How Disruptive Technology Will Change Your Job Search Forever

The face of the job search world is rapidly changing. No surprise that the advent of new, complex automatic technology is shifting how people find, apply, interview, and are hired for jobs across the world. Some features are already old news, such as Applicant Tracking Systems. Don’t get complacent! Artificial Intelligence (AI) and disruptive technology…

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4 Invaluable Insights How to Pivot into Lasting Leadership

Challenging Assumptions and Inspiring Powerful Positive Transformations I have personally gained invaluable insights how to pivot into lasting leadership through the journey and achievement of my Leadership Coaching Certification. My introduction to leadership principles was in a book by John Maxwell given by my mentor over 10 years ago. Since that time my life began…

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3 Effective Communication Habits of Successful Professionals

How to Ensure Your Message Gets Across with the Right Intent Successful professionals don’t become achievers by accident. When you combine these three effective communication habits you can enhance your ability to convey your intent and increase your productivity. Side effects may also include becoming more approachable, inclusion and a feeling of fulfillment.

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The Remarkable Benefits of Kindness at Work

Historically kindness is often considered a weakness in the world of business. We don’t want to subdue the fire that drives us to be successful and move up the ladder of the corporate world. Everyone knows you can’t be successful by being a doormat! Fortunately: being kind has nothing to do with being a doormat…

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Avoid the Toxic Impact of Emotional Social Media Posting

Avoid the toxic impact of emotional social media posting. Someone you know posted an inflammatory comment. Perhaps it was just a poorly worded statement or opinion. Regardless of the original intent: suddenly you have a Facebook-style food fight where people are slinging hateful comments instead of edibles! Opinions are free and people love to share. However,…

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7 Steps to Unlock Your Influential Leadership Potential

How to Lead by Influence | No Title Required The word ‘leadership’ is sorely misused in our culture every day. We commonly refer to those in management or executive positions as ‘leaders’. Leadership does not automatically come with a position. Titles do not guarantee a manager will be a leader. Conversely: anyone can be a…

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The Tremendous Power of Gratitude at Work

How Giving Praise Increases Employee Engagement “Thank You”, one of the most underrated words in the English language. In a fast-disappearing culture of appreciation and consideration for others, these two powerful words are given less credence. As a society, we are more likely to become outraged than offer gratitude. It’s important to note that [inlinetweet…

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Life Lessons are Learned Best from Others

Life Lessons are Learned Best from Others I had a young mentee once say to me: “What can I learn from a mentor that I can’t learn from Google?” I was stunned and then saddened. The ability to learn life lessons from others is a valuable trait to cultivate. Not only do you shorten your…

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The Shocking Truth: Being An Overachiever Will Hurt Your Career

Article Originally Published on Forbes I’m not sure when it all started. From the time I can remember, I put my toys away neatly while other children played with reckless abandon. I was shy, quiet, loved to build with Legos and organizing things. One day I grew up, lost the shyness, became a professional young…

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5 Authentic Ways for Women to Lead Impactful Careers

Why Women? From a career coach’s perspective, my clients that struggle the most with the concept of defining personal achievement are women. It’s not because these ladies aren’t competent, savvy professionals. This phenomenon can be attributed to cultural brainwashing. Quite simply put: we women aren’t necessarily taught to excel in the business world! There are many ways…

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3 Urgent Reasons to Email Less and Talk More

“I feel like all I do is answer emails all day.” More than a feeling, most professionals just like you spend at least one-quarter of their day deep in the inbox sandpit. Email is the #1 form of professional communication with instant messaging and texting fighting for second place. While appearing seductively convenient, email is…

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How to Make Every Day Your Masterpiece

How to Make Every Day Your Masterpiece Ever wonder how some successful people are able to accomplish so much? Some appear to be mysteriously blessed with time to suit their purposes while the rest of us are gasping for breath just trying to get through the day. There are no mysteries to be solved. No…

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