Author: Richard Hinkie

Are you in the Promotion Pool—the high potential group that senior management is carefully watching?  The 60 mentors interviewed for 7 Keys to a More Satisfying Future at Work found that new opportunities including promotions depended upon support from beyond your immediate boss or department leadership.   So how do you expand and enhance your reputation?  In effect get into…

Are you making the number 1 career mistake according to leading career guides?  If you don’t have a career plan, you are?  92 percent of people at work never make one.  They leave their career up to their boss or the Human Resources Department—all of which may want to help but these folks have many other tasks…

Are 7 Keys to a More Satisfying Career at Work, the Your 7 Keys website, and the mobile apps credible? First, with the exception of paying Amazon for the book (only $1 for the Kindleversion) all of the other tools are free.   Second, all of the 60 mentors interviewed for the book and I all began our…

What do you know about the national issues related to your industry and your organization?  If you knew more, would you be able to perform better?  Would your internal reputation be stronger?   The 60 mentors in 7 Keys to a More Satisfying Future at Work all were active in their local, state and national trade and…

• How not to be overlooked and passed over • How to be more of a star at work • How to know your strengths and improve where necessary • How to quickly learn more about your organization and industry you are in • How to be ready for the next opportunity • How to grow your leadership skills • How to take…

What’s your sense of luck when it comes to careers? Some call it fate, some think it’s part of a grand plan and others might just think of it as a positive accident, but as I reflect on one phase of my career there are just too many unanticipated experiences that helped me move forward. …

Let’s reflect a moment on Mentorship.  Did you have formal mentors…perhaps assigned by HR or your boss?  How about informal ones?  You know, those individuals who may have offered suggestions and ideas that helped you on the job or in life.  Have you been either: assigned to someone officially or have you just offered helps…

Let’s talk about legacy. Whether you are still early in your career, or perhaps in the middle, or nearer to the end, or even as a retiree, reflecting on legacy matters. Legacy is not about an ego trip, rather, it’s a question for each of us to consider.  It’s about who we are and who…