ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

It doesn’t really matter what phase of your career you are in. Say you’re unhappy with the current lack of focus on career development. There always seems to be a lack of money for training or time to discuss career development. But you’re tired of dreading work. There’s an annoying discomfort setting in. And, and, and….

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ReImagine Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

She recounts the story of her 20-year career in different roles and divisions with the same enterprise. She views her career as spotty. At the same time, I thought to myself that this was a fairly typical story of a 20-year career. She has reported to several different supervisors. She’s doubting her skills and choices.

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ReImagine Work

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Bridget Baggett at Career Innovations recently hosted the weekly Carnival of HR. This event is dedicated to bringing together the best posts from the HR blogging community, in this case, on the topic of handling challenging employees.

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ReImagine Work

APRIL 27, 2016

21 Brilliant Training Resources to Turbo Charge Your HR Career – Justin Dennis, Jobjet. Thanks to Justin Dennis for including my TEDx talk (Putting the Human Back into Human Resources ) among resources like Daniel Pink’s books, in his article over at Jobjet. Over the past few years, online learning has skyrocketed.

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ReImagine Work

JUNE 7, 2016

After experiencing her 8th downsizing, she left DuPont in her 20th year there, concluding her corporate career as an HR manager. She went into HR so people could have at least one person in HR they could expect to be “human.”.

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ReImagine Work

JULY 19, 2016

This is something Mary Schaefer has dreamed of and worked for her entire career, and we’ll talk about it today. A number of organizations have created cultures that serve both the needs of human beings who happen to be employees and serve the bottom line. And there is a correlation between the two. How do we make this happen?

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ReImagine Work

JUNE 9, 2016

For me, this was a turning point in my career. I had many reasons that led me to leave my corporate career. What’s really at stake here? I now knew I would not be there long-term. I would part with my employer at some point because one of us would become disenchanted with the other and terminate our relationship.

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ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

No one will care as much about your career as you do. I’ll go so far as to suggest you document your own accomplishments even if your employer does not ask for it. Keep it for yourself. It cannot hurt to have this documented for future reference, whether it is for your employer or for your resume. Image: Bolanu88/Pixabay.

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ReImagine Work

MARCH 9, 2016

He knew it was not in his best interest from a career standpoint. I’d love to report that his career life was rosy from that point on. He literally thought he had no choice but to point it out to them, in his way. The more “stupid” the mistake or oversight, the more he thought he was entitled to ramp up the humiliation.

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ReImagine Work

DECEMBER 10, 2014

” Click here to read the rest of Elizabeth Garrone’s article quoting me, and other career coaches and experts. One day, it’s an emergency dry cleaning drop-off, the next it’s picking up his kids at soccer or taking out the rubbish. At what point are such requests inappropriate?” Image: Microsoft Gallery Clipart.

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ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

About 7 years into my IT career I realized I didn’t love the technology enough to excel over the long haul. These realizations settled in, and having recently survived my first downsizing in IT, I chose to pursue a career in human resources. Many people were afraid they were going to break their computers or look stupid.

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ReImagine Work

DECEMBER 8, 2016

He said, “Are you talking about careers?” Can people actually find their purpose?” NOTE: I’m not making this up.]. Another employee walked up. We were silent. He looked at both of us. I don’t remember him being there when I spoke to the young woman. The staff must have already talked.

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ReImagine Work

MARCH 2, 2017

At this phase of my career, what do you consider is important to develop? Is there someone else you would recommend I approach to get feedback? What’s one thing you like about how I work with others? If you had to name one thing I could do to improve how I work with others, what would it be? Where do you think I am on this?

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ReImagine Work

OCTOBER 4, 2017

You will be doing your staff (and your career) a great favor. Your best people may even leave in frustration. Make a move. I know it is hard, but it is time to step up. Get training, get advice, research and practice, practice, practice. A version of this post originally ran on June 30, 2009. Image: iStockphoto/sdominick.

