Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

I have two more doctor appointments on Tuesday and maybe even more after that. My mom is coming to Boston to go with me so I am not going alone. My brother comes three days later. I think back to how I used try to write blog posts while breastfeeding. I was so tired then, and I still wrote.

Medical 59

Medical Food IT Career 59

Adventures in Career Development

JANUARY 2, 2024

As my previous posts have demonstrated I have a chequered history in keeping to my new year’s resolutions. But, I feel that my commitment to reflective practice demands that I at least make some effort to reflect on my life and work and think about how I might change things in the future.

Government 70

Government Career Media Banking 70

Crestcom

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Dan is the author of the highly acclaimed blog Leadership Freak. From that home, he writes his blog, Leadership Freak. How Dan Became the Leadership Freak He began writing the blog about 12 years ago. Before starting the blog, he had minimal writing experience, so it was an interesting choice!

Leadership 69

Leadership Construction Business Coach Business Coaching 69

Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 16, 2014

For May’s Frontline Festival, I asked experts around the world to share their best career advice. James Ryan of Soft Skills For Hard Jobs brings us The Simplest Way To Advance Your Career – Talk Conversations about career advancement between employers and the employees don’t happen as often as they should.

Career 495

Career Career Advancement Continual Learning Leadership 495

Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 29, 2017

Submit your relevant blog posts by June 9 here! If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. Do you wish to rise? Don’t Worry About Being Humble, Just Do It Follow Wally. Trust is the glue of life.

Leadership 300

Leadership Professional development Motivation Accomplishment 300

Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Even though you are growing up, you should never stop having fun. Build from there – as a team leader, I scheduled regular (and sometimes surprise) opportunities for people to let their hair down and have fun. Life is too important to be taken seriously. Next month’s Frontline Festival is all about giving thanks.

Consulting 432

Consulting Leadership IT 432

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Golden Ladders by Yoko Ono I’m scared to talk about my job at Harvard because of imposter syndrome. But I know from experience that writing here and talking about myself incessantly is the way to beat it. I took the job and wrote my first column about that. I know I’m financially incompetent.

Career 59

Career Finance Management Management 59

Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 20, 2014

“Change is the law of life. This blog offers practical advice on leading change by discovering your authentic voice, finding your purpose, and empowering others to lead. Managing Through Career and Life Changes. Steve Broe of My Career Intact brings us How to be a Fast Mover in Your Career Change. Leading Change.

Leadership 497

Leadership Communication Management Management 497

International Coach Academy

JUNE 28, 2022

I embarked on my coaching journey at a time of change within my organization. I had toyed with the idea of coaching for a while, frustrated by the fact that most coaching seems to be targeted at upper management within organizations. I felt that while executive coaching is valuable, some of the resources were misplaced.

Leadership 208

Leadership Performance Management Management 208

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 29, 2023

I thought the good friend test was who do I tell that I got a job at Harvard. But I ended up telling everyone. Then I thought maybe the good friend test was who can I reach out to when I’m having a total breakdown? This explains so much of my life. Do not send that to her.

IT 53

IT Career 53

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Last week I announced that I’m doing a week-long series on how to blog. Then I received an onslaught of emails reminding me of how I have always said that it’s stupid to try to earn money blogging. Here’s the post where I outline the rationale for this. A blog is a career tool, like a resume.

Networking 111

Networking Career Change Career IT 111

Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 16, 2015

I’m delighted to have so many thought leaders weighing in on the seven roles I see as most critical to building results that last. This Festival is also a celebration of my new multi-media e-course that is launching October 27th. Key Question: What’s most IMPORTANT? Key Question: How do we IMPROVE?

Consulting 486

Consulting Leadership Motivation Communication 486

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 17, 2016

This is really the course I’d like to teach every day of my life. But for now, I’m teaching it only four days: May 2 -5 each night for one hour, from 7pm to 8pm Eastern. One of my favorite jobs was giving lectures about writing at Brown, Harvard, Boston University, and University of Paris. Appreciation!

