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3 Tips for Career Conversations That Energize and Engage Employees

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Recently Forbes Magazine cited a study reporting that a majority of employees are dissatisfied and that “many feel stuck in their jobs, unable to consider a career move even if they’re unhappy.”. Here are 3 tips for holding a great career conversation: Tip #1: Ask juicy questions. To be eligible to win a copy, leave a comment.

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Whitney Johnson on Building an A-Team

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I read your new book Build an A Team with interest because it’s a natural progression of the work you have been doing with personal disruption and career disruption. In your last two books you showed how disruption applies to individuals and in their careers. Your new book shows how managers can use these ideas […].

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Are You Ready for Your “Second Act”?

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Pursuing a second career in a different field can be either an opportunity for excitement and fulfillment or a nightmare. Starting a second career in a different field has similar challenges as a business that is making a huge shift into a new market. He needed to rebrand himself from a specialty line manager into a general manager.

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What I Wish I Knew as a CEO That I Learned Later in HR

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I felt at the time that this was an unusual request as, after having spent the first 12 years of my working life as a “techie” (Programmer to Analyst to IT Manager), I had spent the next 25 years in sales and business management, my last such role as the President and CEO of a 15,000 person, €5 Billion EMEA based business unit across 25 countries.

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How To Answer a Wake Up Call

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Bright, ambitious and well-educated, Susan had a clear career path in the company. She was surprised her direct reports had rated her so low on empathy, managing emotions and providing feedback, and she reluctantly agreed when her boss suggested she work with a coach. Susan hit the snooze button on her wake up call.

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First Engage Yourself: 7 Ways to Increase Your Own Engagement and Satisfaction

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If you are a manager, these numbers should alarm you. Do you see opportunities for growth and career advancement? John Gabarro and John Kotter give good advice in their Harvard Business Review article Managing Your Boss. But the news is not good. Perhaps you’ve had discussions about it or even tried to do something.

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Why Should I Hire You?

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In this guest post, Thabo Hermanus, owner of a recruitment firm in South Africa, offers sage advice that is helpful for people at all stages of their career, not just those actively seeking a new job. Your life is one big interview! Your charming smile is not going to get you hired, nor is being a nice guy.