Makeover Your Career

Looking for an opportunity to advance your career? Being part of a group project is one way to get more visibility, grow your professional network, and find an opportunity to lead.

Yesterday I shared some tips for how to maintain a positive perspective on criticism at work. In this post I provide a few ideas for how to respond to criticism. Tips for Responding to Criticism from Supervisors and Colleagues 1. Invite feedback. Asking for feedback regularly beats waiting for the annual performance review. You’ll get [...]

There is a steady flow of information in the form of books, articles, white papers and training all in the context of, “what is leadership” or “how to develop a leader”? In this issue, I will avoid those two questions and write about two others that I believe might be on the minds of a [...]

Do you constantly feel like the success you crave is just out of your reach? You almost get there. You can see it, you can almost taste it, but then something happens that blocks your blessing. Far too often, the main obstacle to getting what you want is not circumstance or other people – it’s [...]

I’ve got some bad news…and some good news. After taking a much needed break over the summer, I am going back to on-line radio. Great right? A number of people have asked me when Career Makeover Strategies was going to be back on the air. This is where the bad news comes in – I [...]

Remember the tale about Goldilocks…After getting lost in the forest she stumbles across a cottage where she finds porridge, a rocking chair and a bed. For everything she finds, she has to do a little trial and error to get just the right “fit.” The porridge is either too hot or too cold, the chairs [...]

This week’s browseworthy links: I literally stumbled upon Colin Wright’s site and free e-book last year. Be Remarkable is full of advice, inspiring thoughts and thought provoking quotes that spark reflection. Favorite tips: #17 – Give Rewards, #66 -  Do You Love It?, and #98 – Expand Horizons. Quote to Note: Don’t fear failure so [...]

This week’s browseworthy links… 1. Failure should never be a goal, but it does make for rich learning opportunities. In his post, Managing by Mistakes, Roger Dooley explains: Our brains are wired to learn from failure, both as children and adults. The way we deal with success and failure in our efforts is a big [...]

Do you need to sharpen your skills in your current position? Or are you considering going back to school in order to make a career transition? Continuing your education is critical for professionals who want to: maintain a competitive edge in a shrinking job market stay abreast of changes and trends in their industry leverage [...]