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Fifty Something with More Gas Left in the Career Tank But Need a Change? What To Do

Aug 18, 2023

The concept of “career” takes on a different complexion as you move through the decades. For the experienced fifty-something professional who’s seen and done a lot, it’s much about finding fresh ways to contribute and create, not climb. It’s also a personal drive to (pick your flavor) reset, refresh, recharge, and sometimes build new. Making a significant career shift in your 50’s (or any age) is daunting. Here are some experience-tested ideas to help you get started:

For Managers—Part 2 of Creating Clarity with Your Coaching and Evaluation Discussions (Feedback)

Aug 17, 2023

Feedback—both positive (appreciation) and improvement-oriented–is a vital part of your coaching toolkit. It’s also one of the most troubling, vexing areas for managers because the improvement-oriented (aka constructive) feedback is simultaneously awkward, stressful, and potentially emotionally fraught for all parties. Here are ten ideas to help:

Lessons from The Leap to Leader by Adam Bryant (Leadership Caffeine Jam Session #22 Rewind)

Aug 14, 2023

Author, journalist, and executive coach Adam Bryant joined the recent Leadership Caffeine Jam Session to talk about the insights in his new book The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership. Check out the insights and wisdom and link to the replay of this information-filled session.

A Six-Stage Process to De-Risk Your Career Shift

Aug 3, 2023

So many people I encounter are interested in making a career shift, but struggle to get started. And, they worry about the risks involved in the process. Here’s a six-stage process to de-risk your career shift.

Breaking Out of a Personal Creativity Slump—Restarting Your Idea Machine

Jul 25, 2023

Like many of you, ideas are my stock in trade. Whether writing the next article, designing a new workshop or course, providing strategy advisory services for a client, or supporting my coaching clients, I have to operate with a well-oiled idea machine. When the idea machine grinds to a halt, I’m in trouble and need to find a fun, engaging, practical approach to restarting it. Here are 14 hacks I use to restart mine:

Are You in Trouble if the Boss Offers a Coach?

Jul 17, 2023

In some organizations, “being assigned a coach” has a negative connotation. That’s too bad. If you are on the receiving end of an offer from your boss to take on a coach, strive to understand the rationale and then embrace the opportunity for the learning and growth experience it offers you.

It’s Time to Get Rid of S.M.A.R.T. Goals. Here’s Why & How

Jun 25, 2023

Goals are critically important in our personal and professional growth. They push us to learn, grow, and strive. We change our lives by aspiring for big goals. We motivate ourselves and our team members with properly developed, challenging goals. And we change the vector and fate of organizations through the proper use of goals. The operative phrase is “the proper use of goals.”

Where Too Many Managers Hit the Wall on Their Level-Up Journeys

Jun 13, 2023

Developing as a manager is a perpetual exercise in leveling up. Just when you think you’ve developed some competence at the role and are asked to take on more responsibilities, WHAM, you hit the wall of new, ambiguous challenges. Here are the six big level up challenges I see for rising managers:

My Summer 2023 Professional Reading List

Jun 6, 2023

Here are my top choices for my personal Summer 2023 Professional Reading list.

How to Get Unstuck with Your Career Pivot

Jun 4, 2023

I talk with many good people motivated to change their career vectors but unsure of what to do or even how to get started. As a result, they do nothing. They’re stuck. Maybe you’re stuck as well. Here are some tips to help you get beyond this uncomfortable state and into action:

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Fifty Something with More Gas Left in the Career Tank But Need a Change? What To Do

For Managers—Part 2 of Creating Clarity with Your Coaching and Evaluation Discussions (Feedback)

Lessons from The Leap to Leader by Adam Bryant (Leadership Caffeine Jam Session #22 Rewind)

A Six-Stage Process to De-Risk Your Career Shift

Breaking Out of a Personal Creativity Slump—Restarting Your Idea Machine

Are You in Trouble if the Boss Offers a Coach?

It’s Time to Get Rid of S.M.A.R.T. Goals. Here’s Why & How

Where Too Many Managers Hit the Wall on Their Level-Up Journeys

My Summer 2023 Professional Reading List

How to Get Unstuck with Your Career Pivot

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