The gifts are gone; the treats are tasted, the greetings are given. It's that lull between Christmas and New Years, when not much is going on at most workplaces, and yet someone has to be there to "mind the store." Many offices close up altogether in that week, but that's not always feasible -- especially this year when Christmas falls on a Tuesday. I mean let's face it; most workplaces can't be shuttered from Dec. 24 to Jan. 2. … [Read more...]
It’s a new year! What a great time to hit the office with a new attitude. It’s never too late to re-make yourself at work. Have you fallen behind on follow through? Have you dragged into meetings tardy with less than a ‘we can do it’ attitude? Now is your chance to re-think and begin anew. You are one of the lucky ones. You have a job. You are in a great place. There are a lot of positive things happening around you and it is time to start noticing more of the positives and less … [Read more...]
January 1st is a day when many people think about the past and set resolutions in place for the coming year. It's a powerful tradition, so it might be interesting to do the same thing for the course of your career. To start, figure out how far along you are in your career path. This is tougher than just looking at where you are between your schooling and age 65, because schooling doesn't stop when you graduate, and the whole concept of "retirement" will look different by the time you reach … [Read more...]
Don’t you just love the idea of starting something new, of getting off to a fresh start? But nothing revs up the search for a clean slate more than the start of a new calendar year. Unless maybe it’s the start of a new decade. Most people I know were glad to see the end of ’09 and very glad to see the end of what I call “The Oh-ohs.” After all, feelings of dread and fear and outright calamities were all too common for the past 10 years, even if you weren’t touched directly by war … [Read more...]
