How do you deal with people that are average performers?
The nice, loyal employees, who are not capable of stepping up to do what the job requires in the future?
You can’t really fire them for poor performance, because they are not problem employees, but you also know they are not what you really need in your business. Read More
Here is a useful checklist of the things that make the difference between careers that break through and careers that stall.
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Are you working on the right things?
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1. Doing an excellent job at your job is critical, but it doesn’t make you Stand Out – it makes you Average. Read More
If there is any secret in being the one who wins the job — it’s to do start doing the job before you are in it.
There are lots of people looking for work right now.
And there are also many people trying to position themselves for a promotion. Read More
The market has changed…
Customers aren’t buying. Your business model isn’t working. Expectations are unrealistic.
What do you do?
1. Do everything you can to grow the business
2. Make sure your are SEEN as doing as good a job
The main point I want to make is, really challenge yourself more than ever before on #1 AND don’t overlook the importance of #2. Read More
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If you want to advance in your career you
have to give yourself permission to not
KNOW everything and not DO everything.
And you need the imagination to do
more of what the business requires than
your job entails.
As I have been preparing for our next
monthly webinar on Avoiding Career Hazards,
I stepped back to think about what really
holds people back in their careers. Read More
I have had a number of people recently express concern about looking for work
and being over 50.
The questions range from the very broad
to the very specific:
90% of people asked will say they are an above-average driver!
When working really hard and doing excellent work, many people tend to feel that they are above-average. I have had discussions with many talented people who are surprised to learn that consistently doing excellent work and flawlessly delivering on their job description does not make them a top ranked employee. Read More
Most of us at some time will get into
what I will call an “ugly job”
And in this economy many businesses
are just getting less fun, so there is
more “ugly” to go around.
But if your job is not so bad that
it’s causing lasting psychological
damage to you — it’s just kind of miserable —
Here are some reasons why you are not making a bad decision to stay, and may in fact start to feel good about hanging in there. Read More
