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How to Stand Out In a Job Interview - 5 Tips from CareerWomen.com
To get that coveted offer, the interview must be considered one of the most important steps in the hiring process to create a relationship with a potential employer. With the right preparation, qualified candidates can gain the advantage. JillXan Donnelly, president of CareerWomen.com advises, “Practice, practice, practice. Many questions, such as...
At MBACareers.com we asked our viewers: What do you know now that you wish you had known when you chose your career/profession? Here's some Real life advice from MBAs! Formal business acumen is important Go back to graduate school earlier Have excellent financial management skills, as your backbone. Critical thinking...
Find Job Opportunities through Networking -
Job Search Strategies from The Career Exposure Network Looking for connections to help your job search? Networking opportunities can be found in a variety of places. You never know which tip, connection or venue might lead to your next career opportunity. Be sure to consider these potential sources and utilize your connections. Colleagues in...
Career Advancement Tip: Find a Mentor or Two
A recent CareerWomen.com poll found that 62% of women have a formal or informal mentor in the workplace. Of these mentors, 64% were male and 36% were female. The support these mentors provide is very different. Male mentors help women by providing general business training, leadership opportunities, coaching feedback and advice on networking and career...
Have a Happy Holiday Season - from Everyone at The Career Exposure Network™...
Career Strategy Checklist - New Year Career Tips
As the year draws to an end, now is the time to plan for coming years' career goals. In addition to creating holiday shopping lists, take the time to create your own career strategy checklist to make the new year a career-defining year. ...
Computerworld Careers News
Troyak takedown, security blues, ICANN meets
The Troyak ISP, which has been linked to the Zeus botnet, was briefly taken down this week. The takedown occurred on the heels of the RSA Conference last week, where there was much talk about the "cat-and-mouse" game of trying to squelch cybercrime. Otherwise, things got a little testy at...
IBM stops disclosing U.S. headcount data
IBM says it is the No. 1 technology employer in the U.S. and the world, but as time moves on it may be harder to tell just what is happening to its domestic workforce....
NY set to replace IT consultants with state workers
In a cost cutting move, New York's state legislature passed legislation could replace IT consultants by adding up to 500 workers to the state payroll....
When IT projects founder, emotions run high
Problem projects -- killed, euthanized or launched to disappointment -- can leave techies with unresolved feelings that linger for years. Here are some suggestions for avoiding major pain....
CIOs explain how to thrive under pressure
Several major company CIOs explained how IT operations can thrive during hard times during presentations at this week's Computerworld Premier 100 Conference in Phoenix....
IT adds 25,000-plus jobs in 2010
The TechServe Alliance reported today that more than 25,000 new IT jobs have been created in 2010, indicating that companies may be reversing 'recession era cutbacks.'...
SmartLemming.com - Manage your career or it will manage you
Smart Lemming Rundown Podcast: March 1, 2010 (Episode 4)
The Smart Lemming Rundown is a shortcut to career management success. I explain how these three recommended business books help you learn the new science of rapid change by thinking a little while changing a lot, overcome the conflict between your rational mind and your emotional mind to accomplish transformational...
Smart Lemming Diary: More Changes are Coming
Have you ever wondered why organizational charts change? Were you ever curious how some people moved up the ladder faster than others?...
Smart Lemming Rundown Podcast: February 8, 2010 (Episode 3)
This week Lori Grant recommends three business books that help you construct a realistic path to enduring success, defend yourself in office politics or collect political power in a way that’s not selfish, and forge an effective relationship with those above you....
The Priority Matrix Tool for Prioritizing Your Life - Free Template Download
In my latest Smart Lemming Rundown podcast, I discuss how much I love a new tool that I discovered in the book, Passion at Work by Lawler Kang and Mark Albion. Creating Structure in Time Management ......
Smart Lemming Diary: Feeling Validated with Kind Words and Salary Increase
March 25, 2006 You know what I like about my CEO? He’s sincere. He always wants to do the right thing by his standards. He always follows through. Originally, my CEO floated a 10% raise to accompany ......
Smart Lemming Rundown Podcast: February 1, 2010 (Episode 2)
This week Lori Grant recommends three business books that help you find your core purpose in life, avoid making mistakes at work that make you look bad to your peers or manager, and learn the unwritten rules at work, giving you the upper hand with peers....
Marshall Goldsmith
Years ago, when most organizations were based on the hierarchical business model of the Industrial Age, great leaders were those......
An Exercise in Changing Yourself
When I first began my career as an executive educator, I challenged my clients to pick one to three behavior......
