Agile performance management has been adopted by large corporations such as Microsoft, Accenture, and Cargill for over a year. Despite these large companies adopting, an agile approach and seeing positive results, SilkRoad’s The State of Talent Management Report has found that 84% of businesses are not agile and only 15% are moving towards an agile performance system this year. According to our report changes in perf...
Being “authentic.” While this has become a buzzword, I think the idea of authenticity transcends trendiness: It’s a trait I admire in others and that I strive for in my own life and work.
Authenticity is especially important for leaders, and based on research I’ve done with my partner The Hartford, I know that a large majority of millennials see themselves as leaders today.
Being authentic soun...
Leaders often fall into the trap that they “need to delegate” more. For some reason, they’ve been led to believe that delegation is always a good thing. It’s not!
If you delegate to someone who isn’t ready for the task or to someone who doesn’t want the responsibility, you will have a disaster on your hands.
So, how can you do a better job of delegating?
My first suggestion in tr...
As a career coach, I work with thousands of people a year who are totally lost as to what to do with their careers and work. They know they have strong talents and abilities, but they simply cannot figure out how to apply these talents to build a livelihood that’s meaningful and purposeful for them, or how to leverage their skills to earn good money in ways that make them feel excited to be alive. This journey to crea...
This blog post was contributed by Reanne Brian.
When deciding on an initial path or a career change, there can be many factors at play. People often think about wages and working hours as well as the specific role itself. Career coaches advise that to find the most fulfilling role, you should first take a long hard look at yourself. This will enable you to go for something not only that you are good at – but that a...
I was recently contacted by a client who was looking for a new position after having spent the last 10 years with her company and 17 years with her previous employer. My client was distressed about the prospects of landing a new job after having spent so much time with only two companies. She believed the prevalence of job-hopping, or professional pivoting as it has become known, would put her at a distinct disadvantage in...
More than 30 years ago, a young police officer named Chris Van Gorder was nearly killed while responding to a domestic dispute. The city retired him from law enforcement and he spent the n
ext year in and out of hospitals.
While he describes the day he was injured as “the worst day his life,” Van Gorder unexpectedly discovered his passion for healthcare in the very hospital that treated him, and he went to...
If a professional conference is well done, it can benefit your long-term career success in multiple ways. Of course, the operative term here is “well done.” Not all conferences are of equal quality.
Choose Your Conferences Wisely
As I’m about to head off to a 3-day careers industry conference in Annapolis, I can’t help reflecting on the many conferences I’ve attended over the years since...
You can find plenty of advice from experts about what you should say and do in a job interview, but the best teacher is often the one who shows you the wrong way to handle things. Go inside a mock interview with Ron Swanson, a man who says and does what he wants, regardless of the consequences. This is how NOT to act when interviewing for a job.
(Photo Credit: @Nick_Offerman on Twitter)
Let’s play Celebrity Name Game!
Are you familiar with Celebrity Name Game?
Craig Ferguson hosts it.
It’s kind of like “Name That Tune,” but for people, not for music.
Here’s how it works. I’m going to describe a person based on their personal brand, and I want you to identify who I’m talking about!
Current Leader of the Free World. Incumbent President of the Uni...