Your Job is To Do Part of Your Bosses Job
If you want to positively stand out from your colleagues do your job exceptionally well but take on part of your boss’s job too.
If you choose well as to what part of your boss’s job to do, you’ll create tremendous job security for yourself, accelerate your learning, be seen as the ultimate team player, and [...]
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When you are out of a job and an offer comes in, you can tend to overlook some red flags about the offer. Even in a time of near desperation, slow down and honestly ask yourself some questions that will minimize your having to look for a job, again, in the near [...]
Why I Like Cowboys
In business (and in Washington D.C.), too often a courageous-think-and-act-outside-of-the-box individual is pejoratively labeled a cowboy. As if being a cowboy is a bad thing! Whoa! That’s exactly what I want on my team.
Why? Because I know cowboys — real cowboys. They are about inspiration not regulation. They don’t worry about rules but rather principles, values, and character.
Cowards [...]
Coaching Tips from the New England Patriots
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On assignment in California, I happened to stay at the same hotel the New England Patriots football team was using. Naturally I made a point to seek them out to talk (not stalk mind you!) in the lobby, the restaurant, and the elevator. (They were pretty easy to spot and distinguish from [...]
Search For A Job That Meets Your Specs But Also Your Values
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If you find yourself job hunting, be sure to take time to search for your values as well as your next job. Stressful work can ‘over time’ cause you to forget what’s important to you, what you want in life. All of a sudden two or twenty-two years [...]
We’ve seen CEOs attacked for Wall Street greed, questioned by Congressional committees, exposed on “60 Minutes”, and led to prison in handcuffs. How did those business heads turn into incompetent and/or dishonest crooks and low-life’s?
We assume power corrupted them. Not so. Usually, he (or she) was rotten from the start- he [...]