What Not To Wear (The Work Version)
For me, a coach who specializes in executive communications, the topic of attire is like an unwelcome neighbor who keeps popping over. It’s a subject I’m not entirely comfortable talking about as it seems superficial and off-topic. (I’m a business coach not a style consultant, thank you very much.) But we all know it matters….
How To Fire Someone Without Losing Sleep Over It
Sometimes, after you fire someone, they stay with you. You know the ones — the guy who worked hard but just didn’t have the strategic expertise you needed. Or the person who was a kind, decent, C-player you simply couldn’t afford to carry. Not to mention the one who was hired to do one job,…
Are You Lonely in the Leadership Role? Study Says You’re In Good Company.
This month, Harvard Business Review featured a story about how lonely it is to be the CEO. The article echoed what anyone who’s been a leader or run a company knows well — it’s isolating at the top. Especially for new leaders, the issue can be surprisingly unsettling. The authors cited survey findings that “half of CEOs report experiencing…
How To Improve Your Memory Over Lunch
Driving back from a meeting recently, balancing a cacophony of mental to-dos while flipping channels on satellite radio, I landed on an NPR interview with P.M. Forni. What he said made me stop and give him my full attention. Forni, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, was discussing his book The Thinking Life: How to Survive in…
Three Clues You’re About to Lose Your Job
The firing process is God awful. (No matter how gleefully Mitt Romney extolled its virtues on the campaign trail.) People hate to cause pain, so there’s major stress involved with letting someone go for underperformance. Of course this doesn’t even come close to the anguish of the person being fired. Can’t this whole process be avoided? Both…
How Twitter Can Build Your Brand
Here’s a brand buzz kill. You read a news article and the “expert” quoted in the story has the same — or even less — experience on the topic than you do. Perhaps he or she is even a competitor of yours. Ever wonder why that person is the one being interviewed and not you?…
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