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OCTOBER 12, 2021

He told me that earlier in his career when he was at Pepsi that the best way to get promoted to vice president there was to operate as if you were already a VP. Of course, we should promote her!” That way when your name was raised in the promotion council, people would respond with “What? I thought she was already a VP.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

And, of course, I was thinking to myself, “No, I had no idea whatsoever that they do that in Japan. At that point in his career, he was best known for Jaws , E.T., Of course, all of the people with a Kennedy Center medal are famous for their accomplishments. How in the hell am I going to answer this question?”

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

When I was getting started in my career as a speaker 15 years ago, I had a client organization where I spoke to 40 or 50 high potential leaders three or four times a year. After watching me in action a few times over the course of a year, my client contact gave me some incredibly valuable feedback.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

After 18 years of the sacks, injuries and surgeries that come with a career in the League, the soon to be 40 year old Manning managed the Broncos’ offense well enough to enable its defense to win the 50 th Super Bowl. It wasn’t a great game, but it was a win. There are Peyton Manning fans and Peyton Manning haters.

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JULY 21, 2010

Earlier in my career, I ended up as a manager in a couple of HR departments. You deal with a lot of employee discipline issues in HR and the first thing you learn is you have to do a thorough investigation before you make any decisions that could end or damage someones career or reputation. They have no morals, ethics, judgment, etc."

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JUNE 28, 2010

He became a consistent supporter of civil rights legislation only in the last half of his career.  At the peak of his career, that base of knowledge enabled him to be a leader of the institution and drive the agendas of his party, his president and himself.

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JUNE 21, 2010

In addition to the good times and the successes, she talked about tough times she had been through in her career and bad bosses she had worked for. She had a couple of  great pieces of advice for people that are going through a difficult stretch in their career. First, ask yourself, “What am I supposed to be learning from this?”

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Then, of course, we had the fascinating story of Jet Blue flight attendant Stephen Slater pulling the metaphorical rip cord on his 20 year career. One is that, until this week, Slater had an exemplary career with Jet Blue. I can’t stop reading about this story – there are so many layers to it.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

The career history of the talented, iconoclastic, maddening, entertaining (even if he’s the guy you love to hate) Olbermann has been one of resigning from or getting fired by every network he’s worked for. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

In the video review, I walk through the simple yet resonant model of career path transitions that the authors Charan, Drotter and Noel outline in the book. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

  By vocation, I don’t mean your job or your career.  Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. Before you get too deep into the mode of running flat out, here’s a question that might be worth considering. 

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JUNE 23, 2010

The RS reporter, Michael Hastings, had pretty much unfettered access to McChrystal and his top aides over the course of a month in Paris and Afghanistan. The result of that is an engrossing article that includes a number of intemperate remarks from the General and his aides which have endangered McChrystal’s career.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

It’s about a former IBM senior executive named Robert Moffat whose long and successful career with the company ended when he was arrested by the FBI for conspiracy related to insider trading. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

This kind of shift can happen a number of times over a career. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. As the authors of The Leadership Pipeline point out, the first time is usually when the leader moves from manager to manager of managers.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

They could leave and hope to find another job in their profession, they could stay and grit it out or they could stay and try to improve their career prospects by joining in on the Animal House leadership style. With the newspaper industry being what it is, the employees of the Trib had some choices to make.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Both Draper and Gekko are consumed with their careers. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. Second, rising to the top of your field requires a lot of work. It doesn’t happen by accident.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Nancy is a fabulous career coach who focuses on moms who want to get back into their careers. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. Congratulations on all you have accomplished and all that is still yet to be.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

  And, of course, he hired a Super Bowl winning coach in Mike Shanahan to lead the team from the sidelines and a five time Pro Bowler in Donovan McNabb to lead the team on the field.   And, oh by the way, McNabb has run more than a few game-on-the-line two minute drills in his long NFL career.    Bench McNabb. 

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

  When I met her, she walked into the room on crutches and stood and talked with me for 20 minutes about her career with the Army and her plans for the future. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

After a long career of working with global organizations, James describes the trap that a lot of leaders step into: “The fact is, there are talented people all over the world. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

I've been asking audiences for the last few years how many people have had a deep end of the pool experience in their career that turbo charged their development. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. Just about everyone can name one.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

for themselves, their organizations, their careers, their lives. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. Taking care of the physical body, mind, the spirit is what I often look for when someone indicates they want to affect some real change.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

An expansion of the popular Situation Solutions Guide appendix to provide tips on how to deal with more of the predictable situations that executives will face in their career. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

There are 57 paintings on display that span the length of the artist’s long career. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. For an informative and thoughtful review of the show, read Deborah Solomon’s in the New York Times.) 

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