A wise mentor of mine once advised me that when there is major upheaval in the world, we have two choices as to how to respond. One choice is to put our energy into returning to the pre-crisis state, and the other is to transition to something very different once the crisis has resolved.
How many of you are happy with your pay?
Do you define yourself as the boss or a leader? Giving space for employees to make mistakes, have unique ideas and problem solve is germane to the productivity of your company.
There is a deep seated vacuous space in the core of every narcissist. Sounds unkind? Maybe. But if you dance with a narcissist you will begin to understand what I mean.
Being strategic about which jobs you say yes to is important for your well-being and happiness.
You are now venturing into the world, and if you are honest with yourself, you have a mix of trepidation and excitement. Hopefully good fortune shines your way, and you will be courted by many exciting firms that want to change the world.
Prepping for an interview is much like getting ready for an exciting night out. Lots of thought goes into your packaging, researching a potential employer and sorting out what differentiates you in the marketplace.
We must stop believing that the entire employee population wants to advance their careers. This simply is just not true. Leaders are often frustrated when, try as they might, they can’t seem to ignite everybody on their team. Isn’t it human nature to forge ahead and strive for more?
A thought leader’s natural set point is disequilibrium. They seek out ways to challenge current paradigms. One of my clients said it best, “I can benchmark myself against existing strategy and sure I’ll do well, or I can create strategy and then break existing paradigms.”
We pursue higher education to further business reasoning, problem solving, critical reasoning capabilities and to ultimately broaden our frame of reference. But at the end of the day, as leaders, we are measured on two things: getting stuff done and our ability to lead others to help us get the stuff done. This requires our capacity…
