What Do YOU Think of this “Big Idea”?
It’s been my experience that Generation X and Y individuals, both men and women, are just not interested in working for companies that are not working on this.
Archive for Top Talent – Page 5
Why Relationships Matter: I-to-the-We | LinkedIn.
This is a wonderful article! Great food for thought for leaders everywhere. Language is powerful and changes the way we think about things.
Coaching Tip:
How does this change your thinking?
How can you integrate this into you daily experience?
(Let me know your ideas.)
This is a very useful list. Hang on to it! Even if you don’t need it now, chances are, there will be a time that you do… If not for you, for someone you know.
The Top 75 Websites For Your Career – Forbes.
What would you add to the list?
“The whole person comes to work, not just the worker. So how you manage that person affects key outcomes like new disease burden, sick days, and obesity, which have direct implications on annual health-related costs. “ Jim Harter, Ph.D., Gallup’s chief scientist for workplace management and wellbeing
Companies that ignore their employees’ wellbeing are losing money. Here’s one big example: Employees with high wellbeing have 41% lower health-related costs compared with employees who have lower wellbeing. In a firm that has 10,000 employees, this difference amounts to nearly $30 million.
This Q and A with Harter and Tom Rath, who leads Gallup’s workplace research and leadership consulting practice, co-authors of the book Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements presents some interesting data about the relationship of wellbeing to any organization’s bottom line.
This controversial article came out inThe Atlantic last month, as well as very interesting NPR interview with the author on the same subject.
Have you seen it? What are your thoughts?
(Anne-Marie Slaughter is also the of the author of a newly published book by the same name.)
Magazine – Why Women Still Can’t Have It All – The Atlantic.
“You not only have to understand fully what you believe … but … you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.” Madeline Albright
Mario Moussa, co-author of The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas and learning director of Strategic Persuasion Workshop: The Art and Science of Selling Ideas, says, “Persuasion isn’t about the strength of your ideas, or your argument. You might have truth on your side and have developed an iron-clad case, but facts and logical arguments don’t motivate people to act. Logic just puts a structure around things we already believe. To change someone’s mind, you need to replace the ‘hyperrational’ with the social, by making a connection.”
Here’s an interesting article from Wharton on the power of influence:
Here’s a great Geoffrey James post from Inc. Magazine with some food for thought. I wish someone had told me this stuff when I was a lot younger, and I wish I could share it with all the gen Y and gen X ers who are trying to make their way in this tough economic climate.
Positive Thinking: Avoid 5 Toxic Beliefs That Ruin Careers | Inc.com.
What do you think of 
Geoffrey’s ideas? Is there anything that you would add?
Coaching Tip:
So many times as a coach I am helping clients deal with that “inner critic” that keeps them from believing in how powerful they really are, and holds them back from trying things that are really pretty good risks for them to take.
What’s holding you back? How can you “play a bigger game”, starting with a small step now?
Here’s a cautionary article about the importance of “face-time” at work, and the, (often unconscious), perceptions it may cause in others. Much as we love our tele-commuting and virtual offices, there can be a “down-side.”
Here are some smart tips to help mitigate that “down-side” while still gaining some flexibility with where you do some portion of your work.
Why Showing Your Face at Work Matters.
(Let me know your ideas, too.)
5 Qualities of Charismatic People. How Many Do You Have? – Forbes.
I do believe that some people have some innate advantages when it comes to this, but I also feel that many of these areas can be cultivated, and, that they are easier to learn if modeled by someone whom we admire.
Is there someone in your life that fits the bill? Are you paying attention?
Some organizations will excite you. They’ll stimulate your success and growth. Others will be stressful. They may lead you to quit before you’ve accomplished much or learned what you hoped to. With the pressure (or excitement) of finding a new job, it’s all too easy to pursue a job opportunity or to accept an offer with only a hazy view of how the institution really operates. The path to an institution you’ll like is to investigate the culture you’re thinking of joining before you accept the position.
When Choosing a Job, Culture Matters – Bill Barnett – Harvard Business Review.
So many times when talking to clients, I find they get so excited about wanting to be chosen,( “Pick me. Pick me. Oh, please, pick me!”), that they forget that they are interviewing the organization as well. Here are some wonderful ideas to use now if you need them, or save for later when you are likely to,which will to help you choose more wisely.
Coaching tip: Culture is key to a good fit in a job. Do your research before you accept a position, ideally, before you interview, and vastly increase your odds of finding you have an enjoyable job and sucessful tenure at the company.