Monthly Archives: March 2010

Building Resilience Between Jobs

In its March 31, 2010 newsletter, TheLadders published my latest article, titled, Building Resilience Between Jobs. Indeed, as the days turn into weeks … and months, it’s not unusual for the inherent stress and strain of a job search to start … Continue reading

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Assessing your Leadership Capacity

What affects your Leadership Capacity? Working up from the bottom of the pyramid: Personal and Professional Resilience – Anyone can be a compelling Leader when things are going well. But it’s the leadership we demonstrate when things are NOT going well that … Continue reading

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Telephone-as-Panacea … NOT!

Story One: Telephone-as-Panacea … NOT!  In Connecticut, “two suspects called a bank ahead of time and told an employee to get a bag of money ready. A man and a 16-year-old boy arrived ten minutes later” … and were promptly … Continue reading

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More on the Three Levels of Success

To pick up on a thread from a few weeks ago, there are Three Levels of Success in the workplace: Level I Success = Insuring that your functional responsibilities are done well. Level II Success = Level I Success + … Continue reading

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Who Motivates YOU?

In a recent USA TODAY Snapshots poll, the following question was asked: “What primary motivation does your employer provide?” The results: 47% cited “Nothing” as the Top Motivator provided by their employer. 19% cited “Challenging assignments” as the Top Motivator … Continue reading

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Connecting Better

A very interesting chart was published in this week’s Business Week magazine (March 8, 2010) diagramming how ex-Google employees are helping to finance a whole new generation of startups. What made it doubly interesting (to me, anyway) is what it … Continue reading

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Five Leadership Essentials

#Leadership Essentials (1 of 5) by Rosabeth Moss Kanter: “Straight talk about problems and expectations.” #Leadership Essentials (2 of 5) by Rosabeth Moss Kanter: “The courage to admit responsibility for problems.” #Leadership Essentials (3 of 5) by Rosabeth Moss Kanter: … Continue reading

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Human Achievement Coaching

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Squaring the Corners

A recent Twitter “rant” of mine! @ggci: There’s a certain personal pride that comes from “squaring the corners” in everything you do. @ggci: We can still work quickly when Squaring the Corners; we just do it RIGHT. @ggci: Squaring the … Continue reading

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Level III Success

I’m often asked to talk about how the “rules” change when someone is promoted from, say, manager to director, or senior director to vice president. Oh, make no mistake, the “rules” most certainly DO change. So you don’t want to get caught using … Continue reading

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