The Importance of Attitude
Personal skills are those vital competencies so necessary when dealing with colleagues, team members, upper managers, clients, and others. The […]
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The Art of Unplugging
A week ago, I returned from an amazing vacation to Alaska. I spent eight days on the Nautilus Swell, a
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Your Resume Has 6 Seconds To Live
How much time do recruiters or hiring managers spend reviewing your resume, on average? Studies have previously come out with
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How To Be Interesting To Hiring Managers
How do you make a great impression on a hiring manager? A question I saw recently on a message board
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How To Suck At Networking
In one of the lessons in my Project Management Career Coaching Course I highlight some common networking mistakes people make.
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Stop Looking For Project Management Jobs
What’s the hardest part of landing a new role to advance your career? I asked this question in a poll
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5 Self-Inflicted Wounds On Your Project Management Career
You’ve applied to everything that moves. You’ve polished your resume. You’re going for all the right job titles. You’ve pursued
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7 Steps to Make your Online Reputation Sparkle & Shine
Your online reputation score is your new credit score … Today, I’d like to share with you what I’ve learned
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Where Does Your Personal Information Go? Ask a Data Broker
Earlier this week, I posted a blog called Are You Keeping Track of Being Tracked (Part 1). It is basically
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From Mentor to Colleague
Some mentoring relationships last a single meeting, but others last a lifetime. Sometimes a mentoring relationship will turn into a long term relationship. (No, I don’t mean that you sleep with your mentor, or marry them.) I mean that they will come to value and enjoy the mentoring relationship as much as you do. This has happened in several of my mentoring relationships. Because we enjoyed our mentoring sessions so much we continued them beyond the point where I was seeking advice and guidance from them. Eventually they started to ask me for advice.
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Mentoring Circles – Better Leveraging a Mentor’s Time
If you’d like to benefit from mentoring from an expert who’s truly extraordinary, but you feel a bit daunted by their presence, consider gathering two or three people who’d like to share the journey with you. While you might like to keep them all to yourself, having a bigger audience could increase your chances of landing a highly skillful mentor, make the experience less awkward, and you might also learn a lot from the other people in your mentoring circle.
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