This quote comes from a presentation I attended for using LinkedIn more effectively. This quote from Michael Yoder‘s presentation to the Grand Rapids Area Professionals for Excellence really had me thinking. Mike was saying, in effect, when you approach things with a “helping” mindset, then people are naturally drawn to you. His point related to LinkedIn…
If You Wait Until You’re Ready You Might Get Passed By
Confidence is a good thing. But waiting to be 100% “ready” has its drawbacks. Among them – the parade may just pass you by while you’re deciding if you have what it takes to join in. In this fantastic TEDx Talk by my colleague Dana Theus – you’ll hear a compelling story about two women –…
How to Get a Grip When You Screw Up
When you screw up at work, how do you handle it? Of course, it depends on the size of the screw up, right? Sent out a wrong meeting date to a few colleagues? No biggie. Send an apology email with the new date. Those are fairly easy to keep in perspective. But what if you…
Getting Ahead and Making a Difference at Work
Book Review: Getting Ahead by Joel Garfinkle The book Getting Ahead: Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level is very straightforward in its premise: hard-working, competent professionals will not move their career to the “next level” unless they do three important things that many people say they’re too busy to do. The…
Leadership Development – A Key Strategy for Change Management
What role does leadership development play in creating an organization that’s responsive to change? That’s the question that popped into my head as I read the Institute for Corporate Productivity’s (i4cp) infographic that summarizes the top ten critical issues in the field of human capital management. (See below) The i4cp’s research report Building a Change-Ready…