2014

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The Single Most Important Thing You Can Say to Your Boss

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'Open with this statement when you want to be heard. “I’m bringing this up because I want to do a good job.” This is one of the most powerful sentences you can use to start a conversation with your boss. There was a study done several years ago about employee feedback. Employees said they didn’t receive feedback about their performance.

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Career Advisor Mary Schaefer Puts the Human Back into Human Resources at TEDxWilmington

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'Look what my good buddy, Caitlin Olszewski , at The OutsideIn™ Companies, wrote about my TEDx talk in Wilmington, Delaware this week. “On Wednesday, August 6th, one our very own Career Advisors, Mary Schaefer spoke at TEDxWilmington and delivered her talk, Putting the Human Back into Human Resources. At the forum, creators, entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, designers, scientists, and thinkers alike gathered at World Cafe Live at The Queen to share their thought leadership and̷

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Get Your Brave On! Guest Post at Braithewaite Innovation Group

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'My colleague, Jane Perdue (@thehrgoddess) asked me to guest post at her site, commenting on questions like this: “Do you ever wonder what women, men and society need to do so that the contributions of all genders and races are called out regularly without the need for a calendar event?” Click here to see my comments on this and more. Image courtesy of Jane Perdue.

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Post Featured at Barton Career Advisors

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'Dealing with the dreaded salary requirements question. One of my clients recently asked me how to handle an interviewer who is asking about salary requirements early in the screening process. She was worried her response would put her out of the running before she even got a chance to make a good impression. We all know… click here to read the entire article at Barton Career Advisors blog.

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3 Tips to Deliver Bad News Like a Leader

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'Clients often come to me when they have to deliver what they consider “bad news” to an employee. I hear them offer this way and that way they could deliver the message in a way that doesn’t leave the person feeling bad. I’ve done this myself. You end up talking WAY TOO MUCH to prevent the bad feeling, and the person in front of you is… click here to read the rest of this article at the Lead Change Group Blog.

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What Every Leader Should Know About Organizational Culture

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'Your behaviors are contagious. Choose carefully. Perhaps you are familiar with a popular insurance company TV ad based on the concept of “paying it forward.”. A woman prevents a guy from stepping off the street corner into the path of an oncoming car. The man who observes this from a restaurant window later helps a mother maneuver her baby carrier off the bus… you get the picture.

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You Can’t Go Wrong by Making Them Right

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'“I think you think I’m an idiot. Charles and I were going around and around. He had been alienating his colleagues. He was belligerent, and even humiliating to his teammates. He was always right. He didn’t think he needed anyone else. He also thought he deserved a promotion. Charles took issue with the expectation that for promotion to the next level he needed to be effective at getting work done through others.