As a child, I remember singing “This Little Light of Mine” in Vacation Bible School. My favorite part was when we got to sing, “Hide it under a bushel, NO! I’m gonna let it shine!” I think I, in part, loved this section of the song because we got to yell the word, “NO!” when yelling was hardly ever allowed in church or at any other place for that matter. Now as a career and leadership coach, I find that I love this part of the song because shouting a resounding “NO!” to hiding your “light” under a
I attended a seminar last week discussing ways to improve productivity and communication in the workplace. One thing that stood out to me in the presentation was the emphasis the presenter placed on eliminating stressors so that people could be innovative and creative. He placed a value on innovation and creativity as the only differentiating factors in creating a sustainable advantage. What if standard or traditional work arrangements are creating workplace stressors and reducing innovation and creativity? This leads me to consider a tie to a book I mentioned last week, The Elephant and the Flea and its emphasis on
I will be starting a weekly blog post on Thursdays (in addition to our leadership focused blog post on Mondays) that focuses on Career Development. Although this will be useful information for people of all ages, it should particularly be helpful for students. Hope you enjoy this new series! Here’s what we’ll cover: Part 1: Your Horizon A. Know Yourself: Explore your talents, passions and values to make wise career decisions. -Talents as employers see them- KSAOs (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics) -Passions through your Holland Code -Values- know your ideal workstyle and lifestyle B. Understand the Market -Are you useful?
Last week, I talked about how boredom at work is one of the worst employment states and offered suggestions for how employees can improve bored working conditions. I want to focus now on leaders who have bored workers. If you have people who are bored on the job, I believe there are two primary reasons and two primary tips for curing the boredom. 1. They are bored because you don’t need them, or you don’t need them full-time. Long gone are the days where every single position on the face of the planet needed to be a 40 hour a
New Leader Tuesday-Develop as a Decision Coach