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

I’ve been struck the last couple of weeks with the reiteration of one of the things that is extremely detrimental to both employers and employees: boredom at work. I’ve recently been working with an adult client wanting to make a career change.  She is an extremely talented individual, and In talking with her about her current employment  she says she is just a “warm body”.  One of the main reasons she wants a change is because she’s bored as a gourd at work!   She works for a government contractor (the waste of taxpayer money as she sits there bored