During a recent product launch meeting at a high-profile SaaS company, the senior leadership team (attempted) to motivate their team using the all too familiar “kill the competition” rallying cry. “We’re going to obliterate them!” “We’re going to make those guys worry about their mortgages.” The team was.
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Is your current job your dream job? If you’re like most people….probably not. Maybe there are parts of your job you don’t particularly enjoy, like granular reporting or clunky systems. Perhaps you actively dislike other elements, like an overbearing manager or inefficient coworkers. When a job isn’t everything we.
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Is the dot next to your name green or yellow? How many emails did you send this week? Did you swipe your badge, proving you went into the office today? As it becomes increasingly easy to track our behavior (via our digital footprints) employers are capitalizing on the intel. .
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You don’t need to change jobs, have an affair, or buy a Ferrari to get the pep back in your step. Yet sometimes, particularly when you’re seeing other people touting how excited they are about their dream job, we can fall into the trap of believing that our job.
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I was about to get on an important client call. I’d done my research, gotten my coffee, and was ready with some thoughtful questions. Then I heard it… the leaf blower. It got progressively louder, as the landscaper walked closer and closer to my office window, revving up to.
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Do you get you ever get unsolicited advice? Is your boss a nitpick on every little thing? Does your unemployed nosy neighbor know precisely why you aren’t getting promoted? Some feedback is valuable, and other feedback is just a distraction. Feedback overload is increasingly common. We’re asked to rate.
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Watch this webinar! Take this LinkedIn Learning course! What about certification? Are you up to speed on industry trends? These are the top 10 (or 10,000) skills you need to future-proof your career. Have you signed up yet? The amount of learning available to us can be overwhelming. Especially.
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Have you ever had an idea you loved, and your boss immediately started poking holes in it? Or have you created a presentation and your colleagues responded with a list of things you should add? As humans, we’re instinctively wired to want to point out flaws. Further, ambitious people.
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Last month I was talking to a friend who teaches an undergraduate course at Harvard. He shared an interesting phenomenon: When someone is accepted into Harvard, they’re typically at the top of their class. Compared to their high school peers, they had better grades, more extra circulars, and higher.
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Whether you have a great boss, a terrible boss, or a well-intended (but overwhelmed) boss, the relationship you have with your boss has a major impact on your career trajectory. I’ve coached many leaders who have good relationships with some of their direct reports and challenging relationships with others..
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