This week's question for Ask the Coach: I am having a difficult time leading my team. The team members will......
Build Your Self Confidence Like a Leader
This week's question for Ask the Coach: What can I do to build my confidence in my capabilities as a......
How Entrepreneurs Should Handle Succession
This is second of two columns in which I address, in collaboration with my good friend and colleague, Dr. Steven......
Why Entrepreneurs Sabotage the Succession Process
This week's question for Ask the Coach: In your book, Succession: Are You Ready? you describe the challenge of succession......
Joy of Human Capital
Of CEO Searches and LAPD Chiefs
From a former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor turned corporate headhunter, reflections on this week's pick of LAPD chief executive....
Lots of talk this week on executive compensation, with fascinating trajectories for American culture, business, society and public policy. I followed the debate so you don't have to. The week’s best commentaries came from The Economist and compensation expert Frank Glassner....
How to Hug like Obama, Shake Hands like Clinton
Your how-to guide for hugging like Obama and shaking hands like Clinton....
I’m always meeting people who make the mistake of being highly strategic on behalf of their companies, but not at all strategic for themselves. The recession has laid to rest the notion that your company will take care of that for you. Certainly, when a company gives you a...
Pivotal Talent: The Game-Changers You Need to Build Your Business
Say no to across-the-board layoffs and pay cuts. Pivotal talents are game-changers whose performance can make or break you. Here's how to find and keep them....
How Bullies Thrive in a Recession, and Why You Shouldn’t Let Them
Bullies flourish during recessions because in bad times companies especially focus on their achievements while forgiving their bad behavior. Turns out that it’s during a recession that companies should beware the collateral damage caused by bullies. Need to keep a bully? Here's how....
Harrison Barnes
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Treating Your Career Like A Small Business
No one seems to take the time to consider that their careers are businesses. Your career is no different than any small business. You have a product (you) that you are selling to your audience (your employer). You need to run your career exactly like a business person runs a...
You Need to Have Desire to Achieve Your Goals
In order for you to achieve the things you are capable of, you need to constantly be creating goals for yourself and creating a massive desire deep down to achieve these goals. There is nothing more important than having a desire deep down in you to achieve goals. Every single...
In Defense of Long-Term Employment With a Single Employer
If you go into any business that has been around more than twenty or thirty years, you will inevitably find a handful of people who have been there from the very beginning of their careers. These well adjusted souls will typically report to work each day at a similar time and...
Never Stop Using Your Imagination
It is amazing what people are able to do with the power of their imagination. Steve Jobs has become incredibly famous by taking things that already existed and imagining and creating new uses for them. These changes he makes by using his imagination have made him one of the most famous...
You Need to Bring a Singular Focus to Everything You Do
What makes a person really good at something? The answer to this question is identical to the reason for exceedingly high success in any profession. There are people who are really good at finding jobs. People who are good at finding jobs bring an incredible level of focus to their search....
Jake on Jobs
A Lesson from My Worst Public Speaking Experience
In the fall of 2007, just over three months before Whoa, My Boss is Naked was published, I was given the opportunity to speak at a college 3 hours away from my house. I was really excited about it. Throughout......
10 Not-So-New Year's Resolutions
I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions on January 1. I’m too amped up, too emotionally charged. Making promises on the morning after New Year’s Eve is like making group vacation plans at a high school reunion (“Dude, I miss you......
Hollywood, Music City, and Social Rounding
Los Angeles and Nashville are both entertainment industry towns. LA has movie studios. Nashville has music studios. Star sightings at Starbucks are common occurrences in both cities. Waiters and bartenders work for small tips and big dreams…. You get it.......
Business Owner Tweets About His Day, Wonders Why Nobody Cares
Over the past couple years, many business owners have been hesitant to embrace social media because of the perception that Facebook, Twitter, etc. are full of useless social updates. “OMG, the mall is so crowded.” “Got to work late, already......
Gen Y Set to Turn 30, Confusion Set to Ensue
I am about to turn 30. Like many members of the Pop Culture Generation, this advancement in age has me confused, anxious, and curious. Gotta face the facts - I'm a different guy than I was right after college. Not......
Ideas for the Creative and Unfulfilled
Many young professionals lie awake at night, convinced that our creative talents are being stifled. Our lives have become too formulaic and we feel as though our energy is being zapped by uncreative careers. The “lie awake” phase is not......
Rehaul by Lance Haun
Next Week: #sourcecon and #ereexpo
This is the big show. Next week, I’ll be all up in San Diego attending two great events: SourceCon and ERE Expo. Here’s what I know San Diego is my second favorite west coast city There are going to be some great people in attendance There will be a bunch of fantastic speakers and...
