Tag Archives: career development

Goodbye Josh Hamilton: When Your Super Star Goes to the Competition

Josh Hamilton in a Los Angeles Angel’s uniform. Wow. As a Texas Rangers fan, that was a sight to see. In four years as a …

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Women and Work: Are You Watching the Fire? Or Doing Your Part?

I am simultaneously fascinated, horrified, stunned and motivated by the firestorm of conversations occurring right now around two events: The leaked Yahoo memo announcing the …

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Choosing a Pope: The Ultimate Succession Plan

The Catholic church is many things, and regardless of your view of the institution, you have to acknowledge the impact of choosing the next pope. …

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Talent Development Super Bowl Style

Oh performance management – such a disappointment! Costs a fortune (in both time and $), takes forever and because its backwards looking and the feedback …

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Micro-Mentoring: Why One Mentor Isn’t Enough

  Many of us used to equate the ideal mentor to a gray haired, senior executive in the corner office.  This expert had all the answers and …

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3 Lessons on Managing Extraordinary Talent from Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli personifies extraordinary talent. Thanks to some fortuitous circumstances last week, I got to see him in concert in Dallas. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. …

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Count Your Blessings @ Work

It’s that time of year. Buy the turkey and cranberries, invite the relatives over and, of course, we count our blessings. This year I can’t help …

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Vulnerability – Its Not What You Think (part 2)

In part one of this blog series, I focused on chapters 1&2 of Brené Brown’s latest book Daring Greatly to lay out a basic definition of …

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3 Steps To Take When Changing Managers

Some brag, “I have had three different managers in the last year.” But no one likes that situation. People prefer stability. And most people I …

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Career Development and Sweaty Palm Moments

I spent last Friday night watching a 14-year-old named Kati perform her signing debut at open mic night, after only 3 months of voice lessons, …

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