Media 75

Media IT 75

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

What one word would your co-workers use to describe you? Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership says your peers can help you do a better job sooner. My film maker nephew, and LGL tribe member, Jared Herr with Steven Spielberg. When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it’s you with a camera bossing your friends around.

Consulting 474

Consulting Leadership Communication Construction 474

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

What one word would your co-workers use to describe you? Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership says your peers can help you do a better job sooner. My film maker nephew, and LGL tribe member, Jared Herr with Steven Spielberg. When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it’s you with a camera bossing your friends around.

Consulting 458

Consulting Leadership Communication Construction 458

Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2016

There are two ways to participate…either submit a blog post on the topic, or your 1-2 sentence answer to the question. Chip Bell of the Chip Bell Group is inspired by Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A, who wrote “Fall in love with what you do and you will never work another day in your life.”

Electronics 300

Electronics Leadership Consulting IT 300

Career Advancement

AUGUST 27, 2021

“Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.”. Client Elias asks: I feel like my work performance is being compromised by stress. Get Active.

Career Advancement 120

Career Advancement Career Performance Accomplishment 120

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 27, 2023

I’m going to stop being so transactional. This means that I’m not going to be as pissy as usual when your comments don’t come as frequently as they used to. I read a paper that says that you can tell how good an influencer is, not by how many followers they have, but by how many comments they have.

Media 52

Media Mining IT Career 52

Mind Mapping Software

MAY 27, 2022

“I had no idea what I was doing. I was working 14 plus hour days, seven days a week. I was using stimulants to get going. I was using depressants to wind down and go to sleep. First, he asked the key question, “What if … ?” What would this feel like? How would he survive?

Mind Mapping 105

Mind Mapping Architecture Creativity Creative Thinking 105

The Coaching Tools Company

JUNE 16, 2022

Type of Coach : Personal Empowerment and Executive Life Coach. Describe your coaching business in one sentence : I provide purposeful clarity to busy professionals to enable them to create a career they love, find time to do what they like, and live the life they choose. Which website do you visit the most?

Career 52

Career Finance Banking Mentor 52

Adventures in Career Development

JANUARY 8, 2024

But the plan to do something about private schools still seems to be there in the planned Labour manifesto. I think that this is good and that it needs to stay there, and in fact, to be strengthened further. I think that this is good and that it needs to stay there, and in fact, to be strengthened further. But, OK, fine!

Education 62

Education IT Career Healthcare 62

Adventures in Career Development

AUGUST 30, 2022

The Norwegian version of the article is available now at veilederforum.no , but I thought that I would quickly run it through Google translate and then add the translation to this site. I’ve had a quick go at correcting some of Google’s more outlandish translations, but it is mostly as it comes. With a Ph.d.

Career 90

Career Government Development Career Development 90

Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

“If you’re climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Why should I focus on these three steps? Won’t my work/professionalism speak for itself? Joel Answers: Katherine, I wish it was that easy. Like you, Katherine, this man thought that his work should speak for itself.

Career Advancement 212

Career Advancement Executive Coach Executive Coaching Career 212

Corporette

JANUARY 30, 2023

What is your ideal career — what would you do if you could do almost anything? I was actually hoping to teach a class about figuring out what to do with your career when you can do almost anything because of your education and good luck in life—the class I wish had existed when I was at Harvard Business School.

Career 52

Career Recruitment Finance Consulting 52

Vantage Circle

MARCH 12, 2024

People are right when they say that “no one” asked them if they are willing to work from home when the pandemic struck and now that they have settled in that life , they are being dictated to get back! With the pandemic now over, whether to return to work or continue work from home is a hot topic of discussion.

Transportation 52

Transportation Communication Management Management 52

Marla Gottschalk

JULY 5, 2021

I’ve been on somewhat of a bent lately — sharing both observations & articles (my own included) concerning job fit. At a root level, this topic occupies a good deal of bandwidth within my own career & with those of clients, whether that energy is selection or development focused. Aron Yigin @unsplash.

