People often ask how I organize my time since I have a bit of a crazy schedule. From owning a full-time business, to public speaking, to being my church’s choir director, to volunteering and/or holding board memberships on multiple committees/boards around the Kansas City area, and helping out on my church’s website and social media, […]
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I saw an article today discussing how long you should take to consider a job offer, and wanted to put forth a few thoughts. First, never be pressured on the spot at an interview to take a job, that is a huge warning sign that something is wrong in the organization. If they can’t wait for a
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Well, this should NEVER be in a job ad: “Must adapt and deal comfortably with ambiguity.” However, I have been seeing it quite a bit in recent years. Particularly since COVID. That isn’t an excuse to put such a statement in a job ad. Certainly, this occurs in a workplace occasionally, but ambiguity is defined
Always appreciate being published in Forbes Expert Panel Columns, Forbes, Forbes Coaches Council My contribution is as #6: Website Traffic: My largest source is a tie between referrals and website traffic. I recommend asking prospects permission to email details of your discussion, along with pricing. It makes follow-up easier and eliminates the potential for erroneous
Thanks for another feature in your Expert Panel Column Forbes, Forbes Coaches Council My contribution is #15: There’s Value In Building A Custom Process For Yourself And For Each Client There’s significant value in quickly establishing a client process that blends information from certification courses with your style and method of work. Then, tailor that
We must ask ourselves about the need to say yes to everything that comes our way, the distractions of our phones, and the need to constantly multitask. We simply cannot do everything, and do it well. This particular combination of challenges is killing our productivity and the stress it creates is killing us. We never
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It can be a big struggle for people to take vacation or even just a few days off. Workers often feel that work and work emails will pile up so much that it will create undue stress. I highly advise my clients to unplug, get away, and stop thinking about work, as it will be
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According to a 2023 Gallup Poll, “68% of employees believe they are overqualified for their current job”. Remember, just because you’ve become bored with a job doesn’t make you overqualified. Doing the same thing day after day can be boring, but it doesn’t make you ready for the next level, necessarily. So, what can you
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Resume Writing Tip: Be careful utilizing images and graphics on your resume. While they may make your resume look great, they can impact its scan-ability in the Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). From hiding information that the scanning system needs to see (without you knowing it), to making the file so large the system cannot take
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It was National Employee Appreciation Day last month, but you can’t tell. While individuals are increasingly seeking a better balance in their work, companies are pushing back. Despite the fact things changed permanently after March of 2020, many corporations haven’t recognized this reality. All that wonderful talk about taking care of people has been replaced
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