Don’t Incentivize Workplace Safety
Let’s say you work for one of these companies that has heavy machinery, sharp blades and furnaces. Sounds pretty cool, right? Okay, maybe that’s just me. I love industrial workplaces. Places where things are made, where real work gets done and you shake an employees hand and it feels like...
Relocation: The Ultimate Gamble
Once upon a time, I worked for a company in a small town in eastern Washington state. While it is a beautiful area of the country it is, how do you say… isolated. Like 150 miles from an international airport isolated. Like an hour from the closest interstate isolated. 35,000...
Evil Friday: Wishing For Someone’s Failure
First of all, this is not going to be a regular feature. I don’t have enough evil in my body to write about it 50+ times a year. I do have a little evil in me like the rest of you so here’s story for your Friday. When I managed in...
When I was on the road last week, I received a call from an unknown caller. I picked up the call as I was striding down the airport concourse and on the other end of the line I heard the sounds of a call center. A perfectly pleasant person said...
Employer Driven Health Care Still Stuck In Neutral
Note from Lance: Last week, I went to the Employee Health Care Conference put on by The Conference Board. They covered my travel accommodations to New York so that I could bring you my honest insights of some of the higher level discussions going on among business leaders. Craig Barrett, former...
Maximize Possibility Blog
Possibility Maximizer: The Cranky Middle Manager Show
Happy Friday! Every week I like to feature a resource that I feel will help to Maximize Possibility in your organization and professional life. This week I have one the most successful and longest running management podcasts out there to share with you. Enjoy! The Resource: Wayne Turmel's Cranky Middle...
A Better Way to be an "Undercover Boss" in Your Organization
About a month ago following the Superbowl I caught the debut episode of the new CBS reality television show "Undercover Boss". For those of you who are unfamiliar with the show, CBS describes it as follows: Each week a different executive will leave the comfort of their corner office for...
Check Out the Special Academy Awards Edition of the Leadership Development Carnival
The latest leadership development carnival is up and live at Dan McCarthy's Great Leadership blog. Head over and check it out for a special Academy Awards themed carnival jam packed with over 40 Oscar-worthy posts from some of the best leadership bloggers out there!...
The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week
There were a lot of great posts to hit the blogosphere this past week. Here are my top five human resources, talent management, and leadership blog posts from the week of March 1st - March 7th, 2010. Enjoy! Trish MacFarlane, HR Ringleader: Building the Perfect HR Team - Trish wonders...
Possibility Maximizer: Hewitt Associates Articles and Reports
Every week I like to share a resource that I feel will add value to your professional life and help to Maximize Possibility in your organization. This week I have a powerful resource from one of today's top HR knowledge leaders. Check it out! The Resource: Hewitt Associates Articles and...
Four Corporate Vision Barriers Your Company Can Overcome
Setting the vision of the company has powerful consquences - especially when done effectively....
work/life fusion
It may feel like it sometimesbut other people are not in your wayNo one is in your way[Image courtesy of katclay on Flickr]+++ work/life fusion: understanding an individual's values, talents and goals and applying them to the pursuit of personal success +++ ...
Careers aren't like train journeysWe spend more time on the way instead of at our destinationThere are no return ticketsThere's no tea trolley eitherThe middle of nowhere or right where you want to be?[Image courtesy of ecstaticist on Flickr]Careers are like train journeysThey're best when we know where we're goingEven...
Rules for Writers Rule for Work
The Guardian newspaper has been publishing a series called Rules for writers.These rules are the personal dos and don'ts of successful authors but I reckon there's more on offer.The subject of these Top 10 lists is writing but some authors are also sharing the very heart of their relationship with...
Things need to changeI need to changeThings have changedI have changedI've no idea where they're going but sometimes I'm still jealous ;)[Image courtesy of P - A - S on Flickr]Of course there are differences but making changes and catching-up with change requires the same effort.What do you think?What changes...
You aren't what you doBut what you do can make you happyI reckon this is especially true of work and careersDo you see a cloud, a collection of water droplets or an accumulation?[Image courtesy of d-wade on Flickr.com]Why leave it to the end of your career to explore...What I have...
Whatever it was,don't let it go just yet.Where would it take you,if you held it just a little longer.Once you let it go it might be hard to get back[Image courtesy of Jakob E on Flickr]What is it asking you to explore?- - - - - - - - -...
