We often hear of 90-day plans, but how do you create one? How do you identify the priorities for a 90-day plan?
I’ve successfully used this tool over the past eight years. It was one of …

When is the best time to understand your new job’s priorities? Did the hiring manager describe the job requirements to you during your interview? If not, did you ask in subsequent meetings after the first …

Some people are born curious like Leonardo da Vinci. For others, curiosity just “kicks in” over time.
t’s never too late to learn how be curious. Finding your passion in work gets easier with the journey …

Finding zen at work. What is zen at work? What are the benefits? How can we change our non-zen approach to a calmer, zen-like one?

Hate your job? Boss? Coworkers? “Loving The Job You Hate” by Scott Reeves summarizes ten tips for the unhappy worker who may want to “make things better in a job.”
While I love my former job, …

Sharing Experiences, Tools and Templates
There were two reasons why I started the Smart Lemming. First, I wanted to share my career management experience from a knowledge worker perspective; my management and leadership experience from a …

Women in their late 30s to mid-50s offer business advice in a 2006 Career Journal article, “Secrets of Success From Women for Women,” Barbara Moses provides 12 career management tips for success by women by …

Oprah talks about the keys to her success in Newsweek’s article, “How I Got There: Eight prominent women give first-person accounts of turning points in their personal lives and careers. What these leaders all display …