Reading Time: < 1 minute You can make major changes in your life with minor changes in your thinking and behavior. To understand how this works, consider the three Rs model: “Reality plus response equals result.” Say that one of your colleagues criticises your work (that’s reality). Your response creates a particular result. If you ask your colleague why he […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes “Never waste the opportunity of a good crisis.” Whatever organization you work in, change is the one thing you can count on. But in the past, change occurred at a predictable and incremental rate. Today, it occurs much more quickly, presenting a challenge for managers. To keep up, managers must learn to be effective change
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Hello everyone, I hope you are having a safe and productive week! Some personal news…bear with me as I try to recap what has been one of the most rewarding journeys I could have ever hoped for professionally, personally, and socially. My world turned somewhat upside-down early May when my role (along with many others)
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The tantalizing idea of a “dream job” permeates our career advice. But what exactly is a dream job, and how do we find it in the face of an ever-changing professional landscape? This concept deserves a deeper look, for the path to fulfillment might not be as linear – or as fantastical – as we
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Reading Time: 4 minutes “How people treat you is their Karma; how you react is yours” – Wayne Dyer Just the word itself, redundant, is harsh when you look at the definition: ‘no longer needed or useful; superfluous.’ The loss of confidence that comes with the notion of being redundant can be debilitating, especially if it was a role
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Which is more important to catch fish, the bait or the hook? May be “social capital” will help one to obtain a great opportunity, but it will be “human capital” that will determine the duration of the opportunity through continues deliverables. Human capital (what you know) and social capital (who knows) are two mutually complementary
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Reading Time: 3 minutes A man dies and goes to heaven. As he walks around and introduces himself to everyone, he notices the devil standing off to the side. He walks over to the devil and says, “How did you get in here?” To which the devil replied, “I knew the right people.” It is perhaps an age-old question,
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Reading Time: 2 minutes “Our wellbeing actually recovers more rapidly from the death of a spouse than it does from a sustained period of unemployment.” Do you like what you do each day? The essence of career wellbeing is attaining joy from your daily activities. Most adults spend much of the day at work. When you are there, can
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