Career Path 59

Career Path Career Consulting Creativity 59

Corporette

JULY 20, 2023

What to Know About Sensory Issues at Work Corporette: Do you have products to recommend that can make an office more sensory-friendly? Employers I’ve worked with have been surprised to learn how much their clothing, hair, or tech-use policies prevent their employees from creating a more sensory-supportive work environment.

Communication 81

Communication Electronics Problem Solving IT 81

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

I have been writing a post about 9/11 every year. Maybe because 9/11 comes right around the Jewish High Holidays, I treat my archive of posts a little like a prayer book. I read my favorite – the first one – because it’s still incredible to me that I was at the World Trade Center when it fell.

Career 98

Career IT 98

On The Job

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Even for control freaks If you’re wondering if a virtual assistant is worth it, try keeping a log of what you do for a week. Jenny Blake, who also has written about using a virtual assistant, says it is “easily one of the best things I did for my life and business last year” even though she admits to being a “control freak.” “For

Insurance 215

Insurance Banking Media Networking 215

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Recently I wrote about how most women over 40 working full-time in an office have Aspergers. I stayed home for a year but was bored silly so went back to work but have changed jobs, on average, every 2.25 And my husband is 18 years older and can no longer offer us medical benefits. years…also because boredom. Oh and I’m INFJ.

Medical 98

Medical Accomplishment IT Career 98

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

What I’ve learned from selling stuff on this blog is that I don’t like to do it. It’s hard to tell you I’m hating myself and then tell you, “Buy my course about happiness!” ” So, I’ve decided to change my business model. I asked why.

IT 76

IT Career Performance 76

Penelope Trunk

MAY 20, 2020

Recently someone in my writing class hired a lawyer to tell me she wants a refund for the class. I sent this email in response: Dear Sir. I don’t give refunds for the class. I do not say anywhere that I give refunds. I have not broken any laws. I wonder why that is? Do you have any ideas?

Motivation 122

Motivation IT Career 122

Penelope Trunk

MAY 26, 2018

Tell yourself one very small thing you can do in that fifteen minutes to move toward meeting that goal. And see if you do it. A to-do list works best if it’s full of specific, manageable things you can do to move one, small step toward the very big goal. Self-discipline is what creates change.

Accomplishment 85

Accomplishment IT Career Advancement Career 85

Vantage Circle

AUGUST 21, 2021

If you lack confidence, it’ll be difficult for you to succeed in any facet of your life, be it your professional, personal, or social life. Rather than being negative, we need to see the bright side and be confident in our ability to handle what’s tough. And positive affirmations do exactly that. What are affirmations?

Problem Solving 52

Problem Solving Performance Utilities Career Goals 52

The Coaching Blog

APRIL 21, 2023

Noble Manhattan Coaching Newsletter April 2023 Message From The CEO I am writing this from my hotel room in Bogotá, Colombia. The more I travel, and meet people, the more I am convinced of the need of coaching all over the world. I didn’t realise how much I missed it !!!

Mentor 96

Mentor Professional Coach Leadership Management 96

Ayoa

OCTOBER 20, 2022

From Hollywood stereotypes as ‘hyperactive little boys’ to controversy in treatment, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can get a bad rep in the media and it’s meant that many people don’t really understand what ADHD actually is, or what the lived experience of people with ADHD really looks like. What is ADHD?

Problem Solving 98

Problem Solving Creativity Management Management 98

McKinsey

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Check out our most-read and most-shared blogs from 2017! There’s a lot salespeople can do to change that perception … if they understand it. 8 TED Talks All Salespeople Should Watch. It’s because I work hard.”. An acquisition, sales and marketing tips, and thought leadership that often bucks the trend.

Accounting 49

Accounting Development Solution Strategy 49