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Marcia Zidle, a certified career strategist and business coach, works with high potential, high impact executives, managers and professionals to advance their careers and grow their leadership capabilities. [Read more ...]
Career Advice For Young Professionals and Leaders
How many of you in college or graduate school had a course, or even a workshop, on managing your career? I bet not many because too many young professionals and emerging leaders come to me for coaching with all kinds of career and leadership concerns. Career Intelligence #1 gave 20 real world practical ideas about managing one’s […]
Five Career Killers For High Achievers
Why is it so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied than they should or could be? If you’re a high achiever, then you’re used to winning and you’re accustomed to turning out remarkable performance. But what happens when you’re in over your head or find yourself in hot water with your boss […]
Office Politics: Love Or Hate! It’s Here To Stay
“There’s too much wrangling and maneuvering going on. Joe really knows how to get on his boss’s good side. I hate this politicking….I just want to do my job.” These are things I hear in my career management and development programs. Are these the types of comments you might make as well? Whether you hate it, admire it, […]
Career Transition: From Technical Expert to Effective People Manager
Recently I spoke to a talented young software engineer who had been fast tracked into a management position. In a very short period of time, he went from a self-fulfilled, highly competent individual producer to a stressed out leader. He found that he did not enjoy confronting under performers; didn’t know how to motivate or […]
You Just Got Promoted: How to Manage Former Team Mates
Since being promoted into the new position as manager of operations, I have detected an aloofness from my team. I feel like an outsider. Congratulations on your promotion. I know that there will be a lot of challenges associated with your new job. One of them are the feelings of unfriendliness you have detected from your […]
Career Stages: Which One Are You In?
Careers are like life, they don’t stand still. They progress from one stage to another. Here are career stages that you are going through, have been through, or hope to go through. Pay attention to the potential roadblocks – they can make or break your career advancement. Stage I – Apprenticeship: Learning the Ropes You are […]
What’s Your Communication IQ?
Communication, which occupies approximately 70% of our waking hours, is what many leaders find the most frustrating. Many of us were never taught to communicate in ways that lead to postive outcomes. Rather, we tend to experience annoyance, anger or just give up on the person or the situation. Here’s how to communicate better to get better outcomes. Take a […]
Moving Into Management
How can you ramp up quickly and start getting results? There are few career moments as exciting, and these days as perilous, as being promoted from an individual contributor to a manager. Here are seven career tactics with quotes from professional who have successfully moved into management. 1. Begin your transition before you start the […]