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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 ...]
Are You Ready For a Promotion?
I’ve had my current job in accounting for a little over two years. I’m very good at my job to the point where some of my colleagues and friends are urging me to go after a management position. Having confidence in yourself and your abilities is essential to getting ahead. It helps to establish trust, respect and […]
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, […]
10 Job Stress Tips
Life’s little hassles mount up until you say to yourself, “If one more thing goes wrong today, I’ll explode.” Stress. Pressure. Anxiety. Tension. Whatever you call it, there is no shortage of it in today’s fast-paced workplace. Can we totally eliminate them? No. The trick is to manage the stress versus being overwhelmed by it. […]
Are You Ambitious? How to Grow Your Career
If you’re feeling unchallenged in your present position or an urge to try something new, you may be ready for a promotion to the next level or a different assignment or a special project. Nowadays, it’s up to you to take control of your professional future. Here are nine tips to advance your career. Yes, it can […]
Are You Relying Too Much On Your Strengths?
A popular notion is that you should only focus on your strengths rather than develop weak spots. Is that the secret of career success? Of course you need to appreciate your strengths. If you don’t, you can fail to leverage core skills to help you be more effective in your present job and move you […]
Build Your Change Muscles! Build Your Career!
As the pace of change in the workplace continues to increase, managing the many disruptions in our lives is one of the most important tasks in managing our careers. The Challenge of Change Although we don’t always like to admit it, we seek and want control. We use our past experiences to establish expectations about how things […]
Are You A Team Player?
If you were asked in a behavioral interview for examples of being a team player, what would you say? This came up during a recent leadership coaching session with a department manager who would be adding eight new people to her team over the next several months. One of the key selection criteria is that the new […]
Do You Know What a Career Activist Is?
Every profession or specialty has its own terminology. So does career management. How familiar are you with these latest career terms? 1. Career Activist: Someone who is proactive in planning, evaluating, directing, and controlling his or her career rather than simply reacting as situations arise. A career activist has an enduring interest in understanding and […]
Career Satisfaction: Do you Have It?
Do you “work to live or live to work”? In a recent Leading News, e-newsletter, from Marshall Goldsmith, the premier executive coach, asked that question. Why? Because if you figured how time you spent at work – approximately one-third of our waking hours – then you realize that your job has a significant impact on […]
Career Change: Don’t Jump From the Frying Pan Into the Fire
What’s the best way to find out about a career? Talk with those who do the work. In workshops, I ask people how did they get into the work they’re doing today. Some said: I just fell into it; I knew a company was hiring and thought it would be cool to work there; I […]