I finally figured out why. Here’s what I do: Wait, LinkedIn training? Is this [...]
Smart people who know what (or who) their problem is, and what to do to fix it, can still run into trouble. Sometimes, especially when working problems with “obvious” solutions, smart people create “invisible issues” for themselves by forgetting to pay attention to the emotional tone of their communications. When this happens, these smart people [...]
When testing Mother Nature, or when testing yourself in a new skill, always respect your surroundings: Getting used to a new place takes time. Honing a new skill takes time. When you look at a professional doing something and think, “Pfft, that’s easy,” chances are, the pro is making it look easy. Chances are also [...]
Bad managers come in many different flavors. Often, it’s hard to tell the merely mediocre from the truly terrible. But if you run into any of these behaviors in your boss, rest assured, you’re not the only one dealing with a learning curve: Your boss asks you to be “more passionate.” This one’s at the [...]
Sometimes, the best way to solve a problem is to look at it from a new perspective—literally. Turning a concept on its head—by breaking a single underlying assumption—is often enough to unlock the creative process and achieve a break through. You can go your whole life thinking all you want to do is succeed… wondering [...]
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