7 Secrets to Turbo Charge your Career

One of the more frustrating experiences I used to suffer as a new manager was when people in authority used to make these ridiculous demands that could not be met. Mathematically speaking, they wanted to put ten pounds of discarded cellular by-product into a container capable of handling exactly half that amount. Ok, I will write slower - ten pounds of manure in a five pound bag. Anyway, we all know this simply can't work. Unfortunately, it seemed that they really didn't care about the math... Read Full Story

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Over the years, I have observed many organizations that were just basically dysfunctional. There were many reasons, but what I saw was normally a lack of leadership and a very poor understanding of what it took to get a job done. Jobs, all jobs are broken into three parts: 1) Mechanical 2) Analytical 3) Creative To effectively perform a task or even a position, you must perform these simple things, but in the exact order as I have listed above. I can use the example of answering a phone... Read Full Story

I have read thousands of resumes in my career as a C-level executive. To be honest, I usually read the first couple of lines and scan the job titles of the candidate in an effort to glean what I am able to as quickly as possible. Do you know why? Not because I am too busy or too lazy to read them. No, it is because they are often so boring and poorly formatted that I can hardly get past the first few lines. To get hiring authorities to read your resume, candidates must find ways to create an... Read Full Story

As managers and as employees, our work place demeanor is composed of three major components that I call B.A.T. - Behavior, Attitude, and Training. These three components are all that are needed for us to perform effectively, and to assess someone else's performance in any task that is undertaken. Unfortunately, business people seem to misjudge performance by mistaking a change in one component for another when assessing performance problems. I will explain. The dictionary defines behavior... Read Full Story