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Savvy Professional Career Wisdom by Caroline Dowd-Higgins
This is Not the Career I Ordered is read by thousands of careerists around the globe. With savvy tools, inspiration, and resources, this timeless book empowers you to enjoy your career, and love your life!
Sorry? Not Sorry!
We all know people who over-apologize. Individuals who take responsibility for everything – even things they didn’t do. Research tells us that women tend to over-apologize more than men. As comedian and writer Amy Poehler puts it, “It takes years as a woman to unlearn what you have been taught to be sorry for.” Harriet […]
Celebrating Women Leaders
In honor of International Women’s month, it’s time to shine a spotlight on the transformational impact of women leaders. Women are paving the way for a style of leadership that is confident, authentic, and highly effective. Catalyst reports that the share of women in senior management is increasing incrementally. We still have a long way to go […]
Cultivating Your Tribe
Tribe is the trendy new word for team and following up on the Keith Ferrazzi method (from his book – Who’s Got Your Back) there are four core mind-sets that build the behavioral foundation for lifeline relationships. People ask me frequently – who should I seek out to serve on my Board of Directors. Here […]
Dust Off Your Resume
Whether you are job searching, or not – you should always be thinking about your next career move and an exit strategy from your current workplace so you can be ready at all times. This is part of being in control of your career destiny and developing a personal career plan that you can implement […]
New Rule about Street Address on Your Resume
There is a new philosophy about including your street address on your resume and why it’s not always appropriate. Let me first say that I don’t believe any resume rules are 100% black or white. Individuals must customize based on their individual industry and candidacy but this new suggestion about not including your street address […]
Embrace the Feminine Culture Shift of Self Confidence
It’s about time that women own their strengths and enjoy self-confidence. Join me in paying-it forward to others.
Who’s Got Your Back?
My Huffington Post article on developing your personal Board of Directors has gotten a lot of traction and positive feedback. I am thrilled that people are tapping into this amazing resource to help them move forward. Your personal village is there to help – but you need to mobilize them. I just finished reading Keith […]
Create a Winning Team
Whether you are on an existing team or have the luxury of building one from scratch – a successful team always boils down to the participants. Nikos Mourkogiannis wrote a great piece in Bloomberg Businessweek about the success of a team and how it ultimately depends on finding the right balance. Nikos says that it’s […]
What’s Your Career Impact?
Figuring out what makes you special gives you an edge in the career world.
How to Answer the Dreaded Salary Question
You’ve seen the question on job applications and perhaps even been asked directly in an interview: What is your salary expectation for this position? Instead of letting this stop you in your tracks, be prepared, and do your research. When asked to submit this information in advance of an interview for a job application, it’s […]
Have You Put in 10,000 Hours?
A well meaning friend mentioned that my book success and growing national speaking engagements happened so quickly. While his comment was innocent, what he doesn’t realize are the years of hard work and preparation that have gone into these projects that have laid the ground work for what is coming to fruition right now. Malcolm […]
The 5 G’s of Effective Communication
Kathleen Oliver, COO of Oliver Winery shared her 5 G’s of Effective Communication. These quick and easy tips will empower you to communicate more wisely with your colleagues in and out of your organization. May the communication force be with you!
How Do You Live the 80/20 Rule?
Recently I featured a career reinvention story about Lisa Montanaro who is a solutions expert and Principal of her company LM Organizing Solutions, LLC. Lisa has found her true career passion as a professional organizer even though she taps her transferable skills as a former practicing lawyer on a regular basis. Her new book The […]
