Great Leaders Ask Questions
Excerpted from “Great Leaders ASK Questions – A Fortune 100 List” “Leadership is not as much about knowing the right answers, as it is about knowing the right questions.” Are you familiar with T.A.? You are probably familiar with A.A. – Alcoholics Anonymous. Well,...
Coffee Shop Productivity Tips
The smell of fresh grounds. The presence of other people quietly conversing or tapping at their laptops. The stimulating energy of a common gathering place. Coffee. What’s not to like about settling in to do some work at a coffee shop? Many people take advantage of a...
A New Year, but My Life Gets Older
I went to a funeral last week. It was a sobering start to a new year. He was a young man, 53, leaving a wife and two young children behind him. I hadn’t met him, but his brother is a good friend of mine. There is something about funerals. They seem to be able to blow...
Increase Confidence by Improving Your Interview Look
By Leia O’Connell, MSW Contributor, Career Coach Traditional interview advice should not be a surprise to any job seeker; wear professional clothes, show up on time, don’t finish the lunch you were just eating in the car while being asked about work experience. These...
Significant Service
Do you work in a productive, inspiring workplace? Or is your organization’s culture primarily frustrating and dull? Tiny HR’s 2015 Engagement and Culture Report revealed that only 31 percent of employees feel strongly valued at work. While that is better than the 21%...
Take a Walk down the Street with Me
Of the many paths I have had the privilege to walk upon in cities and towns across more than forty states, the most impressive seem to have been the simple and yet symmetrically-beautiful sidewalks created 80, 90 or a hundred years ago or more. Even in these simple...
How to Deal with Insanely Impossible Co-workers?
If you are done with your graduation recently and about to start your professional career so prior to it, you must develop the skills of dealing with difficult coworkers. Always remember that you are in the beginning of your career so make sure you take every step...
Pushing the Limits of Growth
Adapted from Pacing for Growth; Why Intelligent Drives Long-Term Success, out in Feb. 2017 It’s difficult to know what the “right” amount of restraint is for a business. Sometimes, leaders lead with too little restraint, sometimes with too much. What’s clear is that...
10 Tools to Create Professional Government Resumes
Getting your resume looking it's best can be intimidating, but help is at hand. There's plenty of help online to help you get your resume looking impressive and get those interview offers rolling in. Here's ten of the best ones for you to try out. Resume Writing Help:...
Beneath a Kennedy Moon
Arriving to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on a wonderful summer day in 2016, we parked the family car and began to step out. As I did, I looked up to the beautiful blue sky decorated with magnificent white clouds and a brilliant sun. Turning, I...
My 6 Pillars of Resolve
I attended a cancer conference recently and some of the medics said to me “I wish some of my patients were like you”. It didn’t register with me initially but later I realized that perhaps I had the ability to go places they couldn’t reach. A regular stumbling block...
7 Habits to Help Advance Your Career In Government
Every worker’s dream is to advance their career and scale to the highest heights in their field of expertise. For instance, Elaine Boone, an HR manager at CareersBooster says, “We are seeing more and more customers who have the intention to get a promotion by leaving...
Why Geography Matters in Your Job Search
By Kristen Carter, M.Ed., GCDF Contributor, Senior Career Exploration Specialist Do you thrive on the buzz of a big city, or do you prefer to wake up to the scenic countryside? Does the hustle and bustle of a metropolitan area excite you? Or is your preference to only...
Information Governance Insights: The Right Tool for the Job
If there is one common theme I've found over the past twenty years it's that client's consistently believe that technology will solve all their problems. There's a number of reason's for this; software sales and marketing people with nifty presentations that promise a...
Time Management Obstacles: 3 Ways to Design a Better Day
Picture your evening after a long day of working or job searching. Do you transition from career mode to a state of relaxation, enjoying lingering time with your loved ones, and taking a few moments to prepare for the next day? Or do you collapse in exhaustion,...
How “Passion” Might Sink Your Job Interview
“Sarah” was pretty upset. “Karin, I thought the interview was in the bag. The owner seemed pleased, and I had great stories for all his behavior-based questions. But I just got an email telling me that was concerned that I might not have enough enthusiasm for...
How to Maintain a Competitive Workforce in The New Year
As 2016 ends it is worth looking ahead to next year and what may be in store for workplaces. As we expect shifts in policy, many are wondering if we should be changing directions or lean in and stay the course to maintain a competitive workforce? My advice is to lean...
Career Inertia
As stated in Newton’s first law of motion: an object either remains at rest or continues to move at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by a net force. If a career, a noun, can be connected to an object, also a noun, a career that is either stopped or stalled...