Most successful professionals have worked very hard to make it into the $100k+ Club. Now that they have made it, it should be easy for them to stay there. So, why are so many asking for and accepting less than they are worth?
I think that the answer is simple. The incessant talk of the recession, combined with technology overload and the online networking bandwagon have sucked the life out of them.
If you are a six-figure professional, you must have done something right to get yourself in this prestigious tax bracket. Isn’t it time for you to stand up and believe in yourself again?
Here are four ideas to help you get things back in your control. Stop letting this fast-paced world intent on stressing and shocking your senses get away with it.
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Today's Quick 2-Minute Podcast Tip:
Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
Co-host, Career Success Radio Show
A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
Contact: Andy@CareerSuccessCommunity.com
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Posted on May 15, 2012 under
Executive Coaching by
Andy Robinson.
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Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson – he of the phantom computer science degree that found its way on his official resume filed with the SEC– was either fired or resigned.
The question remains; whose fault was it that the resume mistake wasn’t caught earlier?
The now-departed Thompson said that exec search firm Heidrick & Struggles was to blame; somebody on the search firm interviewed him for a role with eBay years ago when the error originally occurred, took incorrect information, and that’s how it got in the system and on to his Yahoo resume...
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Great leaders, top performers and high achievers are constantly receiving requests for their time. Their success and ability to get things done is like a powerful magnet ... drawing more and more requests toward them.
Learning to be SELECTIVE in what you say YES to is a key time management and productivity skill that highly effective leaders MUST master.
Saying "NO" can be difficult, particularly with respect to requests for things you LIKE to do or from people you feel you "OWE" some time to.
But remember this .... Saying "NO" to anything is saying "YES" to something else ---
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This month’s Yahoo kerfluffle – a company that desperately needs this type of stuff least – involves the misstated resume of new Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson.
Liar Liar: CEO Scott Thompson.
You’ll recall that Thompson replaced Carol Bartz several months ago. Bartz was fired via a phone call from Yahoo’s chairman. Candor and accuracy was and is never an issue with Bartz, something that probably did not advance her career with the Yahoo board.
Instead of stating (just) a BS in accounting from Stonehill College, Thompson’s official resume, the one that gets filed with the SEC, listed accounting
and computer sciences. Turns out the school didn’t offer CS degrees at the time Thompson graduated...
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Feedback .... in the world of business, is the breakfast of champions. Feedback "feeds" us -- it's at the top of the food pyramid for learning and professional development.
How often do you ASK for feedback?
Feedback can be humbling, it can be eye-opening, it can bring awareness to us of things that we're simply "blind" to .... but, if we don't ask, we usually don't receive it -- particularly the constructive form. Many or most people will give us positive feedback, but very few will give us honest, candid feedback focused on ... how we can improve ... on who we can get better ... on things we SHOULD change or do differently.
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Posted on May 07, 2012 under
Executive Coaching Tags,
Personal Branding. by
Andy Robinson.
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Every now and again the “recruiter”
question rears its head …
“Can’t I just go around the recruiter and contact the company directly”?
My answer is ALWAYS the same … NO! Attempting to knock the recruiter out of the process is a bad idea. It’s always a bad idea. In fact, it’s always a very bad idea.
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Executive Coaching by
Cindy Kraft.
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According to data by
Korn Ferry International’s financial-officer practice …
“Between 2010 and 2011,
a CFO was almost three times as likely to leave a company when a new chief executive was hired from outside, rather than promoted internally.”
I’ll let the Wall Street
Journal speak to the specifics of those numbers … and I’ll talk about what every wise Finance Chief should take away from the numbers.
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Executive Coaching,
Networking by
Cindy Kraft.
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Excellent leaders inspire their team members by routinely planting seeds ....
- Seeds of inspiration,
- Seeds of encouragement,
- Seeds of confidence in them,
- Seeds of kindness,
- Seeds of understanding,
- Seeds of care, and
- Seeds of service TO them.
Seeds of inspired leadership planted and
cultivated with trust blossom into amazing fruits of performance.
What kinds of seeds are you planting?
Posted on May 01, 2012 under
Executive Coaching by
Andy Robinson.
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Today's Quick 2-Minute Podcast Tip:
Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
Co-host, Career Success Radio Show
A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
Contact: Andy@CareerSuccessCommunity.com
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Posted on May 01, 2012 under
Executive Coaching by
Andy Robinson.
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