Avocationist
Follow your spark, not that hollow feeling in your chest
Photos: (c) Allan Bacon (left) and by fazen (right) For most of my career, I was busy with work and the little remaining time was dedicated to my family. While this arrangement made me feel like I was taking care of everything, over time it left me feeling hollow. Somehow...
Why you should give yourself a demotion this year: The art of strategic downshifting
Photo by Roby Ferrari Have you completed employee reviews in the last month? Did it feel like a good use of your time? Did you feel like you were really building value in your company or did you feel like you were checking off a box on someone else’s cover-my-butt list?...
Guilt-free networking: How Allan dropped his elevator pitch and started meeting cool people
Photo by TheGiantVermin 7:06 pm at the Hilton. Running late from work. Pay my $15. Put on nametag. Gulp. Walk into a ballroom of strangers standing around chatting. Everyone knows someone but me. Crap. Maybe I’ll just stand in the corner… Have you ever experienced the "yuck" factor of networking? Do you...
The Lunch Break Dream Launch: How to pursue any passion in 25 minutes or less
Photo by renedepaula Do you have too many interests and not enough time? Here's a quick way to try out your secret dreams, create some new ideas and sow the seeds of your next adventure - all without leaving your desk. Today I used it to feed my "travel jones" during...
How Best-Selling Author Pam Slim Started Her Blog to Balance Her Life and Dreams
Pam Slim has just published Escape from Cubicle Nation based on her hugely popular blog of the same name. Pam’s work focuses on helping corporate employees start their own businesses. [Side note: I highly recommend this book if you are considering making the move] In the first excerpt from...
How to know when you have outgrown your job: Lessons from a Rock Star (plus a special invitation)
Do you ever get a feeling that your job has lost its luster? A job that used to motivate you now requires you to get yourself pumped up before you do it? Check out what I learned at a No Doubt concert this weekend - how to know when...
Slim Pickins' Pork
Picked up the new extruded pasta maker attachment from Kitchenaid (I would say just recently, but it was on crazy backorder, so it took a while to arrive). Seems pretty popular I guess, and it gets great review on William Sonoma (the only place that sells it right now).Anyway, I...
One difference between crumbly (yuk) and juicy (yum) fresh sausages
I just finished my first batch of hog casings, which, by my calculations equals somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 lbs. of sausage. Some have been smoked, but most have been fresh, and I think I'm finally at the point where I might actually have some insights into making a...
For the Love of Dumplings: Pierogies
Virtually all cultures have their own version of dumplings; the various offerings from China are perhaps the most renowned. Dumplings are, of course, rustic fare, and piergoes, the potato and (often) cheese gift from Eastern Europe, are emblematic of this simple food.I have plenty of potatoes, onions, and sour cream,...
In our house, with two small kids underfoot, we're not immune to pressures of getting a quick meal out; one the preferably is both healthy and enjoyable. Thus my rift on a classic American combo, hotdogs and fries:The hotdog is actually boudin, a cajun pork and liver sausage stretched with...
There can be no doubt now that my interest in ragu is quickly turning into an obsession. I've done beef, lamb, pork, and, for my latest version, duck:The recipe is from Salt to Taste, and as soon as I saw it, I knew I had to try it. ...
Turns out the French don't have a corner on the pate market; the Italians are pretty good at the noble meatloaf as well. The current inspiration comes from one of the books I am currently working through, Cooking by Hand. Any book with a whole chapter devoted to the pig...
Great Leadership
5 Little Things Make a BIG Difference as a Leader: Part 3: A Little Dose of Humility
This is the 3rd of a 5 part series about some of the little things you can start or stop doing that can make a big difference on how you are perceived as a leader. Maybe you’ve seen the beer commercial where the guy just can’t seem to say the...
5 Little Things That Make a BIG Difference as a Leader - Part 2: Listen Up!
This is the second part of a five part series about the little things a leader can do that could make a BIG difference in how they are perceived as leaders.I have bad news and good news for all of you leaders and aspiring leaders. You decide which you’d rather...
March 7 Leadership Development Carnival - Academy Awards Edition
It's Sunday night, and it's time for the Leadership Development Carnival - Academy Awards Edition!Every one of these posts are Oscar-worthy.Opening Musical Extravaganza:Art Petty sings and dances with a glamorous showgirl on each arm with Leadership Caffeine-Learning to Lead in the Project-Focused World posted at Management Excellence.Best Supporting Actress:The nominations are:Janna Rust in Self...
5 Little Things That Make a BIG Difference as a Leader Part 1: Show up on Time
This is the first of another 5 part series about some of the little things you can start or stop doing that can make a big difference on how you are perceived as a leader. BTW, some of you may be looking for my next installment of “Leadership Lessons from...
