Guest Post by Paul Smith, author, Lead with a Story Human beings are creatures of habit. Change is an unwelcome visitor. But what is it about change that’s so unattractive? Seattle-based author and workshop leader Evelyn Clark learned an insightful lesson on the cause and cure for human resistance to change from an unusual source—two…
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Are You a Trustworthy Leader?
Are you a trustworthy leader? That’s the question I’m asking today over at the Smart Blog on Leadership site. I think those of us in leadership roles sometimes get it wrong when we think about building trust. We don’t draw a distinction between our personal integrity and our trustworthiness. The two are not…
4 Tips for Being an All-Star Blog Carnival Contributor
When I hosted the Carnival of HR – Fall Colors Edition, professional writer Wally Bock told me I did a nice job as a host. So nice, in fact, that he wrote a blog post about it called How to Host a Blog Carnival on his Zero Draft writer’s blog. Hey, thanks, Wally! If you’re…
10 Answers People Want Before Saying Yes to a Job
The last time you hired* an employee, did you realize you both signed a contract? You say, wait, what? My company is an at will employer. We don’t do employment contracts. That may be true, but there’s this thing called a “psychological contract”, which is a “set of beliefs about what each party is entitled…
Career Strategies for Women – Getting Ahead without Being Pushy
Today, this post is for women who want to learn how to talk about their career accomplishments without being too humble or overly aggressive. Or, it’s for men who have career-oriented women in their lives with whom they can share this post. My colleague Dana Theus of InPower Coaching recently asked this question of women…