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Life Planning: Creating the Rest of Your Life
June 10, 2009 – 9:59 am | No Comment
Life Planning: Creating the Rest of Your Life

Are you thinking about life as it is today? Do you think of your life in terms of a five-year plan? Do you think about the rest of your life? If you are thinking of …

The 3 Obstacles to a Career Move: Mind, Brand, and Focus
June 9, 2009 – 10:52 am | One Comment
The 3 Obstacles to a Career Move: Mind, Brand, and Focus

Finding a job is hard, especially when we have obstacles preventing us from achieving our career goals. How can we overcome these hurdles? Check out Marshall Goldsmith’s “Three Obstacles to a Career Move“ at BusinessWeek.com …

Smart Lemming Rundown: Rebound: A Proven Plan for Starting Over After Job Loss
June 8, 2009 – 3:24 pm | One Comment
Smart Lemming Rundown: Rebound: A Proven Plan for Starting Over After Job Loss

Martha Finney’s book, Rebound: A Proven Plan for Starting Over After Job Loss, offers sound advice for workers, who will go through the sequence of events of facing a layoff, being laid off, and starting a job search after a layoff.

Smart Lemming Rundown: Leadership Agility
June 5, 2009 – 12:00 pm | No Comment
Smart Lemming Rundown: Leadership Agility

Background
Leadership Agility is a classic read for knowledge workers, managing their careers up the corporate ladder. Leadership Agility: Five Levels of Mastery for Anticipating and Initiating Change (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) by Bill Joiner and …

Speedlinking: 10 Posts You Should Read Today, June 5, 2009
June 5, 2009 – 11:00 am | No Comment
Speedlinking: 10 Posts You Should Read Today, June 5, 2009

Have a God-like complex? Will it help you during an interview? Check out this post on interviewing skills, and my nine other recommended posts for today, covering self-awareness, conquering your fear, how to increase your …

8 Tips to Avoid Being Thrown Under the Bus for Hubris
June 5, 2009 – 10:00 am | No Comment
8 Tips to Avoid Being Thrown Under the Bus for Hubris

Why would anyone display excessive pride? I’m always amazed when knowledge workers display hubris. It doesn’t matter if the worker is on the front line, in middle management, or at the C-level. I’m always appalled. …