The Willingness to Be Wrong
There’s a subject that few people ever talk about. It’s something that has the ability to change the trajectory of your career… and personal life.
December 13, 2021
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Omicron Variant — A Framework for Decision-Making
Two weeks ago, I heard about the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. Based on the news headlines and video feeds, news of the Omicron
December 11, 2021
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The False Narrative of Social Media
Social media has become one’s personal press release service. It’s a place where many of us showcase the best parts of our lives for others
December 6, 2021
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Stop Making Your Cat Bark
If you want a pet that barks, you should get a dog. If you want a pet that meows, you should get a cat. What
December 6, 2021
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Operating in the White Space
Every company has an organizational chart. This chart shows the various roles in an organization and who reports to whom. This chart typically shows a
December 3, 2021
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It’s Not Rocket Science
There’s an American idiomatic expression that’s used in a somewhat sarcastic way when describing something that should be easy to do but isn’t being done.
November 21, 2021
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Value Creation vs. Value Capture
Whether you’re the CEO of a company or the CEO of your career, it’s your job to create value for
T-Shaped Skills
In industry, a person’s skill set can be described using one of two metaphors: the letter “I” and the letter
Control the Control-ables
There are two types of jobs in this world — task-oriented jobs and outcome-oriented jobs. A task-oriented sales position might
How to Impress your Boss’s Boss
The market of a rising star career path involves getting jobs with increasingly greater responsibility in a relatively short period
Why Brilliant Ideas Aren’t Enough
Two people are in the same meeting. Both express the same idea. One gets ignored, while the other is acknowledged
Being Slightly Famous
Traditional career planning strategy involves going to a good school, getting a job from a big brand name company, and
Halo Effect
In psychology, the “halo effect” refers to a psychological tendency where the impression of a person in one area carries
Actual vs. Perceived Competence
In the Olympics and many other sporting events, you don’t need to worry about perceptions. Your performance is measured down
It (Still) Stinks to be a Woman in Corporate
McKinsey, in conjunction with Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.Org (She’s the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook), has just released a new analysis
How to Speak the CEO Code
CEOs speak a particular language. The language is not English, Spanish, Mandarin, or Hindi. It’s a metalanguage that lays on