JOLT! Quit Your Tired Old Job with Confidence

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Are you feeling like the job you are doing is not doing right by you? You can change that now. There are a near record level of people quitting their jobs in the US. The May “quit rate”, or the proportion of workers quitting their jobs, reached the highest...

Employee Engagement Keeps People Coming To Work

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  Did you know that employee engagement is greater when employees believe their managers are genuinely interested in their well-being?  Did you also know that only 40% of employees believe that of their managers? What a disconnect to go into work each day and to...

Cathedrals of Time – Honoring Your Productivity

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“What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”                                                             -Aristotle   We all have the same 24 hours each day – no more, no less. If you think about it objectively, how we invest those 24 hours is...

Goal Setting from Desire

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It’s the end of January and the first month of the year is almost gone. I host a monthly meeting and have been reflecting about our discussion on effective goal setting. With a faint lingering hangover of New Year’s Resolutions and the sad fact that 97% are abandoned...

Event + Response = Outcome (Responding too soon.)

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At a recent meeting with a large group of job seekers, I was heartened to hear how many have positive activity occurring in their search.  However, in contrast, I am also struck by some who have worked hard to get something-anything to happen that once they finally...

How to Handle – “You’re Overqualified”

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I’m overqualified. I’m not getting hired. I’ve solid experience, an advanced degree plus I’m willing to take a lower-level position. Understand the Concerns of the Hiring Authority Employers hesitate to hire a person who is overqualified because they...