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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…
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No Career Plan
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…
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Is 7 Keys to a More Satisfying Career at Work Credible?
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.…
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Getting Connected – More of Key 1: Expanding Your Industry Knowledge
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…
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Career Challenges You are Likely to Face
• 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…
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Luck at Work
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…
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Mentors: Your History of Receiving Help and Paying It 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…
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Legacy Reflections
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…