How we deal with adversity is key to our professional success. There’s an old parable about a King who tested his subjects by placing a giant boulder in the middle of the road. He then hid in the bushes and watched as merchants, courtiers and citizens walked around the boulder, not bothering to do anything to fix the problem. You can be sure … [Read more...]
How to Sell Yourself to a Prospective Employer
How much are you worth? If you’re in the midst of a job search, you have a product to offer: yourself. Prospective employers are your customers, and you truly have to sell yourself to them. Think of a labor market as a true market. You need a competitive advantage. As Reid Hoffman writes in his book The Startup of You (a great title): “You … [Read more...]
The Power of Overcoming Adversity
Do you know the fable of the butterfly who didn’t get to struggle? It goes something like this: A man finds a cocoon and waits for the butterfly to emerge. But once a hole appears, he notices that the butterfly seems to get “stuck.” Trying to be helpful, the man uses scissors to enlarge the opening. The butterfly crawls out easily. Here’s … [Read more...]
Microsoft Study Reveals Top Three In-demand Skills
Robots might be great at crunching numbers quickly, but they don’t do empathy. In a world where automation can accomplish an increasing range of tasks, soft skills and other talents that only humans can provide are more and more important. Interestingly, the most in-demand, on-the-rise skill, according to World Economic Forum, … [Read more...]
Removing These 8 Things Can Make You More Successful
We've all worked hard to polish some pretty useless skills. “Skills” like perfectionism, excuse-making and a deep expertise in controlling everything we can. These are not skills we’re born with, but we sure do get excellent at them over time —and that’s not a good thing. On Lifehack, there was an interesting piece about the eight skills … [Read more...]
8 Things People Do That Make Their Employees Quit
Curious which of your employees are flight risks? IBM is patenting an algorithm to help companies predict which employees are apt to quit with alleged 95% accuracy. But it’s not enough to know who’s at risk for leaving. You also need to know why. And specifically, what you’re doing wrong. An article in HBR called out “8 Things Leaders … [Read more...]
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