Balance Hubris and Humility in Resume Writing

During my many years of corporate life, some colleagues talked about people pumping up their resumes. I also heard about public figures adding degrees that they did not have or positions they never held. But, I never met anyone who did that. In fact, I experienced the opposite. I met so many people who were […]

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Feedback:

They Are Thinking It; You Might as Well Hear It Some clients dread performance assessments or even hearing criticism from bosses or colleagues. “I do the best I can and all I hear about is how this is wrong or that is wrong.” As Jack Canfield writes in The Success Principles, “they are thinking it; […]

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Failure

Some clients are afraid to risk anything – whether leading a project at the company or moving out of a job they hate. Hey the devil you know is better than the devil that you don’t know. If we fear failure, we never try. We all fail in our lives. Whoever tells you that they […]

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Learning How to Work with People Who are Different Than You

At one of my stops in my career, I was in charge of a major project. Senior management brought in someone else to “co-lead.” I was sick of senior management not appreciating everything that I had done. I wanted out of the project. One day, a Vice President sat me down for an one-on-one and […]

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