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How to quit a job you love.
It is not easy to quit a job you love. Even with a new dream job in-hand, cutting the cord that connects you to a place you have become part of can be one of the most difficult challenges you ever face in your career. While there is no surefire method, the steps below reflect … Continue reading How to quit a job you love.
Alternatives to a COO.
Responsibilities shouldered by the Chief Executive Officer (a.k.a.: CEO, Managing Partner, Managing Director, or Executive Director) of a successful venture increase with growth in scale and complexity. The tension between the need to get things done, get others to do things, bridge the “white space” between organization units, and to represent the organization externally (e.g. … Continue reading Alternatives to a COO.
Three Steps to Selling a Professional Services Work-Plan
Follow the three steps below to prepare and a professional services workplan for a prospective customer. Those who hire service providers should also study the steps to understand how the best providers think through what they propose to do for you. To calculate a price for a body of work, a first prepare a plan … Continue reading Three Steps to Selling a Professional Services Work-Plan
How to increase the odds of being happy and of leading a fulfilled life.
Most of us seek in our professional affiliation what some call a state of flow or what others call happiness, exhilaration, satisfaction, or leading a fulfilled life. Along these lines see: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and The Doom Loop System by my long time personal executive coach Dr. Dory Hollander who passed away … Continue reading How to increase the odds of being happy and of leading a fulfilled life.
How to run a meeting.
Leaders who know how to run a meeting well can improve the odds of achieving maximum performance and efficiency. On the other hand, it is easy for an organization to lose itself to an endless series of bad meetings.This note addresses the three stages of a good meeting, meeting roles, and how to increase the odds of … Continue reading How to run a meeting.
An Action Plan for Executive Transition INto a Lead Role
Executive Transition into a Lead Role One of the hardest things for a senior executive to do is break into an existing system of operation. At first there is an exhilarating air of difference. Everything is new and there is so much to figure out and to absorb. The opportunity to have a major impact … Continue reading An Action Plan for Executive Transition INto a Lead Role
Tips for Top Performance in an Important Job Interview
Here are some tips to increase the odds that a high-stakes job interview goes well: be yourself: be honest…be genuine…be sincere. It is not worth being someone other than yourself just to land the job because in the end it will not be possible for you to continue being the person who got the job.
A Plan to Eat Right for Life
“Nothing tastes as good as being fit feels” is a good mantra to run through in your mind over and over as you concentrate on taking in only enough calories to live as they say Eat Right for Life, in order to get and stay fit. You should also exercise (see this post for details … Continue reading A Plan to Eat Right for Life
Note on Letters of Recommendation
Students, parents, teachers, and those who write letters of recommendation for admission to a high school or college often underestimate how much of a difference the recommendation makes. Those who take recommendations seriously and who work to make them the best they can, find it a relatively easy way to get an edge on the … Continue reading Note on Letters of Recommendation
How to handle a disgruntled client.
When you have a disgruntled client, do the following three things in order to get back on track. 1. Unload the negative: In a face-to-face meeting, first invite your client to inform you of all the things that are bothering him/her in great detail. Ask clarifying questions to draw out and completely understand exactly what the … Continue reading How to handle a disgruntled client.
Business Writing Tips
The following business writing tips are collected from a variety of sources over a lifetime. Follow them to produce writing that is easy to read and hard to misunderstand: Use present tense Avoid words that end in: ing and in ly (e.g., really) or in y (e.g., very) Avoid words that have a z in … Continue reading Business Writing Tips
Resume Writing Tips
The most important thing about your resume is that you be proud of how it presents you. If you are not proud of it, then how can you expect any one else to be impressed? Keep working on it until it presents you in just the way you want. Whenever you even think about your … Continue reading Resume Writing Tips