December, 2011

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How to Search for Another Job Without Your Boss Finding Out

On The Job

I spent the holidays with family and friends, and the one subject that came up over and over again (apart from the discussion that we were all eating too much) was about jobs. Some people were looking for jobs, and others were complaining about their current positions. When I asked these people whether they were planning to look for new positions this year, I got a lot of "We'll see" or "YES!

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The psychology of quitting

Penelope Trunk

I am at a hotel. I think I'm dying. I have a bruise from where the Farmer slammed me into our bed post. I took the kids and went to a hotel so I could have time to think. I think I need to move into a hotel for a month. The Farmer told me that he will not beat me up any more if I do not make him stay up late talking to me. If you asked him why he is still being violent to me, he would tell you that I’m impossible to live with.

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Your Dreams Are Waiting

Eat Your Career

The other day I heard the following: You’re not waiting for your dreams to come true. Your dreams are waiting for YOU to come true. At first blush, this sounds so strange. What does it even mean? I thought about it for a while and soon, I became fascinated with the idea. It’s simple really…and yet, so powerful. Here’s the way I see it: Your dreams are out there, alive and well, waiting for you to do your part.

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Competition Winners – and a Special Bonus Prize for You

Lateral Action

Thank you to everyone who entered the What Inspires You? competition by leaving comments on the original post about your inspirations. Fittingly, the comment thread turned out to be an inspiration in its own right, with over 100 entries that reminded me what a special group of people read this blog. We had such a […]. The post Competition Winners – and a Special Bonus Prize for You appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Professional Development and Training

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ - transforming video engagement with two-way interactivity. With Qvio viewers can ask questions and get instant answers from the content owner's Author-Controlled AI™️.

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Aftermath of Bank Bailouts: More Risk - Strategy+Business

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What a Rapper Can Teach You About Finding a Job

On The Job

There are some days when I think I possibly have the coolest job in the world. Because I'm a journalist, I've attended presidential inaugural balls, I've been with cops as they raid a drug den and I now have interviewed a rapper. For this latest story I did for Gannett/USAToday, I learned that the power of marketing yourself for a job can be learned from college professors -- and from hip-hop artists.

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How to Get a Better Performance Review

On The Job

I have mixed feelings about performance evaluations. I've yet to talk to an employee or manager who look forward to them. But sometimes it's the only way to get workers and their bosses to sit down and actually discuss what's going on. For many years I've written about performance reviews, the pro's and con's, and so I decided it was time to revisit the issue and give pointers about how to not only survive your performance evaluation, but make sure it goes well.

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End Your Multitasking Addiction in 30 Seconds

On The Job

I'll admit I multitask. Not all the time, but sometimes. But I may have really curbed my impulse to do it while working while taking a 30 second test in a story I did for Gannett/USAToday. While you may know that studies have found multitasking hurts productivity, the truth is you really haven't stopped trying to do more than one thing at a time, have you?

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Secret social skills successful people know

Penelope Trunk

When we were at LegoLand I was struck by the high emotional intelligence of the employees. Their job is to make everyone feel like their Lego project is great. (You'd be surprised how many parents are there, swiping the white blocks from little kids at the Lego snowman contest.). High emotional-intelligence jobs are very hard, and I would rather sweep floors.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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Investors fund mostly men, which is fine for women

Penelope Trunk

This post is cross-posted at TechCrunch. We need to get more guys who are running tech startups to decide instead to be stay-at-home dads. What do you think of that? Stupid, right? That’s what it sounds like when anyone suggests that we need to get more women doing startups. If you are worried that women don’t feel capable of doing whatever they want, you can stop worrying.

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How to Ask Smart Questions

Penelope Trunk

This post is sponsored by the American Cancer Society. After I realized that the most underrated skill is asking good questions , I realized that I am not very good at it. I don’t ask for help enough because I don’t know what question to ask. And also, I worry the question will be bad and then the person won’t want to help me again. So I started forcing myself to ask for help.