Leadership Development for “The Little Guys”
I received the following comments on my recent “Best Companies for Leadership” post:“The list of things that make these great companies for leadership development is impressive. How do you apply these lessons to small business. A staff of five or eight or even 25? The opportunity for promotion and growth...
Brain Exercise: The Top 10 TED Talks
Do you ever just take the time to learn about something that may have nothing to do with your immediate job or personal life?I never used to. I’ve never been a learner for the sake of learning. I naturally want to gravitate towards what’s “practical” and highly relevant. If you’re like...
Lisa Rosendahl
A few weeks ago I took on the anti-writing demon and by no means do I have this one under control but I have been making progress. My red Moleskine journal is with me where ever I go so I can jot down and idea when it comes to me. Now,...
I miss the energy and pace of Olympic short track. Skaters at the line, primed to go, skate tips in the ice, bodies into position, leaning into the start, the gun is about to fire and then . . . false start. A false start affects everyone as all of the skaters are sent back to the starting...
Social Media Tools Are Not The Boss Of Me
..... anymore. A few weeks ago I embarked on a social media nip and tuck to frame up my social media efforts. My goals are to deepen and strengthen my connections, collaborate on a professional project and write beyond the blog A work in progress, I am reevaluating how I am using the tools and checking...
Defense! Defense! is great for a sports team, but can be bad for an organization. Organizations are a sum of many parts and to ensure organizational success, it is imperative that everything, and everyone, functions at their best. When you are going for the gold, defensive employees are bad news. On Defensiveness Defensive employees can...
You are preaching to the choir when you say labor relations is tough. In all things labor, I've had it relatively easy in my career. Even so, there have been hurtful moments, tears, second guesses, the horrible sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach when I realized I missed a detail, misinterpreted a sign, over (or under) estimated a gesture or simply...
Feedback Results: Is this your first time here or are you a regular reader?
I asked this question in my trial run of a feedback widget in my sidebar. Guess what? I received 21 responses to the question. Because that's more than the number of comments I've received on any given blog post or combination of posts, I'm a bit psyched! Welcome first time readers, much appreciation to regular readers,...
The Chief Happiness Officer
OK, that’s it! I’m getting two exercise balls so I can try this: Who’s with me? Have a happy weekend....
Holy crap – one of the videos from our conference last year is featured on the front page of ted.com. And featured very prominently! Which means that it has now been viewed over 50,000 times! And it’s no wonder – the presentation in question was one of the highlights of our...
Most of us spend most of the work day sitting down. We sit at our desks, we sit in meetings, we sit down at lunch and we sit down for seminars, phone calls, orientations and just about anything else that goes on during a regular work week. Which is why this...
This dog lives across the street from our office: He is regularly found at his post, surveying his domain which is (i’d guess) the whole street. I especially like how his elbow is up on the banister. It’s suave yet domineering!...
Here are two very different ways to start your working day: Which one did you use this morning? Have a very happy weekend!...
Last week I wrote about the value of touch in the workplace. Basically, I’m for handshakes, high fives, pats on the shoulder and even hugs in the workplace as one way of creating and maintaining good workplace relationships and there’s science to indicate the importance and value of touches. Gaby from...
Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom
I’m going to the SXSW Interactive Conference in Austin this week, and a lot of high-profile people whom I’ve wanted to meet for a long time will be there. I’ve talked to some other attendees, and we all have the......
How to Neutralize an Angry Customer
What do you do if you’re sitting at your desk, minding your own business, and an irate customer disturbs your peaceful day? People who work at call centers for a living are experts at neutralizing angry people, and they suggest......
Book Review: The Twitter Job Search Guide
One of the most common questions I get asked during speaking engagements is 'Tell me why I should be on Twitter.' Well, if you're a job seeker, this book answers that question and many more. The eminently readable Twitter Job......
Reinventing Yourself in a Recession
I recently did an interview with Jessica Stillman at BNET on strategies for reinventing yourself during a recession. Here are some snippets from the interview: Statistics show that the average young American will change jobs nine times by the time......
Traits of Successful Salespeople
When I worked in the agency world, there were certain individuals who could always be counted on to bring in the big clients. My boss used to say that these guys had “the magic touch,” but that wasn’t necessarily true.......
At nearly every speaking engagement I do, someone asks a question about declining job sectors. Margaret Steen wrote this excellent article on the topic for Yahoo! Hot Jobs in which I contributed my thoughts: Is your industry on the decline?......