Workplace Wisdom
How to handle the times when work, well…to put it bluntly, just sucks.
Use “GPS” To Map Out Your Goals
When I drive to someplace new, I put the destination into my GPS. I am able to measure my progress at every step because it tells me where to turn, what to look out for, and when I will arrive. The best thing about it, I won’t get lost! We can use that concept when creating a goal, by developing distinct checkpoints where we can see if we Read more
Ten Steps To An Effective Meeting
Our time is a valuable, limited resource; and we need to use it wisely. The following ten tips will create an effective and productive meeting that stays focused and on point, with an engaged and motivated team. Ten Tips for an Effective Meeting (1) Request items from participants that they want to add prior to publishing an agenda, Read more
Create Your Front & Back Pocket Plans
Be Prepared! Change is continuous; it will never stop. Preparing for the challenges change offers—whether an unexpected work force reduction or a role change—is responding to events rather than reacting to them. By managing your career, you have a much greater chance of taking advantage of opportunities as they come along (being let go is Read more
5 Steps to Being More Effective at Work
Peter Drucker said “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” When you accomplish a lot of tasks, you may feel productive and efficient; but are you truly effective? Today’s business culture stresses “Do more, faster, with less!” With deadlines looming, it is easier to just try to do it all, Read more
End of Year Debrief
This year has really flown by! Because we can get mired down in all the details of emails, deadlines, and projects, going into the New Year is a great time to think about what you have accomplished in 2018 and what you want to focus on in 2019. Perhaps you think there is no time to reflect on what was done; only think about what needs to be Read more
The Bully Factor
Bullying is extremely destructive, so much so, that, in extreme cases, youngsters have committed suicide. They get bullied in the school yard and on social media—on their cell phones, on Twitter, Instagram, etc. It can be overwhelming and devastating. Singled out, they feel alone, small, and hated so they end themselves. We are horrified Read more
What’s on my plate?
So many details competing for attention—meetings, emails, projects…and so little time. It is discouraging, overwhelming, and disheartening. No matter how hard we try, we can never, ever get it all done. We just keep getting more. I tried and it almost killed me. I learned that no matter how many hours I put in, I couldn’t do it all, and Read more
Some Stress is Good; A Lot Not So Good!
Stress doesn’t create sickness and it doesn’t kill. How you react to it does. It’s the amount of pressure you put on yourself…what should be done, has to be done, or must be done, rather than what you can realistically do or want to do. If you are feeling exhausted, anxious, and stretched beyond your capacity, your body is giving you a Read moreShe helped me grow and succeed
Christine was my Executive Life Coach for about a year at EDS. I have worked with a number of Coaches, Counselors and Mentors during my career and none came close to having the impact Christine had on my life and career. I was working in an extremely stressful position during an extremely difficult project of migrating over 300 applications from 47 separate support vendors around the globe to an EDS support team. I had complete responsibility for the client relationship, the financials, and the technical aspects of the transition while also maintaining EDS' existing business with the client. Christine taught me a number of simple yet highly effective techniques for dealing with the stress. Her personal, sincere, and upbeat approach helped me get through a real death march. At the same time, she also helped me do some extremely important career planning for what would come after this project. She is truly outstanding at what she does and helped me grow and succeed during a period when I could easily have been crushed.
Kurt Toelken
Global Client Delivery Executive, Detroit, MI
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