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The Value of Fresh Perspective

Penelope Trunk

It is the night of the new nanny. She is maybe a nanny or maybe a Spanish teacher. It is unclear. She is a blog reader who told me she could help me. Lots of people offer to come to the farm and help me get that mythic work-life balance that no one really has. But this woman said good things in her emails — that she worked with autistic kids, her native language is Spanish, she loves my blog.

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Most popular posts of 2011

Penelope Trunk

I think this year was a year of me looking for stuff. Trying to figure stuff out. Maybe trying to figure out what I'm looking for. It was also the year I discovered pictures for my blog, and I even redesigned the whole blog so the photos are more prominent. So it makes sense to me to end with a picture of me looking for something — who knows what?

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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A Must-Listen Interview for Job Hunters

Eat Your Career

No matter who you are or what you do, I’m willing to bet you know who Richard “Dick” Bolles is. Maybe the name itself doesn’t ring a bell, but the title of his book most certainly will: What Color Is Your Parachute? Sound familiar? Dubbed the “Job Hunter’s Bible”, this book is considered the gold standard of career guides. With a focus on finding and living your life’s purpose, this book covers every conceivable job search topic including networking, research, resume and cover letter

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My 2012 Career and Business Plan

Eat Your Career

As we head down the final stretch of 2011, I (like the rest of the world) am engaging in a little annual professional planning and review session. Today, I thought I’d share some of the highlights with you. After all, plans are much easier to keep when you share them with the world, don’t you think? I would say, all in all, I’m pretty pleased with 2011.

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Career Fulfillment Starts With Belief

Eat Your Career

This time of year, it’s always fun to play along with the whole “Santa Claus” thing. Yes, Virginia, he’s real and he’s awesome! Belief is a powerful, magical thing. Why throw that away just because we’ve grown up? Why should children get to have all the holiday fun? So much in life begins with belief. In your heart, in your mind…you have to believe before magic is possible.

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6 Steps to Building Your Creative Endurance

Lateral Action

Photo by lulemon athletica Let’s face it. We all get out of creative shape from time to time. Just as an athlete quickly loses fitness without training, so your creative stamina will fade away if you don’t work at maintaining it – every week, if not every day. So when you get out of the […]. The post 6 Steps to Building Your Creative Endurance appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.

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eWOW 2023 Virtual Summit #OwnYourGrowth

At eWOW, we are all about holistic growth – personal and professional. Growth that goes beyond a job title and paycheck. This year, eWOW 2023 virtual summit focuses on owning your growth – an action plan that will help you chart your path to success that is unique to you.

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What Inspires You? Win a Limited Edition Print to Spark Your Creativity

Lateral Action

EDIT: The competition is now closed for entries. Mike will choose the winners and we’ll announce them here on the blog shortly. OK the holiday season is upon us, so it’s time for some fun. ?? Designer and Lateral Action writer Mike Kammerling has kindly created a limited edition of five inspirational prints for Lateral […]. The post What Inspires You?

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What Can You Do Better? - Strategy+Business

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Living Up to Your Potential

Penelope Trunk

I confess that I don’t feel like I’m working to my potential. And it makes me feel sick. I know the signs. It starts with me not being able to cope with my to-do list. It all looks too overwhelming. So I scale things back: I take out everything that has to do with starting a company. The next stage of not living up to my potential is that I can’t read anything.

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Shortcuts to Common New Year's Resolutions

Penelope Trunk

One reason I have achieved so much in my own career is that I’ve taken shortcuts. For example, I played professional beach volleyball without learning how to play indoor sixes very well—I can really only play doubles, which is what people play on the sand. But it allowed me to skip a lot of years of indoor volleyball training and still play pro.

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Cancel Quiet Quitting: Detoxing Corporate Culture & Engaging Top Talent

Speaker: Jennifer Brick, Career Strategist and Author

Your employees have checked out. The last few years have been a wild ride, with countless changes to how we work and our workplace cultures, like the sudden shift to remote work, the return to office, and trends like quiet quitting. With productivity, profitability, and your employer brand on the line, leadership is turning to HR to engage employees and recreate your culture in different working models.