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ReImagine Work

MARCH 10, 2017

He said if he wasn’t seeing a problem he couldn’t ruin the rep’s career by raising this up with his employer. He reflected how odd it was that not only Claire but also three of her teammates voiced the same experience. Peculiar, that. Yet he didn’t observe the behavior they described. She asked that he get a new rep.

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ReImagine Work

APRIL 25, 2016

You will be doing your staff (and your career) a great favor. Your best people may even leave in frustration. Make a move. I know it is hard, but it is time to step up. Get training, get advice, research and practice, practice, practice. Orig: June 30, 2009. Photo credit: Microsoft Clipart.

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ReImagine Work

JULY 12, 2017

Coincidentally, as an adult, I worked for a crop protection products company for my entire corporate career. (I started doing little things to help as young as 5- or 6-years-old.). It just turned out that way. I realized recently that I rarely heard the word farmer at work, but “growers” instead.

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ReImagine Work

APRIL 16, 2015

It was early in my career. I commented to her that I think the ability to gain cooperation is an underestimated component of efficiency. She said she had never really thought about it that way. Take the time to pave the road so things run smoothly when you need them. I was a mainframe systems manager.

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ReImagine Work

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

As a young professional, a manager in your organization may be willing to give you 15 minutes to learn about their career path, if you ask nicely. I heard a speaker mentoring young professionals say you should never ask anything of anyone you don’t know without giving first. I don’t know that is always true. Those things are meaningful too.”

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ReImagine Work

JULY 13, 2016

Some start out ambitious in their careers wanting to advance to higher and higher levels. Leaders may pursue engagement by bringing employees together to gather input. Mature leaders make sure they don’t end up doing all the talking. Mature leaders recognize they don’t do it alone. Are there phases of maturity in leadership?

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ReImagine Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

You own your career!” – Earl Nightingale. It represents the point in my career when I began to reframe my idea of job security. I had a lot going for me whether I stayed or left. I experienced 8 downsizings in my corporate career. “Remember: Jobs are owned by the company. I counted the hours.)

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ReImagine Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

I remember chairing a project meeting several years ago. My teammates got on a riff about not wanting to work with a particular person because that person had their own personal agenda. Perish the thought. I let them go on for a while. Then I said, “I don’t know if you realize it, but I have my own personal agenda too.

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ReImagine Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Forbes, Feb. 10, 2017 : “When you became a leader, you might have been told to focus on what you’re good at in order to lead your team well. While it’s always smart to understand your strengths, they only tell one side of the story — and putting those blinders on might prevent you from doing the best job.”

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ReImagine Work

JANUARY 28, 2017

January 18, 2017, Forbes: Almost everyone has worked for a difficult boss at some point in their professional life, but most people don’t know how to begin navigating this kind of situation. Forbes asked 10 Forbes Coaches Council members how to handle a boss under difficult circumstances. Click here for their advice. See my tip at #10.).

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ReImagine Work

JANUARY 13, 2017

I was a young professional on one of my first big business trips. I was attending a weeklong deep-dive professional development session on my own. The hotel where I was staying was imposing. The pillars in the lobby seemed like they went on forever. Was there even a ceiling?

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ReImagine Work

JANUARY 11, 2017

You want to eliminate an unhelpful habit, address a hot-button issue or negotiate a change at work. You find yourself hesitant and don’t know where to begin. There’s no substitute for firsthand experience, like this one. I was a young professional on one of my first big business trips.

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ReImagine Work

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It can be frustrating when you’re waiting for a response from someone, and they’re not meeting your self-selected timeline. You may need an answer, but don’t make things worse in the process. A friend of mine has started dating again. She had a first date. She and her date exchanged a few texts the week afterward.

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ReImagine Work

JUNE 13, 2016

Do your job candidates and new hires feel welcome? What are you communicating to them with your brand? From Jobjet, May 31, 2016: Recruiting with Glassdoor is a recruitment strategy topic we’ve explored at length for the last few weeks here at the Runway.

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