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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Career
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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It’s Just Lunch – Asking an Executive to Mentor You
Some of the best mentoring I’ve ever received is from executives. Ask your executives to spend some time sharing their vision with you. Here’s how: “Jared, I’ve been working here for just about 6 months, and I really like the way you’re leading this division. My manager has shared your strategic plan with our team, and I’ve read all of your messages about our direction, but I’d love to hear your vision from you directly. Would you be willing to spend 15 minutes or so over a cup of coffee sharing your view of our future with me? I promised I’ll make it worth your while by making sure my work is aligned with the direction you’re setting.”
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Still Don’t Have a Mentor?
You may have heard that you should get a mentor to help you grow in your career. Have you gotten
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How do you transition into a consulting position or new career?
As a business coach, I recently received a question regarding “How do you transition from a corporate job into consulting or self-employment?” This is a great topic, because the answer is useful whether you are interested in starting your own business; OR moving into a totally different career path.
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Creating a “No Excuse Zone” around you Part 1
Below is Part 1 of a 3-Part article designed to help IT and database professionals stay on top of their
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Map Of You. How What You Do Today Relates To Your Personal Journey.
Why are you actually working on this project? How did you end up here? What do you add to the
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The Essence of Entrepreneurship
I’m sure you know that in 2005, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave a very memorable commencement address at Stanford University.
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How To Land A Project Management Job
A great discussion about pursuing a project management role on the LinkedIn group recently spurred me to put together some
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PMP and LSS for Students in Colleges and High Schools – Part III – Predictive Modelling for Collegiate Academic Excellence – An ongoing case study
Part III – Predictive Modelling for Collegiate Academic Excellence – An Ongoing Case Study! Dr. Shree Nanguneri and Co-Author and