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Featured at Forbes: Recover From Long-Term Burnout

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The post Featured at Forbes: Recover From Long-Term Burnout appeared first on Mary Schaefer, empowerment authority, coach & trainer for those in engineering, scientific & IT-related positions. ” [ See mine as #8. ].

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Do you have what it takes to be a mature leader?

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The term “adulting” has become popular. Though the term is often used in regard to twentysomethings, given my examples of entitlement, irresponsibility and self-absorption, I would say the need for adulting has nothing to do with age. Long-time leaders may know how to deliver a strong ROI. If you don’t, who will?

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Do your motivations undermine your ability to lead?

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I now knew I would not be there long-term. I disagree. I believe that is a failure in creativity and character. What’s really at stake here? For me, this was a turning point in my career. 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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Do You Know the Value of Your Social Capital at Work?

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That’s why I’m using the term social capital. When you forward a long email thread, explain what you want the recipient to “get.” A formal definition based on the work of Pierre Bourdieu is: value that can be derived from social participation and cooperation. You can’t BUY this.

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It’s called human resources for a reason

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About 7 years into my IT career I realized I didn’t love the technology enough to excel over the long haul. When you hear the term “human resources,” often the first thing that comes to mind is the department that handles the people stuff. I liked helping them get past that so they could feel confident and productive.