It’s Your Career—Seriously, Why Should Your Boss Invest in You?

Certainly, no self-respecting, capable manager ignores the professional development components of her role. However, I can tell you with near certainty, that your manager is much more interested in investing in you if she sees you investing in yourself. Why not give her some reasons to help you stay ahead of the game. Here are six ideas that just might convince the boss to invest more in you:

By |2016-10-22T17:11:18-05:00November 3rd, 2013|Career|1 Comment

Leadership Caffeine™: Six Low-Cost Ideas to Stimulate Global Awareness

I continue my own I-Biz studies outside of the classroom as I pursue my avocation as a Management and Leadership Anthropologist. In this case, my focus is on understanding how well prepared firms and managers are to enter and compete successfully on a global stage. My quick-take: for a good number, it’s important to focus on the basics. (Translation: there’s a lot of learning required to reach a reasonable level of knowledge.) While most of us have mastered the art and science of consuming products from around the globe, many firms and managers are well served to work on some fundamentals.Here are six low-cost ideas to help stimulate global discussion and understanding in your firm:

By |2016-10-22T17:11:39-05:00May 9th, 2011|Career, Leadership Caffeine|2 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™-The Artful and Effective Workplace Apology

The apology is an often over-looked and widely misunderstood tool for keeping smoldering bridges from burning out of control and for repairing relationships that were dented somewhere in the chaos of daily battle. It’s also a tool easily misused by people uncomfortable in their roles and seeking to buy compliance by apologizing their way forward.

By |2016-10-22T17:11:41-05:00March 14th, 2011|Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine|10 Comments

Lessons On Managing Oneself

In his classic article, "Managing Oneself," (HBR, 1999), the late, great management thinker, Peter Drucker, offered the following: "We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: if you've got ambition, drive and smarts, you can rise to the top of your profession-regardless of where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren't managing their knowledge workers' careers. Rather, we must each be our own chief executive officer." Have you declared yourself CEO of your own career?

By |2016-10-22T17:11:50-05:00July 6th, 2010|Career|0 Comments
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